The late historian John Hope Franklin was "an angry, happy man" whose work as the head of a commission on race helped pull the country together, former President Bill Clinton said Thursday.
Brown University officials say Aretha Franklin will miss the school's commencement because of a family emergency.
John Hope Franklin, a towering scholar and pioneer of African-American studies who wrote the seminal text on the black experience in the U.S. and worked on the landmark Supreme Court case that outlawed public school segregation, died Wednesday. He was 94.
Middle Tennessee State University has hired former Auburn assistant Tony Franklin as its new offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.
President Barack Obama took a do-over on his oath of office. Now the Queen of Soul is following his lead.
Aretha Franklin punched her fist in the air and yelled, "Tomorrow!" She didn't need to say Barack Obama's name. The crowd roared its approval.
In the not-too-distant past, Rich Franklin and Dan Henderson ruled parallel weigh classes in fights staged half a world apart. It took the crumbling of a company to get the two MMA stars together in the same cage at the same time, but at least it finally happened.
A presidential inauguration is like the Super Bowl or Olympics — an event people want to remember with a souvenir, even if they don’t attend. That’s especially true for the inauguration of Barack Obama, and marketers know it.
When the holidays draw near, the first songs Aretha Franklin starts playing from her yuletide collection are "This Christmas" and "Christmas Just Ain't Christmas (Without the One You Love)."
Organizers say Aretha Franklin has given a holiday benefit concert for members of the military after missing a Times Square award presentation hours earlier.
Aretha Franklin gave a holiday benefit concert for members of the military Sunday night.
A free concert featuring Aretha Franklin will be held at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington to pay tribute to the Reverend Martin Luther King Junior.
Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville fired offensive coordinator Tony Franklin on Wednesday just seven games into his tenure, pulling the plug after the Tigers' rocky transition to his spread offense.
Aretha Franklin could lose her home to tax collectors. The singer says an attorney's mistake caused her $700,000 mansion in Detroit to slip into foreclosure over $445 in 2005 taxes and late fees.
PETA thinks Aretha Franklin is no queen of soul when it comes to wearing fur. Franklin was crowned this year's worst-dressed celebrity by the animal rights organization. Her crime: wearing "yet another vulgar fur" at the Grammy Awards.
When Aretha Franklin is unhappy, she does not mince words. On Tuesday, the longtime Queen of Soul slammed Beyonce Knowles' intro to Tina Turner at Sunday's Grammy Awards, in which Knowles called Turner, not Franklin, "the queen."
After six decades in which the venerable greenback never changed its look, the U.S. currency has undergone a slew of makeovers. The most amazing is yet to come.
Defensive tackle Aubrayo Franklin signed a three-year contract with the San Francisco 49ers on Saturday, the third free agent in two days to bolster one of the NFL's worst defenses last season. The 49ers also re-signed Bryan Gilmore, their third receiver last season.
For 232 years, Americans have celebrated our freedom and independence from oppressive rule and restrictive control over our lives on the 4th of July.
On this Independence Day, let's remember that freedom isn't free. Ask any veteran who fought and defended this great nation against tyranny and oppression. Our constitutional liberties were gained and maintained by heartbreaking sacrifice.
"When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle t …
We cannot know when it started, nor who took the gruesome decision, but some time in May 1848, British sailors from HMS Erebus and HMS Terror began butchering and eating their comrades.
A few Christian fundamentalists attempt to convince us to return to the Christianity of early America, yet according to the historian, Robert T. Handy, "No more than 10 percent-- probably less-- of Americans in 1800 were members of congregations."
The two NYPD patrolmen accused of raping a drunken woman made a bogus 911 call so they could be sent back to the victim's East Village apartment, a senior prosecutor said.
Brandon Roy experienced unwanted memories after watching Aaron Brooks play Saturday night at the Rose Garden. "I remember him making game-winning shots on me in the third grade," Roy said. "I still get mad about that."
If you search Newsvine for the tag "Christian Nation," you'll find plenty of articles on the subject.
ONCE UPON A TIME, 1. Fannie Mae's bailed out---Banking Blunder -- Franklin Raines was given 92M Dollars in Bonus Money. 2. During the 2008 Political Campaign, Senator Obama, received a "Quarter of a Million Dollars," by Mr. Franklin Raines. 3.
PHILADELPHIA, PA - One of the oldest science and learning centers in the United States is still one of the best places for a field trip, with school or family. The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania will celebrate its 185th anniversary this year.
FRANKLIN (Somerset) —Hundreds of dead birds have fallen across the southern part of the township, and at least one resident who found her lawn and car littered with the carcasses Saturday is being told she has to clean up the mess.
Authors note: The following writings were collected from a forum that I posted on quite heavily in Muskogee, OK.
Between the food, the beer, and the fireworks, maybe we can all try to take a moment to remember what this day is about.Several years ago, I went to a Fourth of July barbecue in the Hudson Valley, N.Y.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The 5-year-old daughter of contemporary Christian music star Steven Curtis Chapman was struck and killed Wednesday by a sport utility vehicle driven by her brother, authorities said.
According to US Senate Intelligence Committee sources, the efforts to date have run tepid and less 'qualitative' than informal Iran-USA contacts.
IN 1784, Benjamin Franklin composed a satire, "Essay on Daylight Saving," proposing a law that would oblige Parisians to get up an hour earlier in summer.
In recent days, several of those scholars ... have written in to respond to the wave of incidents in which Clark County schoolkids have lately been shooting each other on the way home from school.
FRANKLIN, Ind. -- A first amendment debate rages at Franklin High School after an article in the school newspaper raised some eyebrows.
When I was around 20 years old and a physic undergrad, I read "the Double Helix" and infuriated with Watson and Crick for their sexist attitude towards Rosalin Franklin, who did that actual work that they received the Nobel Prize for.
Say it ain't so! Unemployed scientists? What is this world coming to? Any comments, Cash? lol
After the NFL season ended, the focus turned to offseason moves. With the NFL draft in April, it was a common belief that the upcoming free agency period would make or break many teams.
Combining the ubiquity of surveillance cameras and the ease of uploading and distributing videos on the Internet, Franklin, Massachusetts policeman Brian Johnson and other experts weigh in on the effectiveness of using YouTube to identify and apprehend suspects.
Moderation on the easy side and excessive persistance where it really matters.
The police force of Richland, WA, is busy trapping Feral cats. The city's Howard Amon park is full of cat burrows. While fine in the park, these cats have also started to migrate to local restaurants, specifically the easy ground of the levees on the Columbia river.