Emory launching Atlanta-focused speaker seriesThe State“Atlanta Intersections” is set to kick off March 18 with a conversation with Atlanta-based urban photographer Chip Simone. The conversation between Simone and Randy Gue,…
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Owner Mark Davis: Oakland is on its ‘last chance’ to keep Raiders – CBSSports.com
CBSSports.com“We are very enthusiastic about the opportunity… to develop this unique property, which we expect will become a transformational and vital urban, residential sports and entertainment center for [Oakland],” Colony…
Lax enforcement of Denver’s camping ban? No tickets ever issued under 2012 … – The Denver Channel
Lax enforcement of Denver’s camping ban? No tickets ever issued under 2012 …The Denver ChannelDENVER – Despite an urban camping ban, homeless people can still be seen sleeping along the…
An urban farm in Las Vegas? Supporter looking at 50 acres, seeking startup … – Las Vegas Sun
An urban farm in Las Vegas? Supporter looking at 50 acres, seeking startup …Las Vegas SunGarza is leading an effort to build a large-scale urban farm in the Las Vegas…
Architecture & Design Film Festival expands to Los Angeles – Los Angeles Times
Architecture & Design Film Festival expands to Los AngelesLos Angeles TimesBy Lisa Boone. February 14, 2014, 9:15 a.m.. Following a five-year run in New York, the Architecture & Design Film…
Britain deal with suspect mail packages – Xinhua
XinhuaLONDON, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) — British police on Thursday revealed that a series of suspect packages had been sent to military-related targets in urban centers across southern England. Counter terrorism…
Inquest in Britain clears police in killing that triggered riots – Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles TimesLONDON – Fury from family and supporters greeted an inquest jury’s finding Wednesday that police acted lawfully when they shot Mark Duggan through the chest in 2011, a…
Governor, former astronaut reenact historic broadcast – Chicago Tribune
Chicago TribuneForty-five years ago, James Lovell Jr. and two other astronauts who had just orbited the moon read a Christmas Eve message to residents on Earth. At the time, the…
YouTube Music Awards Has Leo Justi From Brazil
YouTube Music Awards has Leo Justi! YouTube has tapped one of Brazil’s premiere urban-electronic artists, LEO JUSTI, to perform at the first annual YouTube Music Awards. The Brazilian broadcast, produced…
Oakland’s Michael A Lenoir 114th President Of The National Medical Association
Oakland’s Michael A. LeNoir, M.D., a well-known practicing Pediatrician and Allergist in the San Francisco Bay Area, was installed as the 114th president of the National Medical Association during the…
HyperLoop: Elon Musk’s Idea Leaves Out Some Simple Considerations
HyperLoop is an idea that has popped up all over my newsfeeds over the past day or so, and since it’s from a man who’s business work I admire, Elon…
Dennis Wu Elected Chair of Recology Board of Directors
Dennis Wu, a very respected member of the international and Recognized Business and Community Leader is now the newly elected Chair of The Recology Board of Directors. Mr. Wu is…
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev And Tamerlan Tsarnaev Boston Marathon Bombing Suspects
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and Tamerlan Tsarnaev are officially the Boston Marathon Bombing Suspects. That headline is hard to find, so this blog post was made to help make that less of…
Hadiya Pendleton In Chicago, 8 Year In Oakland Old Killed By Guns
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZCck8vnI4U Hadiya Pendleton was just 15-year-old, and shot in the back by someone who opened fire in a park near her high school on January 29th. That was this week,…
CNN’s Ridiculous Look At “Black Nerds”
CNN just had a segment devoted to “Black Nerds” that was just completely annoying. The reason is, Carolyn Costello, the CNN Anchor over the telecast, was trying to push being…
World Soccer Dribble Record Set: America Scores Draws 2,149
On Saturday, this blogger participated in a fun event: the America Scores effort to break the Guinness Book Of World Records record for number of people to dribble soccer balls…
“Welcome Back Kotter” ‘Epstein’ Actor Robert Hegyes Passes at 60
This is sad news for any fan of the shows Welcome Back Kotter and Cagney and Lacey: veteran actor Robert Hegyes passed away at the age of 60, and due…