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Mattel, Inc. Barbies and Black Beauty
NATIONAL- In 1959, Mattel, Inc. launched a fashion doll that is now famously known as Barbie. It is one of the most successful toy lines ever but the plastic doll has also faced a great deal of scrutiny. The main complaint is that Barbie promotes a standard of beauty that most females do not fit [...]
Octavia Spencer Earns Palm Springs Fest’s “Breakthrough Award”
LOS ANGELES, CA- Octavia Spencer will be recognized with the Palm Springs Film Festival’s Breakthrough Performance Award for her role in “The Help,” according to The Hollywood Reporter. “Octavia Spencer is a consummate actress who seamlessly blends her dramatic and comedic talents, creating performances of uncommon depth,” festival chairman Harold Matzner said in announcing the [...]
College Athletes File Lawsuits Against NCAA for Concussions
NATIONAL- The punt soared through the night air, arriving just before the tackler crashed into Derek Owens. No penalty flag was thrown, and Owens maintained one would not have been justified. It was football, the sport he still loves, despite his concussions. “They just killed him!” Teresa Owens blurted in the stands, reacting with a [...]
Smithsonian Network Finds Film from King Murder
NEW YORK — Thanks to some forward-looking college professors, television’s Smithsonian Network has a unique look at the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. The network said Wednesday that it will air a documentary in February culled primarily from local news footage in Memphis, Tenn., where the civil rights leader was murdered on April 4, [...]
‘Sweetie Pie’s’ Miss Robbie Shares Her Recipes
The story of Miss Robbie Montgomery and her soul food restaurant in St. Louis, Missouri has created fervent fans. Oprah Winfrey’s OWN has found at least one winning formula in its programming – the reality show “Welcome to Sweetie Pies.” The story of Miss Robbie Montgomery and her family-run soul food restaurant in St. Louis, [...]
7-Year-old Publishes Book About Obesity
At just seven-years-old, LaNiyah is a published author. But it’s her latest effort, a book about obesity, that’s closet to her heart. After rapidly gaining weight when she was just three, her parents consulted her pediatrician and put little LaNiyah on a strict diet. When she continued to gain weight despite being on the diet, [...]
Andrae Crouch: Dyslexia is His Blessing
Atlanta, GA — Andrae Crouch’s songs have made him a gospel legend. He’s written dozens that he’s made classic hits, while others have been sung by the likes of Elvis Presley. But for Crouch, the songwriting process isn’t actually about writing because of his dyslexia. Crouch, whose signature songs include “Soon and Very Soon” and [...]
Commit A Minute To Safety This Holiday Season Safety Tips From UL And The Muppets
The holidays are considered the “most wonderful time of the year,” but all the seasonal cooking, decorating and home entertaining contributes to many unintentional injuries each year. To help, UL (Underwriters Laboratories), a global safety organization, and The Muppets have a series of online safety videos to teach families how to stay safer this holiday [...]
Step Up Your Routine
Getting into a fitness routine can be as easy as 1, 2, 3—or counting your steps, according to Bob Greene, Oprah’s personal trainer and author of the new “20 Years Younger: Look Younger, Feel Younger, Be Younger!” Even better news: Since the walking you already do is a first step to in¬creasing your mileage and [...]
Organ Donation: Giving The Gift Of Life
It’s not often that a gift can actually give someone a second chance at life. However, organ, eye and tissue donations do just that. Currently, more than 111,000 people in the United States are on the waiting list to receive a life-saving organ. Last year, organ donors made more than 28,000 transplants possible. And the [...]
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