News about Blacks made up 1.9% of all stories during Obama’s first year

BY OLIVIA WINSLOW
NEWSDAY/MCT 

MELVILLE, N.Y. – Media coverage of African-Americans during the first year of Barack Obama’s presidency constituted just 1.9 percent of the total coverage examined in the last year, according to a think tank’s study released Monday.

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WASHINGTON – Inmates in federal prisons will have a tougher time using cell phones and wireless devices after both chambers of Congress recently voted in favor of a bill restricting their use behind bars.

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Republican National Committee has invited conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart to participate in a private GOP fundraiser next month with party chairman Michael Steele.

More time granted for earthquake victims to apply for temporary status

FROM WIRE REPORTS

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that eligible Haitian nationals will have an additional 180 days to apply for Temporary Protected Status (TPS), a relief program launched in response to the catastrophic earthquake in Haiti. The new registration deadline is Jan. 18, 2011.

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The Rev. Dr. Teresa Snorton has been elected the first female bishop of the Christian Methodist Episcopal (C.M.E.) Church, a historically Black denomination.

(GIN) - A White South African has stirred a furor over his painting of former president Nelson Mandela as a cadaver, surrounded by prominent African figures witnessing his autopsy.

Male Investment Plan initiative started by church denominations

BY PHAROH MARTIN
NNPA CORRESPONDENT

WASHINGTON - The plight of the African-American male is an issue that has been at the forefront of Black communities for generations.

COMPILED FROM WIRE AND STAFF REPORTS