Blacks to outnumber whites in Brazil
Blacks will outnumber whites in Brazil this year for the first time since slavery was abolished, but the income gap between the two groups may take another 50 years to bridge, according to a government study released Tuesday. The government’s Applied Institute of Economic Research said Brazil, which has the world’s second-largest black population after Nigeria, is decades away from racial equality despite public policies aimed at decreasing the gap. Blacks generally earn 50 percent to 70 percent less than whites, and hold only 3.5 percent of management positions at Brazil’s 500 largest companies, according to the labor-union statistics institute Diesse. (Continue Reading…)

Witnesses say Kenya police emptying refugee camp
Kenyan officials backed by armed police are forcing thousands of Kenyans displaced by postelection violence to leave a refugee camp, a resident and an international aid worker said Wednesday. The head of Doctors Without Borders, Remi Carrier, said local officials accompanied by armed police officers were going from tent to tent Wednesday in a camp housing 9,000 people in the western town of Kitale, and ordering people to leave in a matter of hours. (Continue Reading…)

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Former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards endorsed Sen. Barack Obama on Wednesday at a campaign event in Grand Rapids, Michigan. “The reason I’m here tonight is because the Democratic voters have made their choice, and so have I,” he told the boisterous crowd.

“There is one man who knows and understands that this is a time for bold leadership. There is one man that knows how to create the change, the lasting change, that you have to build from the ground up,” Edwards said. “There is one man who knows in his heart there is time to create one America, not two … and that man is Barack Obama.”

Edwards also praised Sen. Hillary Clinton’s candidacy. “What she has shown … is strength and character, and what drives her is something that every single one of us can and should appreciate,” Edwards said. “She is a woman who, in my judgment, is made of steel, and she’s a leader in this country not because of her husband but because of what she has done.” He said that when the nomination battle is over, “and it will be over soon, brothers and sisters … we must come together as Democrats.” Obama later praised Edwards and his wife, Elizabeth, during the rally. (Continue Reading…)

Notice the new fashion forward Payless Ads lately? Since the exceedingly successful Patricia Fields for Payless Shoes Collection, the Sex & the City fashion guru has teamed up with Payless Shoes once more for these new highly styled ads. Patricia Fields who’d recently delivered the inexpensive peace offering for us die hard but budgeting shoe addicts is said to be an advocate for the “democratization of fashion”. She’s been known to not only integrate the shoe selection on the set of Sex & the City and The Devil Wears Prada but, to throw on a pair of Payless shoes herself. The Oscar-nominated costume designer turned heads with her personally designed pair of snakeskin and metallic green platform Payless sandals during a red carpet event last year.

Hailed as a fashion visionary, Payless execs are enthused over the new image that Patricia Field is giving the shoe chain. Pay just a little more for Payless, and get your special edition pair of Patricia Fields’ shoes. Affordable is always fashionable, so you might want to consider stopping in to a Payless near you this season.

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Obama T-Shirt Sparks Protests at Georgia Restaurant
A t-shirt for sale at a Marietta restaurant is causing quite a stir among those who believe it is racially offensive. The shirt bears an image of monkey eating a banana and references Barack Obama. FOX 5’s Portia Bruner spoke to the restaurant owner selling the shirts and to those offended by the imagery. (Continue Reading…)

Detroit Council to Vote on Mayor Kilpatrick Ouster Options
A fragile majority of City Council members could be poised today to launch a double-barreled effort to topple Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick by starting their own impeachment-like process and petitioning Gov. Jennifer Granholm to oust him. The possibility emerged as a compromise late Monday among members who are mostly united in their desire to boot Kilpatrick, but have bickered lately over how to do so. But the alliance of five council members is tenuous. There appears to be more support — six members — for a vote today to censure the mayor, who faces perjury, obstruction of justice and misconduct-in-office charges for the text-message scandal that has gripped City Hall since January. (Continue Reading…)

Uprooted Kenyans head home in fits and starts
Afternoon sunshine warms Samuel Mbugua as he hammers down a tarpaulin over the ruins of his burned and looted home. But the peace that brought him back to his Kenyan farm is as fragile as the plastic stretched over the weathered beams. The 45-year-old carpenter is in the first wave of people that the government started helping to return home last week, four months after they were driven away in violence following the rigged Dec. 27 presidential election. (Continue Reading…)

REMEMBER: We are our own worst critic. You probably look better than you think! Don’t compare yourself to how another woman looks in a swimsuit. Focus only on what bathing suit makes you feel most confident in YOUR body.

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Superdelegates put Obama within mathematical reach
Barack Obama’s wave of superdelegate endorsements puts him within reach of the Democratic presidential nomination by the end of the primary season on June 3 — even if he loses half of the remaining six contests. The Illinois senator has picked up 26 superdelegates in the past week. At that pace, he will reach the number of delegates needed to clinch the nomination — 2,025 — in the next three weeks, when delegates from the remaining primaries are included. (Continue Reading…)

At Least 3 Jurors Chosen for R. Kelly Trial
The wife of a Baptist preacher from R. Kelly’s hometown, a business executive and a telecommunications company employee were the first three jurors chosen Monday for the R&B superstar’s child pornography trial. The executive, a middle-aged man, called child pornography “the lowest of the low” during questioning by the judge and attorneys. But he said he felt he could give a fair trial to the 41-year-old Kelly, who is accused of videotaping himself having sex with a girl as young as 13. (Continue Reading…)

US Revives Reward Plan for Rwanda Suspects
The United States announced on Monday it had revived a program offering rewards of up to $5 million a head for information leading to the arrest of 13 suspects in Rwanda’s genocide. Called the “Rewards for Justice” program, it offers bounties to bring to justice those most responsible for the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, said the State Department. But in recent years the program lost its impetus and the goal is to relaunch the plan, particularly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, or DRC, where most of the fugitives are believed to be hiding. (Continue Reading…)

Gosh — we love belts! Whether skinny, wide or just regular size, they are a wardrobe staple anytime of the year. This summer, the summer of high-waisted shorts, skirts, jeans and trousers, belts are a necessity that will help you pull off the complete ‘chic’ look.

Like seasons past, wide belts are still all the rave, but this summer skinny ones are too. If you feel like you are just not the “belt type of girl”, then we dare you to try adding a belt to emphasize your waist on a voluminous sundress, high-waisted trousers or favorite blouse. We promise it will not only make others stare, but it will have you making up excuses to walk past the mirror — just so you can get a glimpse of that fly reflection staring back at you.

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