Study: ‘Western style’ diet can be a killer

[UPI] Eating a “Western-style” diet — fried food, processed and red meat, refined grains, sweets and high-fat dairy — can reduce lifespan, French researchers say. Lead...

Campaign to increase African-American moms breastfeeding

[UPI] The U.S. surgeon general said a public education campaign aims to raise awareness among African-American women on the importance of breastfeeding. Dr. Regina M. Benjamin,...

As Aereo threatens to alter TV landscape, major networks promise a fight

[THE WASHINGTON POST] For consumers who want to cut their cable cord and get all of their television from the Internet, there’s been a major obstacle:...

Blacks Less Prepared for the Next Financial Crisis

[NNPA NEWS WIRE] By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Minorities clinging to the middle class have come out of the Great Recession at...

Focus is best-selling car in the … world!

[USA TODAY] What was the best-selling vehicle in the world in 2012? Americans might say a Ford F-Series pickup, since it’s the perpetual biggest seller in...

Video of 2013 Buick Encore FWD Premium Edition, Detailed Walkaround

Jackie Robinson: “Too Bad He’s The Wrong Color”

By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist   You could say “42,” the film about the life of Brooklyn Dodgers great Jackie Robinson, is a gripping baseball...