Jun 15 - By Mike Stobbe, AP Writer
Black adults hear better than white adults, a government study found. The study also found that women hear better than men, and that overall, hearing in the United States is about the same as it was 35 years ago, despite the advent of ear-blasting devices such as the Walkman and the iPod.
Jun 13 - By Associated Press
Jack Black and his wife, Tanya Haden, are parents of a baby boy, the actor said.
Jun 10 - By Errin Haines, AP Writer
The youngest daughter of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. told a teen audience Saturday that she intends to do more to carry on the legacy of nonviolence espoused by her parents.
May 25 - By Ravi Nessman, AP Writer
Hamas officials call it "the backup force" and insist the rifle-toting militants are simply police reinforcements working to end rampant chaos in the Gaza Strip.
May 20 - By Kristen Wyatt, AP Writer
Hope springs eternal when black Republicans seek higher office, yet often the first question that hits them is what are they doing in the GOP. This election year, a man named Steele in Maryland and a former football star named Swann in Pennsylvania are among a small but determined number of black candidates trying to win one for the Republicans despite the Democratic Party's near lock on the black vote.
May 17 - By Michael Kuchwara, AP Drama Critic
When Brian Copeland, at age 8, moved to San Leandro, Calif., in the early 1970s, the town, which borders Oakland, was 99.99 percent white.
May 15 - By Associated Press
Hollinger Inc., a Canadian holding company formerly controlled by ousted-newspaper magnate Conrad Black, has agreed to cooperate with the U.S. Attorney's Office in the criminal prosecution of Black and several others.
May 6 - By Associated Press
Jay Black, lead singer of the 1960s group Jay and the Americans, might have to relinquish his name — and the band's — to help pay off $500,000 in back taxes.
Apr 26 - By Libby Quaid, AP Writer
A group of black farmers rallied Wednesday outside the Agriculture Department to press their claim that thousands of people were left out of the settlement of a discrimination lawsuit.
Apr 25 - By Jenna Fryer, AP Motorsports Writer
One object in any NASCAR driver's rearview mirror that may have appeared closer than it actually was: Dale Earnhardt's black No. 3 Chevrolet.
Apr 18 - By Errin Haines, AP Writer
Gov. Sonny Perdue signed legislation Tuesday granting compensation to black Georgia police officers who were barred under a Jim Crow-era law from taking part in a state pension fund.
Apr 13 - By Erin Texeira, AP National Writer
The young black women can almost finish each other's stories.
Apr 8 - By Erin Texeira, AP National Writer
Ray Heisser misses the surprise visits. The doorbell on Camberley Drive would chime and there'd be an old friend on Heisser's porch mopping the humidity off his forehead, stopping by for no good reason. "What y'all gettin' into? Come on, take a drive with me."
Apr 6 - By Travis Reed, AP Writer
The number of black athletes getting diplomas across all NCAA Division I sports jumped 24 percentage points from 1984 to 2004, marking big gains for a demographic that once recorded just 35 percent graduation success, according to a study released Thursday.
Apr 3 - By Lindsey Tanner, AP Medical Writer
There are far more ads for fast food and snacks on black-oriented TV than on channels with more general programming, researchers report in a provocative study that suggests a link to high obesity rates in black children.
Mar 28 - By Erin Texeira, AP National Writer
Even though the economy has picked up, stubborn gaps between blacks and whites remain — a reality highlighted by Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, the National Urban League reports in a new study.
Mar 15 - By Associated Press
Jack Black has tied the knot.
Mar 15 - By Jonathan Landrum Jr., AP Writer
Bill Lester couldn't stand sitting behind a desk. He walked away from a six-figure job to pursue his dream of being a race car driver, not even thinking about the chance to leave his mark on history.
Mar 10 - By Associated Press
France's most popular television network has named a black journalist as a summer replacement for its star anchorman, a key change in the country's almost all-white TV news scene.
Feb 27 - By Edward Harris, AP Writer
This village of palm-frond huts in Nigeria's southern Niger Delta sits atop one of Africa's richest energy deposits but has electricity only when one of its young men paddles a canoe to the nearest city to buy fuel for a generator.
Feb 21 - By Brent Kallestad, AP Writer
Baseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays and NFL rushing king Emmitt Smith helped celebrate Black History Month in Florida on Tuesday, crediting their families with inspiring them to become exceptional athletes.
Feb 20 - By Anne Wallace Allen, AP Writer
As the new director of the Idaho Black History Museum, Kimberly Moore's job starts with convincing people that such history actually exists.
Feb 16 - By Lynn Elber, AP Television Writer
When writer John Howard Griffin turned his skin from white to dark and traveled the South in 1959 for a firsthand look at the depths of racism, he relied on a simple medical treatment and his wits.
Feb 9 - By Erin Texeira, AP National Writer
As a kindergartner in the 1940s, the first book Assemblyman William Payne recalls hearing was "The Story of Little Black Sambo." He never forgot the black stereotypes that filled the 19th century children's story.
Feb 3 - By Associated Press
Conservation groups and an animal welfare group are suing to get the Florida black bear added to the federal list of endangered or threatened species.
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