Iconic NY Black Radio Station Folds, 98.7 KISS Ends 30-Year Run

  House OKs bill removing S.C. State trustees

The House approved a plan Wednesday to remove South Carolina State University’s trustees, despite concerns about the school’s accreditation.

The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Jerry Govan, opposed changes made on the House floor. He’s concerned about how the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools will feel about the appointment of a transitional board.

“I think it jeopardizes the school’s accreditation in regard to governance of the institution,” the Orangeburg Democrat said.

Secret Service expands misconduct probe to El Salvador: lawmaker

The U.S. Secret Service is examining a new report of alleged misconduct by agents at an El Salvador strip club ahead of a trip there last year by President Barack Obama, a senior lawmaker said on Thursday.

Education Slowdown Threatens U.S.

Throughout American history, almost every generation has had substantially more education than that of its parents.

That is no longer true.

When baby boomers born in 1955 reached age 30, they had about two years more schooling than their parents, according to Harvard University economists Claudia Goldin and Lawrence Katz, who have calculated the average years of schooling for native-born Americans back to 1876.


In contrast, when Americans born in 1980 turned 30 in 2010, they averaged about eight months more schooling than their parents.

Iconic NY Black Radio Station Folds, 98.7 KISS Ends 30-Year Run

 

98.7 KISS FM‘s 30-year hold on the adult R&B market is coming to an end as the iconic radio station is merging with 107.5 WBLS, according to 98.7 Kiss FM.

Mets’ Homegrown Lineup Writes Exciting Finish

 For the first time in four decades, the Mets fielded a starting lineup on Thursday that consisted entirely of players developed in the franchise’s minor-league system, bringing a team that was already markedly influenced by its talent to its homegrown zenith.

Survey shows best, worst paid doctors -- and many regrets

Increasing numbers of U.S. doctors regret their career choices --- even while taking in salaries average Americans might consider pretty sweet. Those salaries remain much sweeter for some specialists than others, though, according to an annual survey of physician pay from Medscape/WebMD.


Senate OKs renewing Violence Against Women Act

 The Senate has passed a bill to renew the government's main domestic violence program.

The 68-31 vote to renew and expand the Violence Against Women Act sends the matter to the House, which is writing its own version.

The 1994 law is designed to protect women and children from abuse, and historically has been without controversy. But this election year, gender politics roiled the debate for weeks.

Multinational Corporations Are Hiring....Abroad That Is

U.S. multinational corporations are hiring. The problem is most of that hiring is happening abroad. In an updated BEA summary on sales, investment and employment by Multinational Corporations for 2010, we have a 0.1% increase in hiring for jobs in the United States while MNCs increased their hiring abroad by 1.5%.

All eyes remain on Florida jail as neighborhood watch volunteer awaits release on bail

 SANFORD, Fla. — All eyes remain on the Florida town where George Zimmerman is awaiting release on bail.

Sunday marked the second day after a Florida judge agreed to let the neighborhood watch volunteer charged with second-degree murder in the death of Trayvon Martin out on $150,000 bail.

Suu Kyi party refuses to attend Burma's opening session

YANGON, Burma (AP) – Democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi and the rest of her party's newly elected lawmakers will not attend Monday's opening session of parliament in Burma, also known as Myanmar, because they object to wording in their oath of office which says they must "safeguard" the constitution, party officials said Sunday.

Nor'easter to bring heavy rain and snow to U.S. East

 Heavy rains and snow will soon pound the eastern United States, possibly leading to downed trees, power outages and flight delays as a low pressure system from the Gulf of Mexico moves through the region, meteorologists said on Saturday.
 
Intense precipitation from the Nor'easter storm will start on Sunday, with two to four inches (5 to 10 cm) of downpour expected along the Mid-Atlantic Coast, which will make for soggy conditions in New York, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.

"It's going to a very, very intense Nor'easter," said Michael Eckert, senior branch forecaster with the National Weather Service based in Camp Springs, Maryland.

Bee Gee Robin Gibb came close to death: doctors

Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb is conscious and able to speak to his wife and family after waking from a coma caused by a combination of illnesses that nearly cost him his life, his doctors said on Sunday.

