(November 19, 2009) - Conservative commentators are in an uproar over President Barack Obama’s deep bow to Japan’s Emperor Akihito during his visit to the country this weekend, claiming the American president was “groveling” before the leader, The Associated Press reported.

(November 19, 2009) - The Pennsylvania swim club that drew national criticism this summer after banishing a group of African-American and Latino campers from its grounds, has fallen into financial turmoil, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

(November 19, 2009) - Police are investigating the death of Michael Scott, the Chicago school board president, and early reports say Scott committed suicide near the banks of the Chicago River, according to chicagobreakingnews.com.

(November 19, 2009) - The prosecutor handling the trial of a young woman facing 15 years in prison for an incident involving her cutting a line at Walmart in Kennett, Miss., has voluntary recused himself.

(November 19, 2009) - The body of Shaniya Davis, a 5-year-old North Carolina girl who has been missing for several days, was found Nov. 16, Theresa Chance, public information officer for the Fayetteville Police Department, confirmed.

(November 15, 2009) - Brian LoPinto is only one man, but for one of the last Negro League ballparks, he’s an important one.

(November 15, 2009) - National service organization The Links recently welcomed a new chapter based in Atlanta, Ga.

(November 15, 2009) - Larry Ottinger, a Maryland resident and avid supporter of voting rights in the District of Columbia, has a plan to urge drivers in all states to put a D.C. voting rights license plate on their car.