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Flooded I-10/I-610/West End Blvd interchange and surrounding area of northwest New Orleans and Metairie, Louisiana.
Flooded I-10/I-610/West End Blvd interchange and surrounding area of northwest New Orleans and Metairie, Louisiana. (Courtesy Photo/commons.wikimedia.org)
FEMA to Waive Some of the Katrina Aid Debts
Originally published February 11, 2012

Survivors of two Gulf Coast hurricanes may be spared from repaying disaster assistance funds that were improperly disbursed, according to a new plan announced by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.more More Arrow
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22-year-old Ulugbek Kodirov charged with supporting terrorism in a plot to kill President Barack Obama will plead guilty. Kodirov was indicted last year on a charge of threatening Obama's life and illegally possessing an automatic rifle. Federal authorities added an additional terror charge on Thursday.
Uzbek Man in Ala. Pleads Guilty in Terrorist Plot to Kill Obama
by Jay Reeves
February 10, 2012 - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A man from Uzbekistan pleaded guilty Friday to plotting with an Islamic terror organization in his home country to kill President Barack Obama with an automatic rifle he bought from an undercover federal agent in Alabama.more More Arrow

Roland Martin
Has the Black Leadership Abandoned Roland Martin?
by AFRO Staff
February 10, 2012 - The furor over CNN contributor Roland Martin’s controversial Super Bowl tweets and his subsequent suspension by the network has, curiously, been devoid of comment by Black leadership.more More Arrow

In this Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012 photo, Massachusetts Education Secretary Paul Reville observes Brittany Barboso, left, and Marcus DaSilva, right, solving math problems in their sixth grade class at Roosevelt Middle School in New Bedford, Mass. Reville said Thursday that President Barack Obama's waiver to free Massachusetts from some requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind law is a a vote of confidence in the state's system for identifying and improving low-performing schools.
10 States Released from the No Child Left Behind Act
by Alexis Taylor
February 10, 2012 - President Obama announced Feb. 9 that 10 states will be no longer be bound in the classroom by the No Child Left Behind Act.more More Arrow

The Koch Brothers
Online Campaign Urges Boycott of Koch Brothers Products
by AFRO Staff
February 10, 2012 - Conservative billionaires Charles and David Koch and a group of like-minded donors said they are prepared to spend a total of $100 million in the coming election to unseat President Barack Obama.more More Arrow

Duane Jackson, one of the first people to alert police officers to a suspicious vehicle that contained a crude bomb in New York's Times Square in May 2010, works at his stand. Jackson, 59, said Feb. 7 that he is seeking the Democratic nomination to challenge Republican Congresswoman Nan Hayworth in his home district north of New York City.
Vendor Who Helped Stop the Times Square Bombing Announces Run for Congress
by AFRO Staff
February 09, 2012 - The New York street vendor who helped thwart a potential terrorist bombing in Times Square in 2010 has announced that he is running for Congress.
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CNN Commentator, Roland Martin.
CNN Suspends Roland Martin
by Editorial
February 08, 2012 - What CNN Commentator Roland Martin considered innocent tweets during the Super Bowl have not only drawn the consternation of the Gay and Lesbian Alliancemore More Arrow

Demetris W. Cheatham
First Woman Exec to Lead Nation’s Minority Lawyers
by AFRO Staff
February 08, 2012 - The National Bar Association (NBA) has appointed Demetris W. Cheatham the first female executive director in the Association’s 87-year history.more More Arrow

Roland Martin
CNN’s Roland Martin In Hot water From Gay Rights Group Following Super Bowl Underwear Ad Tweets
by AFRO Staff
February 08, 2012 - A gay rights group is calling for the ousting of CNN analyst Roland Martin after they said the news host posted offensive Tweets about an H&M underwear ad during the Super Bowl. more More Arrow

Valerie Jarrett
Commemorating National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
by Editorial
February 07, 2012 - On this, the 12th annual National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, I remember my
sister-in-law’s fight with the disease. Tragically, she did not win that fight – she left behind a devastated husband and five-year old daughter.more More Arrow

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