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Laura Williams has been doing the thing she loves for about 11 years now – which is making sure that you and I have the perfect gift for friends and loved ones. “We offer quality gifts that include gourmet foods, spa items and all occasion gifts,â€? Williams says. “We also provide wedding favors and party bags

The first consumer exhibition and teaching program dedicated exclusively to women’s beauty and well-being products and services is being held at New York City’s Javits Center in September.

The 2004 Athens Olympics ended in the birthplace of the games with athletes from Africa registering some modest gains in various sporting disciplines but firing warning shots that the continent could one day be the sports superpower if it positions itself well for the 2008 Beijing games.

To the sputtering fury of a Bush administration who has repeatedly
conspired with Venezuela’s elite to drive Hugo Chavez from power, the Black Indian President of this oil-rich nation has scored a decisive 59% victory over a recall effort recently.

Baltimore’s Jada Koren Pinkett was born on September 18, 1971. Curiously, as a kid, she only wanted to be either an actress or an attorney when she grew up. And now with Collateral, she had an opportunity to combine both professions, as she plays a stressed-out federal prosecutor whose path coincidentally crosses with that of a flirtatious cabbie played by Jamie Foxx.

Shelton Jackson Lee was born in Atlanta on March 20, 1957. Nicknamed Spike by his mom because of his toughness, he was raised in Brooklyn, the community he is still most closely associated with.

Dina Levin wants to empower other young people through her play – "Neva Give Up."

After 22 years in exile renowned Kenyan novelist and political activist Ngugi Wa Thiong’o recently returned home for a visit. He has taught in the United States for the past several years.

The slaughter of innocent civilians in the Darfur region of the Sudan has finally garnered significant international media attention resulting in action as 1.2 million people are threatened there. The Sudanese government has been given 30 days to put an end to the atrocities.