Martini Mondays bringing out the VIPs. Martini Mondays is the place to be if you missed going out on the weekend or can’t wait until the weekend. It was a fine night this Monday and it seemed that just about everybody was acquainted with one another. But I don’t think too many people knew the […]
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Dana Hill promoted by SLMBC
The St. Louis Minority Business Council (SLMBC) has named Dana P. Hill Director, Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) Development. Prior to his new position, Hill served as Senior Project Manager for SLMBC’s Focused Growth Program (FGP), an initiative to spur the growth and expansion of already successful minority-owned businesses. In his new position, Hill will be […]
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Gerald Early
Gerald Early, Washington University Merle Kling Professor of Modern Letters and director of the Center for the Humanities in Arts and Sciences recently received the Phi Beta Kappa Award for Distinguished Services to Humanities in Atlanta.
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Electronic Roberts
Roberts Companies wants to extend a thank-you for the wonderful write-up in the “Salute to Excellence in Business” section in today’s American. We would look to have this story for our archives, but can’t seem to locate it online. Keesha Dhaene Roberts Broadcasting
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Death Penalty Jeremiah
Of the many gaffes made by local Democrats in the weeks before showtime on Nov. 7, let’s not forget the state’s energetic enforcer of the death penalty – and campaigner on the backs of executed black men – Attorney General Jeremiah “Jay” Nixon. Nixon was awfully busy making “I’m next at the top of the […]
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Science Fair winner shares tricks of trade
Choose a topic you like, use the Scientific Method and use the Internet for research. Kirby Middle School students received these tips on entering science fairs from science fair winner, Melissa Rey. Rey, 13, a seventh grader at Parkway Central Middle School, recently visited Kirby with her mother Barbara Rey, to encourage seventh graders to […]
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Pioneering pastor, policewoman passes
The Rev. Agnes L. Bonner Wallace, senior associate minister of the Lane Tabernacle CME Church, died on Wednesday, November 15 at St. John Mercy’s Medical Center of injuries stemming from an automobile injury. Wallace was also one of the first African-American policewomen in the Metropolitan St. Louis Police Department and a member of the St. […]
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Will Mike Tyson be real life Deuce Bigalow?
Various popular media outlets such as contactmusic.com have reported that former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson has agreed to become a male escort for legendary Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss. It was reported that an agreement was reached for Tyson to work in Fleiss’ new legalized brothel for women in Nevada. Fleiss has bought 60 acres of […]
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NAACP: 80 out of 5,000 vote
Debra Boller and several other city NAACP members shot off letters Tuesday to the national NAACP, citing gross irregularities in Monday night’s city branch elections. Only 80 of some 5,000 members voted, with 46 votes going to incumbent branch president Harold Crumpton and 26 to firefighter James Morgan. Insiders said Crumpton didn’t let the Election […]
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Girls to watch in high school hoops
Hardwood stars-to-be this season By Earl Austin Jr. Of the St. Louis American Here are some of the area’s top girls prep basketball players to watch in ‘06-’07. Brittney Adams (Belleville East): The versatile 5’10” senior can play all five positions on the court. She’s the younger sister of former East St. Louis star Rita […]