November 2012 Archive

Dr. Lonnie Smith/ Photo by Demian Roberts
Dr. Lonnie Smith – Soul Jazz Groove
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer “Actually, I think I’ve got a house down there somewhere,” quips B3 organ giant Dr. Lonnie Smith who has delighted New Orleans audiences often in recent years. ...
Proposed budget asks courts, libraries to use their own funds
By Jessica Williams http://thelensnola.org City Council budget hearings have continued much in the same vein as those of the first two days: Department heads estimated the impact of smaller allocations from Mayor ...
Gusman seeks 60% increase; Criminal Court faces major cut
By Tom Gogola http://thelensnola.org Agreeing that he senior secured term loan traduction wants an alternative to the oft-derided price-per-prisoner amount he collects from the city, Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman submitted a ...
Councilmember declares $7M for decree monitor a ‘ripoff’
By Tom Gogola http://thelensnola.org City Council Member Cynthia Hedge-Morrell told the city administration and New Orleans Police Department Wednesday afternoon that $7 million in­cluded in 2013’s bud­get to implement federally-mandated changes at ...
Facebook app helped Pres. Obama win Florida and Ohio
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer How did 200,000 more African-American voters in Ohio turnout to the polls in 2012 than 2008? How did President Barack Obama earn a 74,000 vote margin ...
Bob French
Drummer, Bob French dies
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer First and foremost, Bob French loved New Orleans music and deeply understood the importance of its continuance from generation to generation. Coming from a musical family, it’s ...
Greater St. Stephen teams up with grocery store chain for Thanksgiving
By Kelly Parker Contributing Writer A 2011 AFBF (American Farm Bureau Federation) report stated that the cost of a 16-pound turkey and all the trimmings was about $49.20, a 13 percent jump ...
Claimants opt out of proposed BP medical settlement
By Susan Buchanan payday advance norman ok Contributing Writer A medical portion in the proposed, $7.8 billion class-action settlement with BP will satisfy some residents who became ill from the 2010 spill ...
Bob Johnson launches neck tie collection to help fight malaria
By Dorothy Rowley Contributing Writer (Special payday loans san angelo to the NNPA from the Washington Informer) – Robert L. Johnson, founder and chairman of The RLJ Companies, has launched a charitable ...
Black voters would not be denied
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Most of the misinformed pundits who were unaware of the readiness and enthusiasm of millions of Black Americans to go to the voting polls on ...

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