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Senate on Health Care: Bring Bill to the Floor

Saturday, November 21, 2009 - 8:10 PM

Tonight at 8pm, the Senate voted 60-39 to bring a health care reform bill to the floor for debate. The vote ended a Republican filibuster, after two days of indecision.

This vote brings the bill one step closer to the President, whose focus from his election has been a restructured national health care plan. Democrats are aiming for final passage before Christmas.

The 2,074 page bill will allow health insurance coverage for 31 million more Americans. It is estimated that the cost of the plan is approximately $849 billion over the next 10 years. Opposing Republicans claim that is a low number.

A House bill was passed nearly two weeks ago.

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Over 30 African-American Churches Scammed

Saturday, November 21, 2009 - 2:20 PM

California Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown (above, left), standing with Rev. Clyde W. Oden Jr of the Bryant Temple AME church of Southern California, announced that he will investigate a scam that affected over 30 African-American churches.

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Wal-Mart Line-Cutter Cuts A Plea

Saturday, November 21, 2009 - 1:30 PM

The Wal-Mart line-cutter struck a plea bargain with prosecution today. The agreement states that Heather Ellis will plead guilty to disturbing the peace and resisting arrest. The penalty for this will be one year of unsupervised probation, anger management courses and four days in jail.

If Ellis does not break the one-year probation, all charges will be erased nothing will be marked on the schoolteacher's permanent record. Ellis said that this deal proves she is "taking responsibility for her actions and [hopes] that everyone else involved in the case will take responsibility for theirs."

She was initially charged with resisting arrest, assaulting a police officer, and disturbing the peace. The max sentence for such could have meant 15 years

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Obama Makes Some Daddy Time for Sascha

Saturday, November 21, 2009 - 10:00 AM

Returning from his weeklong trip to Asia, President Barack Obama and the First Lady visited Sascha's school yesterday for a school activity, AP reports. The visit to Sidwell Friends School in Bethesda, MD, came at a busy time for the president--Afghanistan, health care reform being debated, etc.--but makes the quick visit that much more special.

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S.C. Democrat: Confederate Flag Must Come Down

Friday, November 20, 2009 - 11:40 AM

by Rashaun Hall

South Carolina Democrat Mullins McLeod believes that the Confederate flag must be removed from the State Capitol building if the state is to attract more jobs.

According to South Carolina's The State, McLeod, a Charleston-based attorney who is running for governor, released a plan on Thursday, November 19th to create jobs and reopened the age-old debate about the flag.

"We are not going to compete in a 21st century economy by prolonging 19th century arguments," McLeod wrote in a prepared statement. "It is time for us to send a clear and unambiguous signal to the rest of the country, and the entire world, that South Carolina is better than what people see on the news, and that we are ready to make progress.

"By agreeing to move past this old argument once and for all, we will be telling the world that South Carolina is ready to lead again."

Fellow Democratic contender, Sen. Vincent Sheheen, said he too has believed for the past decade the flag should come down.

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Pop Culture 101: The New Trend in Higher Education

Friday, November 20, 2009 - 7:15 AM

by Erika Parkins

Is academia dumbing its subject matter down, or simply channeling popular culture to teach its students? Course offerings on supermodels, hip-hop, and popular TV shows like "The Wire" are showing up on Ivy League curriculums providing students with a chance to access classic theories in economics, finance, literature and sociology, through the world they know.

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Save $1 On The December Issue of ESSENCE

Thursday, November 19, 2009 - 12:30 PM

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How the Obamas Have Shaken Up D.C.'s Social Scene

Thursday, November 19, 2009 - 6:45 AM

by Cynthia Gordy

As we all know, with a new President comes a change to the political landscape of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Is Washington D.C. the new Black Hollywood?

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Shaniya's Brother: 'I Didn't Think This Could Happen'

Thursday, November 19, 2009 - 6:00 AM

by Jenisha Watts

On November 10, Shaniya Davis' mother, 25-year-old Antoinette Davis, reported her missing. The police uncovered shocking information: Officials believed that Antoinette sold her daughter into sexual slavery. ESSENCE.COM spoke exclusively with Shaniya's half-brother, Byron Coleman about the incident, how he found out, and what he remembers the most about his baby sister.

See exclusive photos of Shaniya Davis.

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Army Mom Faces Multiple Charges for Going AWOL

Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - 3:50 PM

An ABC news video shows Army spc. Alexis Hutchinson's 10-month-old with his grandmother. Hutchinson faces a number of charges for missing her deployment. She is being held at the Hunter Army Airfield.

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