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A noted psychologist told a gathering of teachers, school officials and parents that the reason why black males are struggling to graduate high school has very little to do with the failures of teachers. It has much more to do with the failures of modern society, he said. "I'm unwilling to stand up here and pretend that you are somehow responsible for their failures," Na'im Akbar told teachers Tuesday at a symposium on graduation rates at Atlantic Community High School. The symposium was the second meeting of a task force started by the school district to generate ideas to improve...

Per Foxnews, a local affiliate is reporting Rangel has struck a deal. FNC is working to confirm...

SNIPPET - quote: Standoff in NH city after bus bomb threat By KATHY McCORMACK (AP) – 45 minutes ago PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — Authorities remained in a standoff with a man on a Maine-to-New York Greyhound bus Thursday, hours after a passenger called 911 to report an explosive device on board. The other 16 passengers and the driver safely got off the bus, which was parked in downtown Portsmouth, surrounded by a bomb squad and sharpshooters, including one in an armored vehicle.

This article explains Black male unemployment by using Chris Dansby as an example. While not ascribed as an editorial--it is on page A1--it does have a point of view common to most radical publications. The article begins with: "...On the morning of his 25th birthday, Chris Dansby made the same wish that he'd made when he turned 24, 23, 22 and 21: Let this be the day where everything worked out, the one he'd been promised since he was a boy. He was living for the moment in his girlfriend's apartment, surrounded by nothing of his own. It was her...

Sheriff's deputies are searching for the man who killed a deputy, his canine partner and shot another deputy following a traffic stop. Deputy Matthew Williams and his canine partner Dioji were killed. Williams has been with the department for 12 years. Deputy Doug Speirs was hit in the leg and is expected to be fine. He has been released from the hospital. It all started just after noon, when a deputy stopped the suspect for speeding. The suspect, described as a dark-skinned man with dreadlocks, then reportedly gave the deputy a fake identification. He then asked if he was going...

Because the Washington Post wants to obscure the basic reality of the situation, we believe that visitors to the nation's capital should be warned that there is a crime emergency in effect, sparked by a sharp increase in homicides, and they are potential victims. The fact is that white tourists are being injured and killed by roving black male gangs, who are even showing up in exclusive areas such as Georgetown where some rich reporters live behind iron gates. The Post, however, has a policy of deliberately keeping the public in the dark about the real nature of the problem....

CHAMBLEE, Ga. (AP) -- DeKalb County police say an off-duty officer shot and killed an intruder who broke into his apartment at Chamblee while he was sleeping.Police believe three men broke into the man's home at Lake Louise apartments about 2 am and say the officer was inside. His eight-year-old son also was sleeping in the apartment.Police spokesman Herschel Grangent says the officer awoke, saw the men and saw one of them pointing a gun at him. The officer shot and killed the man. Grangent says the officer was defending himself.The man's son was not injured.The officer is on...