Category Archives: News from the Soul Brother

Pope Francis tightens Vatican bank controls

Pope Francis issued a decree designed to combat money-laundering and prevent any financing of terrorism. It is the latest move to stamp out abuses at the Vatican bank, which handles funds for the Catholic Church. The Pope recently set up … Continue reading

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Film Review: ‘Lee Daniels’ The Butler’

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Oprah faced not just fashion retail racism, but size bias too

By Heidi Moore Oprah Winfrey is a successful billionaire with an empire worth $3bn, a woman whose public reputation has been built on self-empowerment. She has been frank about the stresses in her life – racism and sexism figure often … Continue reading

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Court ruling could doom living-wage law

By Andrew J. Hawkins A judge’s decision to strike down the city’s prevailing-wage law provides the Bloomberg administration an opening to get rid of another City Council statute it doesn’t like: the 2012 living-wage law. The administration’s lawyers believe that … Continue reading

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Being Unemployed For Over Nine Months Is The Same As Losing Four Years Of Experience

By Bryce Covert There is reason to believe that the long-term unemployed face discrimination when they try to get a job. Now some Swedish economists have tried to quantify exactly what that penalty looks like. They found that for someone … Continue reading

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Young, black and shot in the head

By Kate Selker A few months before he was shot in the head, Marshall Coulter passed me in the hallway. “Ms. Selker! Remember how otters hold hands when they sleep?” Of course I did. I was the one who had … Continue reading

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Nelson Mandela’s health improving by the day, his daughter says

By David Dolan Former South African President Nelson Mandela’s health is improving daily and he is now able to sit up for minutes at a time, his youngest daughter told state broadcaster SABC. The 95-year-old has been in a Pretoria … Continue reading

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Mel Gibson confirmed as the bad guy in ‘Expendables 3’

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Report: Chris Brown Refuses Treatment After Seizure

By Sadie Gennis The Los Angeles Fire Department received a 911 call saying Chris Brownhad a seizure on Friday, TMZ reports. The EMTs rushed to Record Plant recording studios in Hollywood at 1:09 a.m., but when they arrived, Brown refused treatment … Continue reading

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Kyra Davis’ ‘Just One Night’ Acquired by Anonymous Content

By Alex Ben Block Kyra Davis’ fictional erotic trilogy of books, Just One Night, which have sold more than half a million e-book downloads since January, have been optioned by Anonymous Content, which plans to develop it for television. Davis, … Continue reading

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