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Wichita students hear from Tuskegee Airman
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsFighting the enemy overseas and fighting prejudice at home. That's the role the Tuskegee Airmen played during and after World War II. Students at Collegiate School in Wichita learned about the group's history on Thursday. The 'Rise Above' exhibit... -
Tuskegee Airman and Seattle sports fixture George Hickman dies at 88
Q It Up Sports DirectorGeorge Hickman, one of the few surviving Tuskegee Airmen, and a longtime usher at University of Washington athletic events and press box attendant at Seahawks games, died on Sunday. He was 88. Hickman’s death prompted a wave of condolences...Tags: Barack Obama, Congressional Gold Medal Honorees, Inauguration of President Barack Obama (2009), World War II (1939-1945), Pete Carroll
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Baltimore Police honor sergeant who served amid segregation
James Dixon joined the Baltimore Police Department in 1954 as a black officer in an era of widespread racial prejudice. Police posts were segregated and blacks were not allowed in patrol cars On Tuesday, a quarter-century after he retired as a sergeant,...Tags: Congressional Gold Medal Honorees
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Maria Cole dies at 89; singer was widow of Nat King Cole
Maria Cole, the widow of music legend Nat King Cole and the mother of singer Natalie Cole whose own singing career included a stint as vocalist for Duke Ellington's orchestra in the mid-1940s, has died. She was 89. Cole died Tuesday at a hospice in...Tags: Cancer, Benny Carter, Boca Raton, Natalie Cole, Count Basie
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Bartender Drops Charges Against Cuba Gooding Jr.
CNNNEW ORLEANS -- A New Orleans bartender who accused Oscar-winning actor Cuba Gooding Jr. of pushing her has dropped all charges against him, bar management said Wednesday. The unnamed female bartender told police Gooding stopped by the Old Absinthe...Tags: Cuba Gooding, Jr., Cuba, Entertainment Events, Entertainment, Red Tails (movie)
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50 percent off a popcorn & drink combo at AMC Theatres
South Florida Sun-SentinelSave half-off a popcorn and soda combo at AMC Theatres with a coupon good beginning Friday. The offer is good on two combos: A large popcorn and drink or a large popcorn and two drinks. Click here for the deal. The offer expires on Aug. 16. Three...Tags: Facebook, Mass Media, Arts and Culture, The Muppets (movie), Martin Scorsese
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Battle Creek Field of Flight Air Show and Balloon Festival Begins
FOX 17 ProducerThe annual Field of Flight Air Show and Balloon Festival begins Thursday, and runs through Sunday, July 1. This year's event will feature theU.S. Air ForceThunderbirds for their only performance in Michigan. They will take to the skies on Saturday,... -
Maryland will feature prominently in Smithsonian's latest museum
When the country's largest museum devoted to African-American history and culture opens in Washington, Maryland people and places will get a healthy share of the limelight.
A two-story log house built by freed slaves from Montgomery County, dubbed the...Tags: African-American History Month, Arts and Culture, Culture, Laura Bush, Harriet Tubman
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'The Wire' has ended, but its talent is still being tapped
With Felicia "Snoop" Pearson's guilty plea last week to conspiracy to sell heroin, one question being asked by fans of "The Wire" is how other cast members of the Baltimore-based series are doing.
The answer: Several are doing just fine professionally....Tags: Nick Nolte, Wendell Pierce, Idris Elba, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Michael Chiklis
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'Red Tails'
Zap2ItThe story of the Tuskegee Airmen gets fresh treatment in this George Lucas-produced drama that truly takes flight in its superbly filmed aerial sequences. The script recounts how the young African-American pilots were called up to serve as U.S. forces...Tags: Cuba Gooding, Jr., Blu-ray Discs, Tristan Wilds, Entertainment, DVDs
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Thursday's Calendar
THURSDAY SOY Fiesta Save Our Youth holds its fourth annual SOY Fiesta from 5 to 8:30 p.m. at the Halecrest Park Clubhouse, 3107 Killybrooke Lane, Costa Mesa. Paloma Bautista, a SOY program and Costa Mesa High School graduate who went on to study at...
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Friday's Calendar
FRIDAY LWV of Orange Coast Luncheon Costa Mesa Councilman Jim Righeimer and former Costa Mesa Mayor Sandy Genis will be the featured speakers at a League of Women Voters of Orange Coast luncheon, starting at noon at Coco's at Fashion Island, 151 Newport...Tags: Health, San Diego Padres, Cancer, Arts and Culture, Health Organizations
Sep 27, 2012
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Aug 5, 2012
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Aug 9, 2012
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Jun 28, 2012
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Feb 22, 2012
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Aug 12, 2011
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Apr 20, 2012
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May 16, 2012
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May 17, 2012
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