With the gift-giving season fast approaching, UPS has announced it intends to hire a staggering 55,000 additional employees to handle the anticipated increase in package delivery volume. The temporary jobs that UPS will be filling include driver helpers, package sorters,
When it comes to getting fit they say “no pain no gain,” but if you’ve been working hard all year to lose weight, only to lose your will power and overdose on carbs over the Thanksgiving holiday, you know the
Shanel Nadal, 28, and her husband Nephra Payne, 34, who snatched their eight children out of foster care, were set free Nov. 23, just in time to spend Thanksgiving with each other. They didn’t however, share the holiday with their eight
At a news conference on Nov. 21, Glendale Police Sgt. Brent Coombs said authorities do not expect to find Jhessye Shockley alive. He also said the child’s mother, Jerice Hunter, is the “No. 1 focus” in the investigation into the
As the debate over legalizing marijuana heats up, employers remain firm in their desire to maintain a drug-free workplace. According to a poll released Sept. 7, 2011, by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and the Drug and Alcohol Testing
A youth-led black and brown unity march and rally took to the streets of Milwaukee on Nov. 12 to draw attention to the ills caused by the disenfranchisement and exploitation of both groups. In their call to action, the sponsoring groups,
On Nov. 14, Samantha West found her 10-year-old daughter, Jasmine McClain, dead in her bedroom, hanging from a belt she had apparently tied around her neck. As authorities in Chadburn, N.C., were preparing to rule the child’s death a suicide, they
LaNiyah Bailey is just 7 years old, and she has experiences under her belt that many published authors have only dreamed of. LaNiyah’s book, Not Fat Because I Wanna Be has drawn the attention of the White House and has
Jennifer Hudson is looking lean and lovely on the cover of Ebony‘s December/January issue, and between the pages of the magazine, due to hit newsstands Nov. 29, she opens up about some things she has never revealed publicly. Hudson says
“If you want it, you must will it. If you will it, it will be yours.” Though I loved the overall message of Happy Feet Two, I found a couple of serious glitches in this energetic and well-meaning sequel to
It has been almost 20 years since Common released his debut album, yet he continues to treat his fans to new and deeper insights into why he is, and will remain, a cultural icon. And it just keeps getting better.
A huge and vicious battle is brewing over every U.S. citizen’s freedom of expression on the Internet, and given what’s at stake here, in many ways, the fight over the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) is as monumental as the
Twenty-one-year-old Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez is charged with firing a semiautomatic rifle at the White House in an incident that occurred on Nov. 11. Ortega-Hernandez told a witness he wanted to hurt the president, whom he referred to as “the anti-Christ.” Another witness heard
After the news broke on Nov. 16 that a man had been arrested for allegedly firing a semiautomatic rifle at the White House, the student leader of the College Republicans at the University of Texas tweeted that the idea of assassinating President
According to People magazine, Idris Elba deserves to be named No. 3 on their their annual Sexiest Man Alive list because, “He’s made a lasting impression on fans of “The Wire,” earned an Emmy nomination for his devilish turn in the
A medical examiner determined that a bullet wound from over a decade ago caused Lakessha Johnson’s recent death — and the man who already served two years in prison for accidentally shooting her could face new charges. Johnson was a
As the layers of secrecy begin to unravel at Penn State, the world’s attention has been drawn to the silent suffering of little boys who were not protected from a powerful man many had long suspected was a predator. The
The fictional account of a Mississippi family’s ordeal during Hurricane Katrina has won the U.S. National Book Award for fiction. The judges praised Jesmyn Ward’s Salvage the Bones for its “piercing metaphor and simile.” In her acceptance speech, Ward said she
Dr. Conrad Murray has reportedly told those who have visited him in jail that he wants to kill himself. TMZ says they spoke with a source who revealed Murray is still reeling from being judged guilty in the death of Michael
“Creativity. Ambition. Teamwork. A sense of daring. And a probing mind. That’s what it takes to join NASA, one of the best places to work in the federal government.” NASA is looking for a few good men and women to
