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Russ Martin of American Automobile Association (AAA), is seen on a monitor in a research vehicle skull cap to the research vehicle during a demonstrations in support of their new study on distracted driving in Landover, Md., Tuesday, June 11, 2013.
Russ Martin of American Automobile Association (AAA), is seen on a monitor in a research vehicle skull cap to the research vehicle during a demonstrations in support of their new study on distracted driving in Landover, Md., Tuesday, June 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Voice-Operated Dashboard Technology Still Risky
Originally published June 19, 2013

Dashboard technology that lets drivers text and email with voice commands — marketed as a safer alternative — actually is more distracting than simply talking on a cellphone, a new AAA study found.more More Arrow
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This Jan. 17, 2012 file photo shows celebrity chef Paula Deen posing for a portrait in New York. Deen says she has used racial slurs in the past but insists she and her brother, who are accused of racial and sexual discrimination in a lawsuit by a former manager of their restaurant, don’t tolerate hateful behavior. In a court deposition conducted on May 17, 2013 and filed Monday, June 17, 2013, in federal court, an attorney for former restaurant manager Lisa Jackson presses the 66-year-old Deen about her racial views and those of her brother, Bubba Hiers.
Deen Says She Used Slur But Doesn't Tolerate Hate
by Russ Bynum
June 19, 2013 - SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Celebrity cook Paula Deen says she has used racial slurs in the past but insists she and her brother, who are accused of racial and sexual discrimination in a lawsuit by a former manager of their restaurant, don't tolerate hateful behavior.more More Arrow

Dr. Hayward Farrar Jr. at the AFRO 110th Anniversary Gala was December 7th, 2003.
Hayward Farrar, Scholar, AFRO History Author, Dies at 63
by Alexis Taylor
June 19, 2013 - The loss of Dr. Hayward Farrar Jr., one of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University’s leading African studies scholars and author of a history of the Baltimore AFRO American Newspaper, was mourned by family, friends and Black scholars June 11.more More Arrow

This undated family photo shows Aiyana Jones at her sixth birthday party. Wayne County Judge Cynthia Gray Hathaway declared a mistrial Tuesday, June 18, 2013, after jurors failed to reach a verdict in the trial of a Detroit police officer who fatally shot Jones during a chaotic search for a murder suspect that was recorded by a reality TV crew. Photo/Family Photo via The The Detroit News
Jury Can't Reach Verdict in Detroit Cop's Alleged Murder of 7-Year Old Girl
by Ed White
June 18, 2013 - DETROIT (AP) — A judge declared a mistrial Tuesday after jurors failed to reach a verdict in the trial of a Detroit police officer who fatally shot a 7-year-old girl during a chaotic search for a murder suspect that was recorded by a reality TV crew.more More Arrow

Victor J. Glover. One of eight new astronauts _ its first new batch in four years. Glover, 37, Lt. Commander, U.S. Navy, hails from Pomona, Calif., and Prosper, Texas. He is an F/A-18 pilot and graduate of the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School. Glover holds degrees from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, Calif.; Air University and Naval Postgraduate School. He currently is serving as a Navy Legislative Fellow in the U.S. Congress. Photo/NASA
NASA Picks 8 New Astronauts, 1 African American, 4 Women
by Marcia Dunn
June 17, 2013 - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA has eight new astronauts — its first new batch in four years.more More Arrow

U.S. Minorities to Become Majority Faster than Predicted
by Zenitha Prince
June 15, 2013 - The United States is on pace to become a minority-majority nation even faster than previously predicted, according to Census Bureau statistics on race and ethnicity released June 13.more More Arrow

Pepco Holdings executive Beverly L. Perry.
Pepco Senior VP of Government Affairs Beverly L. Perry Announces July Retirement
by Krishana Davis
June 14, 2013 - After a long and fulfilling career in public policy, grassroots organizing and law, Pepco Holdings executive Beverly L. Perry is ready for retirement.more More Arrow

Former U.S. Rep Allen West
Former U.S. Rep Allen West Blasts Bill Cosby Over Comments Praising Black Muslims
by Zenitha Prince
June 14, 2013 - Comedian-activist Bill Cosby is often the outspoken “uncle” whose sometimes-provocative comments, usually on Black parenting, are hotly debated, but eventually forgiven.more More Arrow

Detroit Police officer Joseph Weekley, left, and his attorney Steve Fishman confer during a break in the proceedings at the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice in Detroit Wednesday, June 5, 2013. Weekley is on trial for involuntary manslaughter in the death of Aiyana Stanley-Jones, 7, during a police raid. Photo/Detroit News, Daniel Mears
Jury Urged to Convict Detroit Cop in Death of Girl
by Ed White
June 13, 2013 - DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit police officer charged in the fatal shooting of a 7-year-old girl acknowledged Thursday that he's trained to keep his finger off the trigger, but he insisted the split-second tragedy began when the victim's grandmother grabbed his weapon during a risky midnight raid.more More Arrow

Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Adam Jones takes a break during the team's NFL football minicamp, Tuesday, June 11, 2013, in Cincinnati. Jones' attorney entered a written plea of not guilty Tuesday to an assault charge after police say he hit a woman at a nightclub last week.
NFL’s “Pacman” Jones Pleads Not Guilty to Assault Charge
by Associated Press
June 13, 2013 - Bengals cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones pleaded not guilty June 11 to an assault charge after police say he hit a woman at a nightclub earlier in the month, the latest in a string of legal troubles he's faced.more More Arrow

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