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Q And A With Rev. Phillip Davis, Founder Of New All-Boys School In Charlotte

Source: Glenn Burkins / Q City Metro   Bishop Phillip Davis, senior pastor of Nations Ford Community Church, has some definite opinions about how to address the plight of young black males. Qcitymetro: How did the idea for an all-male school come about? Davis: Actually, one of our elders said he remembers me talking about it when we first [...]

Conservative Christian Believers Called On To Vote With Faith

Source: Gavin Off / Charlotte Observer In front of hundreds of people in uptown Charlotte and thousands across the country, Christian leaders called on believers Sunday night to “pray, prepare and participate” in November’s presidential election. “iPledge Sunday: A Call to Faith, Family and Freedom” asked voters to take a political stand and elect into office [...]

U.S. Labor Secretary: Workers Need Training For New Economy

Source: Brian J. O’Connor / The Detroit News The U.S. Labor Secretary sounded the alarm on training workers for the new economy, in an address Monday morning to a meeting of Michigan workforce development specialists. “If current trends continue, the next generation of American workers will be less educated than the previous generation for the [...]

DETROIT NEWS: Potential Juror Calls Kilpatrick ‘Corrupt,’ Remains In Pool

Source: Robert Snelland and Mike Wilson / The Detroit News Detroit — Defense attorneys disagreed with a federal judge Monday morning over a potential juror, who admitted he felt former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was “corrupt” and a “liar.” U.S. District Court Judge Nancy Edmunds disallowed their objections and kept the man in the jury pool for [...]

Jay-Z Never Supported Occupy Wall Street Movement, New Interview Clarifies

Source: Meredith Bennett-Smith / The Huffington Post Jay-Z doesn’t like picnics– at least, not in Zuccotti Park. In a new interview with New York Times Magazine, the rapper and businessman clarified his position on the Occupy Wall Street movement – namely that he never actually supported the protesters, citing a lack of clarity in their message and their demonization of [...]

Pizza Shop Owner Who Bear-Hugged Pres. Obama: ‘It Seemed Like I’d Known Him For Years’

Source: Laura Donovan / Mediaite President Barack Obama received the warmest of welcomes during an unplanned Sunday stop to Florida’s Big Apple Pizza and Pasta, where surprised restaurant owner Scott Van Duzerwas so overcome with emotion and elation that he picked up the commander-in-chief during a “spur of the moment” bear hug. Don’t think the president was insulted or anything, though. Van [...]

CBS News: GoDaddy Goes Down, Anonymous Claims Responsibility

Source: Chenda Ngak / CBS News GoDaddy, the domain registrar and Web hosting company, experienced outages Monday, perhaps taking millions of websites down as a result. “Status Alert: Hey, all. We’re aware of the trouble people are having with our site. We’re working on it,” @GoDaddy tweeted. While GoDaddy.com’s site is up and running, websites hosted by the company [...]

CBS Wouldn’t Let Serena Williams Finish Her Victory Speech

Source: Chris Chase / USA Today CBS didn’t allow Serena Williams to finish her victory speech Sunday after the American tennis star won her fourth U.S. Open and 15th Grand Slam title, likely due to time constraints involving the network’s lucrative Sunday night prime-time schedule. Asked about it Monday, CBS spokesperson Jen Sabatelle refused to comment. Serena’s [...]

CNN/ORC Poll: Pres. Obama Up Six Points Over Romney

Source: CNN A new survey indicates President Barack Obama moved up four points following the Democratic National Convention last week, and now has a six point advantage over his Republican challenger Mitt Romney. According to a CNN/ORC International Poll released Monday, 52% of likely voters nationwide back the president, compared to 46% for Romney. Just before the [...]

WASHINGTON WATCH: The Impact Of The August Jobs Report & The DEM Convention On The Election (VIDEO)

What a week in Charlotte, North Carolina, at the Democratic National Convention! Will Friday’s jobs report, the convention and the speeches have a major impact on the 2012 election? This weeks Washington Watch roundtable features Joan Walsh, editor at large for Salon.com; Armstrong Williams, political commentator and host of “The Armstrong Williams Show;” political scientist [...]