Rodeo Austin 2011 featured exceptional talent in the arena and on the stage. Family friendly entertainment for all ages. Xtreme Bull Riding at the Star of Texas Rodeo Bull riders try hard to hang on for eight seconds of glory at the 2011 Rodeo Austin Xtreme Bull riding event held on Sunday, March 13th. For more information visit the website at: www.rodeoaustin.com Rodeo Queen Takes a Ride Stephanie Revels, from Decatur,TX, is awarded Ms. Rodeo Austin … [Read more...]
Taylor gets probation, teen says he deserved jail
The teenage girl at the center of the sex-crimes case against football great Lawrence Taylor made a surprise appearance at his sentencing Tuesday, eager to declare that he should be behind bars. She was denied the chance to speak in court, and Taylor was sentenced to six years on probation, as agreed when he pleaded guilty in January to sexual misconduct and patronizing an underage prostitute. The former New York Giants linebacker must register as a sex offender, but a hearing on … [Read more...]
John Leguizamo’s new show dishes Hollywood dirt
The 46-year-old comedian is pacing the stage of the Lyceum Theatre, massaging the final touches on his new one-man show, "Ghetto Klown," as the creative team watches from the audience, trying to keep up with his mile-a-minute thoughts. "Let's take it from the slide in the sand," he tells them. A photo then flashes on a huge projection screen behind the comedian. It's a picture of Leguizamo's two kids smiling broadly, their faces the only thing visible from beneath a mound of playground … [Read more...]
Who’ll pay bigger fees for your debit card use?
WASHINGTON – Bankers and merchants, pillars of the business world and frequent allies, are embroiled in a bitter lobbying battle over something Americans do 38 billion times a year — swipe their debit cards. Both sides vigorously claim to speak for consumers. At stake is $16 billion annually that the Federal Reserve says stores pay to banks and credit card companies when customers use the cards — fees the Fed has proposed cutting. Cut the fees, banks say, and they'll have to abandon … [Read more...]
Dallas Fed says more immigration would boost economy
In a newly published report, the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas is urging the government to allow more high-skilled immigrants into the United States. The report says that while low-skilled immigrants can be a drain on local economies, high-skilled immigrants tend to pay more in taxes than they take back in government services. The study also notes that such immigrants also create jobs for Americans by starting businesses at a higher rate than native-born workers. You can read some key … [Read more...]
Backers making another run at pardon for boxer
WASHINGTON – Lawmakers are going another round in their fight to get a posthumous presidential pardon for the world's first black heavyweight champion, who was imprisoned nearly a century ago because of his romantic ties with a white woman. New York Rep. Peter King and Arizona Sen. John McCain, both Republicans, plan to reintroduce a congressional resolution urging a pardon for boxer Jack Johnson. Another supporter, Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., said he will talk to President Barack … [Read more...]
Black History Month: Muhammad Ali
Boxer, philanthropist, social activist. Born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. on January 17, 1942, in Louisville, Kentucky. Once one of the top American boxers, Muhammad Ali has shown that he is not afraid of any fight—inside or outside the ring. Growing up in the segregated South, Ali experienced firsthand the prejudice and discrimination that African-Americans faced during this era. At the age of 12, Ali discovered his talent for boxing through an odd twist of fate. His bike was stolen, and Ali … [Read more...]
Thurgood Marshall 1908-1993
July 2, 1908-Jan. 24, 1993 Baltimore, Maryland, United States Washington, District of Columbia, United States Occupation: Supreme Court Justice, Lawyer Marshall’s work on behalf of civil rights spanned five-and-a-half decades and included the history-making Brown v. Board of Education ruling that led to integration of the nation’s public schools in 1954. As an attorney for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Marshall fought to have blacks admitted to … [Read more...]
Strokes are rising fast among young, middle-aged
Strokes are rising dramatically among young and middle-aged Americans while dropping in older people, a sign that the obesity epidemic may be starting to shift the age burden of the disease. The numbers, reported Wednesday at an American Stroke Association conference, come from the first large nationwide study of stroke hospitalizations by age. Government researchers compared hospitalizations in 1994 and 1995 with ones in 2006 and 2007. The sharpest increase — 51 percent — was among men 15 … [Read more...]
Can money motivate weight loss?
Obese people might be more likely to lose weight if they have money riding on their success -- but the pounds may creep back once the financial carrot is gone, a small study finds. Researchers found that a program in which people stood to lose cash should they fail to lose weight seemed to motivate them, but the motivation didn't last. Everyone in the study received weight loss counseling, but some also signed a "deposit contract," in which they put their own money at risk. Those … [Read more...]
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