Archive | 2007

Can Programs Really Help Our Young Black Kids?

LAMBS is a Saturday program that starts in October and ends in June. It produces many activities such as sports, education, singing, dancing, acting, writing, bowling, roller skating, and spiritual growth. This program has been in effect for more than twelve years and was designed to teach young black kids as early as the age [...]

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Alarming News! STDs Don’t Discriminate, Everyone At Risk! Scientific Genocide Is Sweeping The Nation!

According to Laurel Pregnancy Center in Maryland, the United States has the highest rate of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in the world.

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Church ‘Jams’ With Positive Message

A Brooklyn church is planning an event to keep teenagers focused on faith and keep their focus away from the street. East New York’s Changing Lives Christian Center is staging its 2nd annual “Back to School Jam” at its Linden Boulevard facility. Aimed at youth both inside and beyond the neighborhood, this year’s show is [...]

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Disney World

In life, every person either has, had, or wished for a place they believe anything can happen, and come true. When little kids are young, they all have secret, magical places that they believe are real. In my own life, I know that I have believed in magical places before, and still do. The one [...]

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New Sidekicks Swinging In

T-mobile is launching two new Sidekick phones aimed at luring more teenagers to the wireless company’s popular brand of cell phones. Dubbed the Sidekick LX and the Sidekick Slide, the phones will begin to sell in stores this month. The Sidekick LX comes next in line after the popular Sidekick 3, one of the most [...]

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Women in the Workplace: The Fight for Respect

Women have gone from being viewed as desperate housewives to key players in the corporate world. In this competitive world women have to become experts at being on top of their game to prove that they are equal if not more qualified than men. At the same time they must maintain a certain level of [...]

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In 2007 Stereotypes Still Stick

Despite an age of political correctness in the U.S. most people still stereotype people based on race, according to a survey at World Journalism Preparatory School. The 11-question survey answered by 25 students showed that 92% of students make assumptions about a person’s intelligence, culture and other abilities.

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Ministry in Action Brings Out Teens

On any given weekday you will find youngsters attending Brown Memorial Baptist Church in Brooklyn’s Clinton Hill, not for service but to complete their homework and participate in other fun activities. Ministry in Action, a religious-based program that prevents young people from going into gangs and other criminal activities was created by Rev. Carl Callendar. [...]

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Life in the shoes of a journalist

The life of a journalist is very busy, but also very fascinating. Everyday people read the newspaper or their favorite magazines and never fully realize that there’s a person behind all the words and phrases on the printed page. Veteran journalist Ikimulisa Livingston is one those people. As a reporter at the “New York Post,” [...]

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Residents Turn Over Guns at NYPD’s Buyback

EAST FLATBUSH – On November 12, local residents turned in guns at the NYPD’s Gun Buyback Initiative in Central Brooklyn. [...]

Hundreds Pack Times Square for Mario 3D Launch

Video game fans brave the cold to join event promoting release of Super Mario 3D Land

Pet Hospital Opens With Hot Dog Contest

Brooklyn’s newest pet hospital opens with dog contest and visit from hot dog eating champ

How Will the Barclay’s Center Affect its Brooklyn Neighborhood

Sometimes when Anne and Adam are walking past the construction at Barclay Center Arena in central Brooklyn, they see rats [...]

Brooklyn Turns Containers Into Shops

Dekalb Market converted unused shipping containers into a small village of eateries, craft shops, and performance spaces

NBA Lockout’s Effect on Store Sales

MIDTOWN MANHATTAN – Stores around Madison Square Garden usually experience a boom in business during the NBA season. But due [...]