Paying tribute to his "iron will", Gibb's medical team said the singer had defied the odds to regain consciousness more than a week after he went into a coma.




More firings expected in Secret Service scandal

he chairman of a House committee investigating an alleged Secret Service prostitution scandal predicted more firings as key lawmakers and a top adviser to President Barack Obama expressed confidence Sunday that the agency will effectively deal with the incident.

"Every possible lead is being examined," said Rep. Peter King, who heads the House Homeland Security Committee. King, R-N.Y., said he expected that in the "near future, several other" members of the Secret Service will leave.

"What they were thinking is beyond me," King told NBC's "Meet the Press."

Wal-Mart silenced Mexican bribe inquiry

Wal-Mart Stores Inc, the world's largest retailer, squelched an internal investigation into allegations of bribery at its Mexican subsidiary instead of broadening the probe, the New York Times reported on Saturday.

Oklahoma father, two children among 5 killed in weekend storms

A father and two children in a trailer, plus two other people who were in a car in the same Oklahoma town, were killed when a string of tornadoes tore through parts of the Midwest on Saturday and early Sunday.

Those fatalities in Woodward are the only ones known to have resulted from this weekend's storms. But millions of people were bracing for even more severe weather late Sunday afternoon and night.

The states in the "bull's-eye" for the most dangerous conditions will likely be Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa, according to the Storm Prediction Center. Bigger cities such as Green Bay, Chicago, St. Louis, Little Rock and Houston could see isolated tornadoes, large hail and damaging winds.

Bill Cosby 'disappointed' in critical Obama supporters

Bill Cosby, right, is confident President Obama will win reelection. (Eva Hambach / AFP/Getty Images / April 15, 2012) 

Entertainer Bill Cosby defended President Obama on Sunday, saying that his critics do not acknowledge the obstacles he has faced in office.

“I'm disappointed at people who don't look at the woes and the trouble given to this man,” Cosby told CNN’s Candy Crowley, referring to allies on the left who have complained about the administration.

“People blatantly speaking out against his color, wasting time, starting up new stories about whether or not he was born here, saying things that they can't prove.”

The actor and comedian said he feels sometimes that opponents want to make Obama’s job like “the one that Sisyphus had.”

"When you see that he made promises and said things and the people who were supposed to be working with him didn't. The people who were supposed to be working, even for another party, didn't care about the American people," he said. "They wanted to get him."

4 arrested, charged with exploiting children in SC

Read more here: http://www.heraldonline.com/2012/04/15/3895815/4-arrested-charged-with-exploiting.html#storylink=cpy

A four-month-long investigation into illegal pornography and illegal sexual acts with minors ended Saturday with the arrest of four people by Surfside Beach police.

Tim Yaccarino, 58, and Pam Yaccarino, 42, both of Surfside Beach, and Jessica Grounds, 22, of Conway, and Amber Martin, 21, of Myrtle Beach, were all apprehended in the sting. All were charged with first-degree sexual exploitation of a minor and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

Tim Yaccarino was also charged with conspiracy to commit lewd act upon a child and harboring a runaway. Pam Yaccarino and Martin were also charged with lewd act upon a child.

Surfside Beach Police Chief Mike Frederick said Saturday night that Tim Yaccarino was the “primary target” in the investigation. He came to the department’s attention late last year after being arrested in a previous case involving a runaway juvenile. As a result of that case, the department began watching Yaccarino and building a larger case against him.

Read more here: http://www.heraldonline.com/2012/04/15/3895815/4-arrested-charged-with-exploiting.html#storylink=cpy

Taliban 'spring offensive' rocks Afghanistan









String of attacks rock Afghan capital, provinces

Danish 'newspaper-massacre plot' trial begins

Four men plead not guilty to plotting to kill staff of Jyllands-Posten after it published cartoons of Prophet Mohammed.

One in Five U.S. Adults Does Not Use the Internet: Pew

Beer makes men smarter: study

Males solve brain teasers better after consuming alcohol, researchers say

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/beer-men-smarter-study-article-1.1059752#ixzz1s9OXnKOc

Secret Service Scandal: President Obama Calls for 'Thorough, Rigorous' Investigation