Five minority contractor and worker organizations unite By Alvin A. Reid of the American An alliance of five minority contractor and worker organizations have formed the Rosa Parks Minority Inclusion Initiative. Spokesman Eric Vickers said the initiative will ensure that minority businesses and workers are included in a number of multi-million dollar construction projects throughout […]
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The gospel scene
Interfaith efforts against racism continue as Shaare Emeth and St. Alphonsus Rock Church partner to host a screening of the critically acclaimed movie Crash on Saturday, November 12 at 7 p.m. The congregations are working together in an interfaith effort against racism. Members of both congregations will meet at Shaare Emeth, 11645 Ladue Road, to […]
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Mayor honors business at annual luncheon
Mayor Francis G. Slay and Rodney Crim, executive director of the St. Louis Development Corporation, presented the city’s annual business awards Friday at the 2005 City of St. Louis Business Celebration Luncheon. Businesses of Year ABNA Engineering, Pangea Group, Bryan Cave LLP, St. Louis Cardinals, Document Imaging of St. Louis, Target Stores, Faultless Laundry Company, […]
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Damon Dash, ultimate hustler?
A lawsuit filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court accuses Damon Dash of stealing the premise for a reality series Ultimate Hustler from two Los Angeles producers. The lawsuit stems from allegations that Dash stole the premise for Ultimate Hustler from the plaintiff’s show pitch entitled Mogul. The concept of Mogul puts contestants competing against […]
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Two Rams players throw hands at Monday Night Football Party
Travis Fisher, Aveon Cason defend themselves in club fight Monday Night Football wasn’t the only interesting thing to watch at Plush last night. St. Louis Rams Corner Back Travis Fisher got into a fight with an attendee of the Monday Night Football Party. Teammate Aveon Cason (St. Louis Rams running back) had his teammate’s back, […]
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Jackson has had enough of U.S.
Michael Jackson will come back to the United States, but it’s unlikely he would ever make it his home again, says his father. “He’ll come back to visit, but not to stay, not to live,” Joseph Jackson told The Associated Press in a recent interview. Jackson said his son, who was acquitted in June of […]
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Boy, babysitter still missing
Police continued their search for a missing 4-year-old boy and his 19-year-old baby sitter Wednesday afternoon, and family members fear foul play could be involved. The two people haven’t been seen or heard from since Sunday and the baby sitter’s car, a black 1995 Ford Crown Victoria, was discovered on a VFW parking lot in […]
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St. Louis an embarrassing No. 1
While gonorrhea has fallen to the lowest level on record in the United States, St. Louis ranks No. 1 in the nation. St. Louis ranks second in the number of cases per capita in chlamydia and is fifth in the number of syphilis cases. Sexually transmitted bacteria cause all three diseases. The nation’s gonorrhea rate […]
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Afghan poet’s mom helps assassinate her
Internationally acclaimed poet Nadia Anjuman was beaten to death, and her husband and mother have been arrested. The United Nations condemned the killing Tuesday as symptom of continuing violence against Afghan women four years after the fall of the Taliban. Nadia Anjuman – who was widely praised for her first book of poems, titled “Gule […]
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Two Rams players throw hands at Monday Night Football Party
Travis Fisher, Aveon Cason defend themselves in club fight Monday Night Football wasn’t the only interesting thing to watch at Plush last night. St. Louis Rams Corner Back Travis Fisher got into a fight with an attendee of the Monday Night Football Party. Teammate Aveon Cason (St. Louis Rams running back) had his teammate’s back, […]