Serving a six-year prison term for sexual battery and extortion, New Orleans rapper Mystikal was released from jail last week. “My feet back on the ground. Man it’s been a long time,” Mystikal -- famed for hits like “Shake Ya Ass” and “Danger (Been So Long)” -- told New Orleans’ Q93 radio station. “I’m back. I’m still trying to feel this reality. It feels like a dream. Watch how I’m going to shake this world up now. I want reparation!” Mystikal, born Michael Tyler, was sentenced to six … [Read more...]
Live United Film series begins Jan.28
Live United Film Series Focuses on Education, Finances, and Community EngagementThe Live United Film Series, a three-part film series that aims to inspire, inform, and educate Central Texans about topics impacting our community, begins Jan. 28, 2010. The events will focus on education, financial stability, and Hispanic engagement and combine a film screening, followed by a moderated discussion with community leaders, issue experts, and community representatives. “The film series is an … [Read more...]
Tens of thousands feared dead after Haiti quake
Austin Times Wire Services PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Dazed survivors wandered past dead bodies in rubble-strewn streets Wednesday, crying for loved ones, and rescuers searched collapsed buildings as officials feared the death toll from Haiti’s devastating earthquake could reach into the tens of thousands. The first cargo planes with food, water, medical supplies, shelter and sniffer dogs headed to the Western Hemisphere’s poorest nation a day after the magnitude-7 quake flattened much of the … [Read more...]
African-Americans: Blacks in Cuba ‘treated with callous disregard’
A group of prominent African-Americans has challenged Cuba's race record, accusing the island nation of harassing its black citizens and cracking down on civil rights activists. Sixty intellectuals and artists, including Princeton University professor Cornel West, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright and actress Ruby Dee, have signed a declaration of protest. "We cannot sit idly by and allow for decent, peaceful and dedicated civil rights activists in Cuba, and the black population as a whole, to be … [Read more...]
Mark McGwire finally admits using steroids
NEW YORK – Finally willing to talk about the past, Mark McGwire sobbed and sniffled, giving the missing — and unsurprising — answer to the steroids question. Ending more than a decade of denials and evasion, McGwire admitted Monday that steroids and human growth hormone helped make him a home run king. "The toughest thing is my wife, my parents, close friends have had no idea that I hid it from them all this time," he told The Associated Press in an emotional, 20-minute … [Read more...]
College Degrees More Expensive, Worth Less in Job Market
Employers and career experts see a growing problem in American society - an abundance of college graduates, many burdened with tuition-loan debt, heading into the work world with a degree that doesn't mean much anymore. The problem isn't just a soft job market - it's an oversupply of graduates. In 1973, a bachelor's degree was more of a rarity, since just 47% of high school graduates went on to college. By October 2008, that number had risen to nearly 70%. For many Americans today, a trip … [Read more...]