Recently added articles from Jet:
Talking it out.(The JET Spot)
Dec 08, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Talking It out: At Bennett Family Child Care Center in University Park, PA, Camryn Hollins, 4, gets a lesson in conflict resolution from Twiggle the ...
This week begins national drunk and drugged driving prevention month.(The JET Spot)
Dec 08, 2008 ... This Week Begins National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month: The observance highlights the fact alcohol and drug-related highway accidents and fatalities annually rise during the Christmas holiday season. It promotes ...
On the playlist.(Top Radio Airplay)
Dec 08, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ON THE PLAYLIST: ...
Celebrity birthdays.(The JET Spot)
Dec 08, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Dec. 1 Golden Brooks [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...
Water heating help.(JET green tip)
Dec 08, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Water Heating Help: After air heating, lighting and running appliances, heating water is the next largest energy expense in homes. You can cut down on hot water costs by lowering the thermostat on your water heater. While ...
Celeb scene.
Dec 08, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] (A) Radio personality-comedian Steve Harvey makes holiday crafts with host Martha Stewart during a taping of The Martha Stewart Show in New York. (B) Cedric The Entertainer signs his Sardi's portrait at Sardi's Restaurant in New York City. (C) Latoya ...
Obama may have to stop using BlackBerry in White House: president's e-mail may be subject to public record laws.(NATIONAL REPORT)
Dec 08, 2008; ... President-elect Barack Obama loves his BlackBerry. But now that he is heading to the White House in January, he may have to stop using it. The president's e-mail can be subpoenaed by Congress and courts and may be subject to public records laws, so if a president doesn't want ...
Obama gets more threats than any other president-elect.(NATIONAL REPORT)
Dec 08, 2008 ... Since being elected president on Nov. 4, Barack Obama has received more death threats than any other new U.S. president, according to news reports. The Secret Service would not comment or provide the number of death threats ...
Ex-NBA star Kevin Johnson elected mayor of Sacramento.(NATIONAL REPORT)
Dec 08, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] While Barack Obama was making history as the first African-American to be elected president of the United States, retired NBA All-Star Kevin Johnson was making his own history in California. Johnson, 42, became the first Black elected mayor of ...
Army chief urges troops need more time at home.(NATIONAL REPORT)
Dec 08, 2008 ... Increasing the time troops have at home is probably the most important element for readying them for future assignments, the Army chief of staff, Gen. George Casey, recently said after a Purple Heart ceremony in San Antonio. With the size of the Army growing and demand holding ...
All-star power.(NATIONAL REPORT)
Dec 08, 2008 ... ALL-STAR POWER: Major league baseball star Ken Griffey Jr. is all smiles after being introduced by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as America's newest public diplomacy envoy at the State Department in Washington, D.C. Griffey, a 13-time All Star out-fielder, will travel the ...
Chicago Urban League gala.(NATIONAL REPORT)
Dec 08, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] CHICAGO URBAN LEAGUE GALA: During the Chicago Urban League's (CUL) recent 47th Annual Golden Fellowship Dinner, honoree Linda Johnson Rice, Johnson Publishing Co. chairman and CEO, is congratulated by presenter Tom Joyner, host of the syndicated "Tom ...
FAMU's new president.(EDUCATION)
Dec 08, 2008 ... FAMU'S NEW PRESIDENT: Dr. James H. Ammons is sworn in as the 10th president of Florida A&M University in Tallahassee. His wife Judy and son James look on as Judge Joseph Lewis Jr. of the Florida First District Court of Appeal administers the oath of office ...
A life's work honored.(EDUCATION)
Dec 08, 2008 ... A LIFE'S WORK HONORED: Dr. Margaret Burroughs, the recipient of the Chicago State University (CSU) Lifetime Achievement Award, is congratulated by Dr. Sylvia Gist, CSU dean of College Education; Dr. Donald Pettis, CSU Alumni Association president and CSU interim President Dr. Frank G ....
Foster care adoption gives families an option: opportunities to take in children from state custody are greater.(LIFESTYLES)
Dec 08, 2008; ... As an adoption attorney, Ina Johnson Cook puts in long hours to place children in good homes. Having gone through the foster care adoption process herself, along with her husband, Joe, she knows the difference adoption can make in a child's life. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...
50 Cent, Bette Midler dedicate community garden in his honor.(LIFESTYLES)
Dec 08, 2008; ... Bette Midler wanted to work with 50 Cent, but it didn't have anything to do with music. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The singer-actress finally got her chance and partnered with the rap star to give new life to a community garden in Queens, NY, where he grew up. Midler and ...
This week in Black history.
Dec 08, 2008 ... December 1, 1955-- Rosa Parks, seamstress, freedom fighter, refused to give up her seat to a White man on a Montgomery, AL, bus on this day and was arrested for violating a city law that required Whites and Blacks to sit in separate rows on buses. A White man wanted to sit in ...
Blood pressure disparity kills 8,000 Blacks each year.(HEALTH)(Clinical report)
Dec 08, 2008 ... Findings from a recent medical study show nearly 8,000 Black Americans could be saved each year if doctors could figure out a way to bring their average blood pressure down to the average level of Whites. Released in the Annals of Family Medicine, the study is being called the ...
Fear, misconceptions stop Black women from getting mammograms.(HEALTH)(Clinical report)
Dec 08, 2008; ... According to a new study in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, in order to dispel misconceptions and to encourage more Black women to get mammograms, training is needed for physicians and caregivers to improve cultural sensitivity and communication. The study found that ...
New UN resolution would boost troops in Congo.(AFRICAN AFFAIRS)
Dec 08, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A recent proposed U.N. resolution would increase the 17,000-strong U.N. peacekeeping force in conflict-wracked Congo by about 3,100 troops and police. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the top U.N. envoy in Congo, Alan Doss, have been ...