Will the U.S. return to their status as Olympic champions – a title they lost to Cuba at the 2004 Athens games? Unfortunately, the answer is no. The Cuban baseball team will go for gold once again, having beaten the United States 10-2 to reach the Olympic championship game. Alexei Bell hit a three-run homer […]
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Olympic Games Spoiler Alert: Decathlon results
Speculation has been high regarding the efforts of Bryan Clay to become the first American to win gold since 1996. Clay put doubts to rest. He won the n the 10-discipline event, with a lead of more than 200 points between him and the athlete who came in 2nd. The 2004 Olympic silver medalist and […]
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Being put on to Bradd Young, live show with Young and Aloha tonight at the Loft
(confluencecity.blogspot.com) When I moved to St. Louis a few years ago to work in the black press, I had some catching-up to do on hip-hop. One of my best friends in St. Louis is an unlikely hip-hop mix master. Adam Long is a carrot-topped space cookie from Minneapolis who produced Nelly’s earliest recordings with The […]
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County Police confrontation leaves suspect dead
St. Louis County Police are investigating a confrontation at a home in Berkeley that has left a suspect dead and two St. Louis County officers injured. According to police, the officers were attempting to serve a warrant in the 6300 block of Graham Road Thursday afternoon when they say the suspect attacked them. Police have […]
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Da Brat sentenced to three years for assault with bottle
An Atlanta judge has sentenced rapper Da Brat to three years in prison Friday for striking a woman with a rum bottle at an Atlanta-area nightclub. DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Gail Flake also sentenced the rapper, whose real name is Shawntae Harris, to seven years probation and 200 hours of community service. The incident […]
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National Invitational Boxing Tournament Returns to MO Black Expo
Missouri Black Expo and St. Louis Parks and Recreation will present the MBE National Invitational Boxing Tournament as a part of Community Celebration Weekend. This year’s match up wills Olympic-caliber teams from Cincinnati, Little Rock, Kansas and St. Louis in a battle to be the best! Catch all the matches, preliminaries, and semi-finals on Saturday, […]
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Priest and preacher scandals shake East Side
Columnist James Ingram Hell must have a special place reserved for child predators; especially for those who claim to be “men of God” and who use that position of trust to fulfill their perverted desires. That’s all that I could hope for, when I learned of two recent allegations in the Illinois communities of O’Fallon […]
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Staff concerns, but promising initiatives started for new SLPS school year
St. Louis Public Schools still has both its Special Administrative Board (SAB) and an elected school board. It still has a contentious relationship between SAB and Teachers Local 420, which has sent its members back to work without a contract and with concerns about how well the administration is prepared for the number of students […]
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Natalie “Nikki” Krawitz
The St. Louis Minority Business Council has elected Natalie “Nikki” Krawitz, vice president for finance/administration, University of Missouri System and John R. Shivers National City senior vice president of business banking, as its newest board of directors members.
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MISSOURI BLACK EXPO
MAIN STAGE LINE UP SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 2008 10:00 A.M. Opening Ceremonies University City High Marching Band 10:05 a.m. 6th Annual Prostate Cancer Survivor’s & Awareness Walk Presentation 100 Black Men 10:45 a.m. A Call to Oneness Emergency Community Summit on Voter Registration 12:30 p.m. GEAR UP Student & Parent Leadership Summit discussing “REAL TALK” […]