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Terri Schichenmeyer  |   OW Contributor
May 8 2008

by Stephanie Perry Moore

Ever since you realized that you would grow up someday, you’ve been eagerly reaching for that milestone.

May 8 2008

Fears for impact on Medi-Cal expressed

Majority Leader and speaker-elect Karen Bass of the California State Assembly was the keynote speaker at the a luncheon hosted by Californians for Patient Care Friday at the grassroots organization Community Coalition.
 

Cynthia E. Griffin-  |   OW Managing Editor
May 8 2008

Chance encounter with old-fashioned art leads to new business

Once upon a time, setting the family table was a very exacting exercise with cutlery, dishes and napkins arranged just so. Today that preciseness is basically a relic except at county fairs around the state.

May 8 2008

Mothers weep for slain sons at Mother’s Day Breakfast

It was a sight that moved the audience to tears at the Crystal Park Casino in Compton, California.

May 8 2008

Full disclosure of dad’s estate demanded

The family of music legend Ray Charles is gearing up for a battle over their father’s estate, which they allege has been tied up in legal disputes between the estate’s management and his family members. 

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.
 

Alabama
Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the annual African American Business Council luncheon on June 28. Hrabowski, who is chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for African Americans, has a national reputation for his work studying the performance of minority students in math and science. Hrabowski, named one of the 10 best college presidents in the country by Time magazine, was a child leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the 1960s.
 

Arkansas
The Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a brief in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to intervene on behalf of a Concepts of Life crisis pregnancy center to defend against a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups seek to impose a permanent injunction before the Human Heartbeat Protection Act goes into effect July 18. Liberty Counsel also filed a brief opposing the ACLU’s request for an injunction. The “Heartbeat” bill states that when a woman seeks an abortion at or after the 12th week, doctors must test for a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed and inform the pregnant mother that the child in her womb has a heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, a woman cannot have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and if a mother’s life is in danger. “As we promised when the legislation was introduced, Liberty Counsel will defend this law without reservation for the people of Arkansas, born and pre-born,” said Matt Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “No right is more foundational than the right to life. Without life, all other rights are irrelevant,” concluded Staver.