Via: CNN.com The massive earthquake that struck Chile on Saturday may have shifted the Earth’s axis and created shorter days, scientists at NASA say. The change is negligible, but permanent: Each day should be 1.26 microseconds shorter, according to preliminary calculations. A microsecond is one-millionth of a second. A large quake shifts massive amounts of […]
Site: http://www.fhammondfamilyent.com/meetfred.php For more than 25 years, music listeners around the world have known Fred Hammond as a talented songwriter, bassist and vocalist. He is also known throughout the music industry as a gifted musical arranger and producer. But, his work with Face to Face Productions Cor poration, the company for which he is both […]
Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, Sheard spent her formative years surrounded by the strong influences of her family, their faith, and their music. At age 6, she began singing in the choir at Greater Emmanuel Institutional Church of God in Christ, pastored by her father Superintendent J. Drew Sheard. Even at a young age, […]
Raleigh, NC –Thousands are expected to meet at Shaw University on Saturday, February 27 and march to the State Legislature on Jones Street to protest the re-segregation of public schools, call for education instead of imprisonment, and demand good jobs and schools. The 4th Annual HKonJ (Historic Thousands on Jones Street) March and Assembly has adopted the slogan […]
(CNN) — A tsunami advisory announced shortly after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Japan’s Ryukyu Islands early Saturday has been canceled, Japan’s Meteorological Agency reported. There was no tsunami damage “though there may be slight sea level changes from now on,” it said, referring to the areas affected by the advisory — the Okinawa Islands, the […]
(CNN) — A massive magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck central Chile early Saturday, rattling bulidings and triggering a tsunami. At least 6 people were killed and the death toll is expected to rise, government officials said. The epicenter of the earthquake was located near the city of Concepcion, 212 miles (341 kilometers) from the capital of […]
Washington (CNN) — Alexander Haig, who managed the Nixon administration during the Watergate crisis and served a controversial stint as secretary of state under President Reagan, died on Saturday. He was 85. Haig died at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, after he was admitted there on January 28, spokesman Gary Stephenson said.
NEW YORK, Feb 1 /PRNewswire/ — Mary Mary, continues its winning streak by taking home the Grammy® Award in the Best Gospel Song category for “God In Me” at the ceremonies held in Los Angeles on January 31. The win gives the gospel duo its third Grammy® award. Last year at the 51st Grammy® Awards […]
Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley – was a former slave turned successful seamstress who is most notably known as being Mary Todd Lincoln’s personal modiste and confidante, and the author of her autobiography, Behind the Scenes Or, Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House. Mrs. Keckly utilized her intelligence, keen business savvy, and […]
http://www.blackplanet.com/your_page/index.html?profile_id=52816525&profile_name=BHM_Marjorie_Joyner&user_id=52816525&username=B Inventor, Marjorie Stewart Joyner (October 24, 1896 – December 27, 1994), was born in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains. When she was a teenager she moved to Chicago, Illinois to study cosmetology. While attending school she met the famous beautician, Madam C.J. Walker, who had achieved success after entertainer Josephine Baker used her products. Dedicated […]
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Ever applied to a job online only to have your résumé seemingly vanish into a void? “People have to think about a way to separate themselves from this pile of garbage that sits on someone’s desk,” said Sanford. He suggests finding out who is responsible for hiring at the company and […]
Site: CNN.com Simon Cowell said he honestly has no idea who will replace him on “American Idol” after this year, but he has some thoughts. During a conference call on Thursday, the departing judge said whoever fills his seat needs to have knowledge and not just the ability to be critical. “I think over the […]