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Teen pot and alcohol use rises for first time in a decade
12:17 PM on 03/02/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Alcohol and marijuana use among teens is on the rise, ending a decade-long decline, according to Partnership for a Drug-Free America...
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Blacks without banks count on check cashing alternatives
10:06 AM on 12/23/2009
VIDEO - Nearly one third of African-Americans use financial services like check cashing places in addition to their banks, a recent FDIC study says. But one in five black households don't have bank account at all...
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Conspiracy theories about HIV do real harm
10:00 AM on 12/16/2009
OPINION - HIV/AIDS conspiracy theories circulate in homes, barber shops, churches, and among activists in the African-American community.
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Debate teams help black students find their voice
8:20 AM on 12/15/2009
VIDEO - High school juniors Devonte Escoffery and Stephon Adams have made their school's debate team their number one priority...
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Liberals prefer a lighter skinned Obama, study says
4:30 PM on 11/23/2009
When given a choice of voting for a lighter-skinned version of Barack Obama versus a darker-skinned version, most voters who consider themselves Democrats voted for the lighter version.
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Black CEOs and the 'teddy bear' effect
10:31 AM on 10/16/2009
FROM NEWSWEEK.COM By Sharon Begley The study was simple. The researchers had volunteers study head shots of current and former CEOs--men and women, black and white, all in business attire--of Fortune 500 companies and rate how baby-faced they looked on a four-point scale. Black male CEOs were rated as significantly...
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New study claims autism on the rise in U.S.
3:00 PM on 10/05/2009
VIDEO - A new study published in the current issue of pediatrics, indicates the prevalence of autism in children is much greater than earlier statistics indicated.
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NFL receives A- grade for racial hiring practices
8:05 AM on 09/25/2009
AP - A study analyzed data provided by the league on the racial breakdown of players and coaches ...
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Spare the rod, save your child
7:42 AM on 09/23/2009
OPINION - A study of more than 2,500 toddlers found that, for poor children as young as one, spanking is not only commonplace but promotes more aggressive behavior by age two...
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HPV infection makes cancers less deadly for blacks, doctors say
4:52 PM on 07/29/2009
VIDEO - Doctors have made an important discovery into the impact of HPV on head and neck cancer. Their research may explain why black patients are less likely to survive than white patients with the same diagnosis.
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African Americans to be main focus of vitamin study
1:25 PM on 06/23/2009
African Americans will be a main focus in a large, government-sponsored study of vitamin supplements set to begin later this year. The study will recruit 20,000 people, a quarter of whom will be black, to see whether vitamin D and fish oil supplements might help prevent strokes, heart attacks or...
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'All black people' asked to leave Wal-Mart
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, NJ (AP) - On Sunday evening at the store, a male voice calmly announced: "Attention Wal-Mart customers: All black people leave the store now."...
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