Obama Aims to Clamp Down on Federal Student Loan Servicers

JOSH LEDERMAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 40 million Americans are in debt thanks to their education, and most of their loans come from...

AP Sources: Edwards to Seek Maryland Senate Seat

ERICA WERNER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Rep. Donna Edwards of Maryland intends to join the race to replace retiring Sen. Barbara Mikulski, hoping to...

About 100 Set Out to Retrace Selma-to-Montgomery March

KIM CHANDLER, Associated Press SELMA, Ala. (AP) — Dozens of marchers set out across Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge Monday with plans to walk to the Alabama...

CDC: Toddler Food Often Has Too Much Salt, Sugar

  Special to the NNPA from the Dallas Examiner CHICAGO – Many packaged meals and snacks for toddlers contain worrisome amounts of salt and sugar, potentially...

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Ivory Coast’s Former First Lady Simone Gbagbo Jailed

(BBC) – Ivory Coast’s former first lady, Simone Gbagbo, has been sentenced to 20 years in jail for her role in the violence that followed the...

SWAC Suspends 15 Players for Fight in Women’s Game

DOUG FEINBERG, AP Basketball Writer Texas Southern imposed its own penalty on the women’s basketball team, withdrawing from the Southwestern Athletic Conference tournament that begins Wednesday....

Univ. of Oklahoma Severs Ties With Frat After Racist Chant

SEAN MURPHY, Associated Press NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — The president of the University of Oklahoma severed the school’s ties with a national fraternity on Monday and...

In Selma, Ala., Obama Proved That He is ‘Black Enough’

By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief NEW ANALYSIS SELMA, Ala. (NNPA) – Throughout his campaign for the presidency, Barack Obama was dogged by one question: Is...