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Celebrity Swagger Snap of the Week -
Mahamat-Selah Haroun’s “A Screaming Man” is among the diverse group of selections in Washington University’s 7th Annual African Film Festival screening March 23-25.
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Tim Norman and his mother, former Ikette turned restaurateur Robbie Montgomery, put the reality back in reality TV.
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Marvin Sapp -
Phaedra Parks -
Nixon should appoint Judge Quigless -
Lionel Phillips -
St. Louis Public Schools Superintendent Kelvin Adams with Shaw Visual and Performing Arts Elementary School students celebrated a milestone. This year, SLPS collected 217,245 food items for Operation Food Search pantries in St. Louis, bringing its 10-year total of donations to more than 1 million: 1,049,000.
The top collecting schools for 2012 were Roosevelt High School, collecting the most food items at the high school level (13,189); Compton Drew ILC, collecting the most at the middle school level (17,000); and Shaw VPA, collecting the most food items among elementary schools and highest total overall with 28,384, a new record. This was the second consecutive year that Shaw VPA finished as the top-collecting school.
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Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism & Entertainment Wykeham McNeill has the attention of potential investors and industry partners during the Invest in Tourism roundtable held during the Jamaica Investment Forum 2012 held recently at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Ontego Bay. The roundtable was co-hosted by Minister of Health Dr. Fenton Ferguson and chaired by Evelyn Smith, President of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association.
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Dwight Howard -
Mark McDaniel, a senior at Imagine College Preparatory High School, made the student presentation remarks during UMSL’s Bridge Program Celebration at the America’s Center on March 10.
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Former Whitfield High star Ryan Mango returned home last week to finish fifth at the 2012 NCAA Wrestling Championships, which were held at the Scottrade Center. Mango earned All-American honors for the second consecutive year.
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State Rep. Tishaura O. Jones is a candidate for Treasurer of St. Louis -
Lionel Phillips -
Alvin Parks -
Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow has been pushed aside in favor of the veteran Peyton Manning, with whom the Broncos signed earlier this week.
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Jamaica’s Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller greets Abel Matutes, Chief Executive Officer of the Fiesta Hotel Group, one of nine Spanish hotel chains operating in Jamaica, during the Jamaica Investment Forum 2012 held last week, March 1 – 2, at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Ontego Bay. Minister of Industry, Investment & Commerce Anthony Hylton (left) and JAMPRO’s President Sancia Bennett-Templer (background) were also on hand.
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Bishop Willie James Ellis Jr. -
DeShawn Munson -
StPats -
Dr. Dorothy Irene Height -
New elementary school principals in the Ferguson-Florissant School District: Robert Ricker, Malinda Ice, Dr. Rodney Lewis, Emily Turner and Julie Whyte.
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At the 26th annual Black Engineer of the Year Awards held recently in Philadelphia, David L. Steward, Chairman of the Board of World Wide Technology Inc., became the first non-engineer to be awarded the Black Engineer of the Year Award.
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Charlene Crowell -
Jaylen Bledsoe, 13, an eighth grade student at Hazelwood West Middle School, owns a start-up information technology company, Bledsoe Technologies. Working from his parents’ home, he currently has four employees – two local and two in India. Bledsoe also has an attorney.
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KwamainMitchell (#3) of the St. Louis Billikens passes around Derrick Nix (#25) of the Michigan State Spartans during second-half action of the third round of the 2012 NCAA Tournament at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. After defeating Memphis on Friday, Saint Louis University lost to Michigan State, ending their season.
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David L. Steward of St. Louis, the first non-engineer to be awarded the Black Engineer of the Year Award, with Tyrone D. Taborn, publisher and editor-in-chief of USBE&IT Magazine., at the recent BEYA Awards in Philadelphia.
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Courtney Simms -
Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow has been pushed aside in favor of the veteran Peyton Manning, with whom the Broncos signed earlier this week.
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Kacie Starr Triplett -
Courtney Simms -
Dick Durbin -
2011 May Day Parade -
Bayard Rustin (1912-1987)
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Cavalia: A Magical Encounter Between Human and Horse -
Bishop Willie Ellis
