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May 13, 2012 - Tennis star Serena Williams captured the 41st title of her career by beating out Victoria Azarenka for the Madrid Open championship on May 13 in Madrid, Spain.
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Arts & Entertainment
May 16, 2012 - Dark Shadows was a daytime soap opera which originally aired at 4 PM on ABC-TV on weekday afternoons from 1966 to 1971.
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News from Around the Web
March 12, 2012 - Forest Whitaker, Will Smith, Spike Lee, Sir Richard Branson, members of the royal family, and many others have for a while recognized the unusual gifts of Oswald Boateng. His suits have set the standard of fashion style for the best dressed men around the world. His latest project traces his life over the past 12 years as his career reached unimaginable heights for a Black designer from London.
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AFRO Briefs
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a civil suit against former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick for accepting lavish gifts from a pension fund broker.more
The U.S. Justice Department has filed a federal lawsuit against an Arizona sheriff for civil rights violations after it says he and his office racially-profile Latinos.more
Usain Bolt recently broke up with his White girlfriend, media outlets are reporting, perhaps in response to a tide of disapproval from his Black Jamaican fans, who bemoaned his “White girl complex.”more
Nicholas deB. Katzenbach, who cast a long shadow in U.S. civil rights history, died this week at the age of 90. According to his alma mater, Princeton University, the longtime civil servant died from natural causes May 8 at his home in Skillman, N.J.more
Instead of being shut down, operations at 13,000 rural post offices will be trimmed, Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe said May 8.more
The Kentucky Historical Marker Program has announced plans to recognize the boyhood home of boxing great Muhammad Ali.more
When you think of the Bahamas, you envision warm weather, gentle breezes, beautiful beaches and a getaway from life’s hustle and bustle.more
Headphones marketed by famed hip-hop star Dr. Dre are now one of the most sought after items by New York City thieves, local authorities say.more
A sportswear line inspired by anti-apartheid icon and South Africa ex-president Nelson Mandela will soon make its debut in the U.S. more
Writer William Faulkner in a 1958 interview said, “Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.” In 2012, Dean Garfield, is employing this sage wisdom to assist the nation’s top tech firms create innovations and jobs to boost the country’s economic engine.more
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Health
Recently, the Obama administration awarded grants of over $728 million for the renovation and construction of health centers around the country. D.C. and Maryland centers snagged more than $15 million for projects designed to boost local government’s ability to care for low and mid-income patients while creating jobs in the process. more
A pill that could help prevent the spread of AIDS—and, critics say, inadvertently sanction unprotected sex—was approved by a federal food and drug advisory panel.more
The USDA on the week of April 30 modified regulations on how to limit and stop consumer intake of contaminated ground beef and other meat products.more
Hand sanitizers are the latest household item teenagers are using to get intoxicated, health officials warn, and the practice poses a serious health risk since the easily-obtained cleansing agent packs a potent punch.more
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