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Aretha Franklin engaged
Category: National Written by Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP)—Aretha Franklin is engaged to longtime friend William “Willie” Wilkerson.
The Grammy-winning singer told The Associated Press in a statement Monday, that she and Wilkerson are considering a summer wedding, perhaps in Miami Beach, Fla. The Queen of Soul wants to follow the ceremony with a reception on a private yacht.
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Franklin and Wilkerson became engaged over the holidays.
She is considering Vera Wang, Valentino and Donna Karan to design her dress.
Franklin has been married twice before.
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This Week In Black History
Category: National Written by Robert N. Taylor
Week of January 7-13
January 7
From 4th Century AD—Ethiopian Christmas—known as Ganna—is celebrated on Jan. 7. Ethiopian Christianity was much closer to the Christian Coptic Church of Egypt and as a result never incorporated many of the dictates of the early Roman Catholic Church. Thus, a plausible argument can be made that Ethiopian Christianity is more pure (or less corrupted) than that which emerged from the early Christian Church in Europe. Regardless, the best scientific speculation is that Jesus was born neither on December 25th nor January 7th. The most probable month of his birth is April.
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Obama goes Christmas shopping
Category: National Written by Associated Press
by Erica Werner
Associated Press Writer
Associated Press Writer
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP)—Home alone at the White House, President Barack Obama headed on an impromptu Christmas shopping trip Dec. 21 with first dog Bo, searching for some holiday cheer despite the latest stalemate with Congress.
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| SHOPPING TRIP—President Barack Obama and his dog Bo shop at PetSmart, Dec. 21, in Alexandria, Va. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Staying out of the ring: Barely half of adults wed
Category: National Written by Associated Press
by Leanne Italie
Associated Press Writer
Associated Press Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — As a 20-something, Erin Turner feels she made all the right moves dating wise. She graduated from college and spent three and a half years with a boyfriend before they moved in together.
Their cohabitation bliss lasted only eight months.
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This Week In Black History
Category: National Written by Robert N. Taylor
Dec. 31 to Jan. 6
December 31
1862—This day has become known as “Watch Night”—the eve of the Emancipation Proclamation going into effect and nominally freeing slaves in the Confederacy. Thousands of free Blacks gathered in various locations throughout the nation to “watch” for midnight when the Emancipation of slaves became the law of the land. A focal point for celebration was the home of abolitionist Frederick Douglas in Rochester, N.Y.
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