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Student Visions of REO Town Area Displayed at Women’s Historical Center Until November 30,
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Student Visions of REO Town Area Displayed at Women’s Historical Center Until November 30,
New Resolution #23: … thank you for this food; Amen. Hey! That last turkey leg WAS MINE!
In the November 11, 2007 to November 24, 2007 edition, in the “Excuse me are you listening?” column, I wrote about my experience with a duct cleaning company who used fear to try and charge me $500.00 for their service and the ad said $49.99.
Three days before Thanksgiving, I received a box in the mail from my youngest sister, Kendra. It has been very hard since, my father passed away in late September.

Rooms Of The Heart
By Donna Hill
ISBN: 1-58571-219-1
Publisher: Genesis Press
Available: Bookstores everywhere
Studio: Screen Gems
Plot: Gathering to celebrate Christmas together for the first time in four years, the Whitfield clan uses the opportunity to finally share their true feelings about one another.
Cast: Loretta Devine, Delroy Lindo, Mekhi Phifer, Regina King, Sharon Leal, Idris Elba, Chris Brown, Lauren London, Columbus Short and Laz Alonso
Rating: PG-13
Bottom Line: **1/2
Although the latest government study finds drug use unchanged, kids are still at risk and experimenting at younger ages
The day-to-day schedule of the average African American parent can be a precarious balancing act, factoring in kids, work schedules and meetings, after-work and after-school functions, meals, homework and all of the errands that need to be run in between.

A state lawmaker in a runoff election in Louisiana called a black civil-rights veteran who had helped her campaign "Buckwheat," angering the NAACP, which urged voters to kick her out of office, reports the Associated Press.