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Spring clocks forward this weekend for Daylight Saving Time! Turn your clocks ahead one hour before you go to bed Saturday night, for Daylight Saving Time Saturday night/Sunday morning at 2 a.m. move your clocks one hour for Daylight Savings Time.  You will lose an hour of sleep. The great thing the daylight will last longer in […]

February 2012 unemployment rate for white men decreased while increasing for African American men White male unemployment lowered to 6.8% African American male unemployment rose to 14.3% White female unemployment remained 6.8% while African American female unemployment decreased to 12.4% Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics African American unemployment African American unemployment for February 2012 increased to 14.1% (Seasonally adjusted) African […]

Barack Obama in a 1990s video at Harvard protests in favor of the cause of Professor Derek Bell and the hiring of more minority faculty members.      

A Conversation with First Ladies Barbara & Laura Bush   Barbara Bush discusses the current Republican party at 37mins and 30secs into the video.   The Bush Center  March 6, 2012  

Air Force marks 60 years in Germany’s Rhineland-Pfalz On March 7, 1936 German military forces entered the Rhineland. This violated the Locarno Treaties and was the first time since the end of World War I that German troops had been in this region. Under the terms of Versailles, the Rhineland had been made into a demilitarized […]

Jamaica PM calls for ‘full independence’ Britain’s Prince Harry (L) is given a statue of Usain Bolt, by the Jamaican Prime Minister, Portia Simpson Miller, before a reception prior to the state dinner at the King’s House in Kingston, Jamaica March 6, 2012. Photo By POOL/REUTERS AFP – Tuesday, March 6, 20   Jamaica’s Prime […]

Heathrow Terminal 2 offers faster transit and more room for planes The £2.3bn development, which will open to passengers in 2014, will handle up to 20 million passengers a year Gwyn Topham The Guardian While the Norman Foster vision for a shiny new airport in the Thames Estuary is still fantasy, his design for a […]

L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to chair Democratic convention In his new role, Villaraigosa will wield the gavel at the Democratic National Convention and raise money to help pay for the gathering in Charlotte, N.C., giving him contact with donors who could play a role in a future run for office.   By Mark Z. Barabak […]

Brazil announces nearly $32 billion in cuts to 2012 budget   AFP Brazil’s government on Wednesday announced nearly $32 billion in spending cuts to its 2012 budget but said social programs and major investments for the 2014 World Cup and 2016 summer Olympics would not be affected. “We have made a big cut of 55 […]

Whitney Houston -One of the best voices ever   Long live the spirit of Whitney Houston