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An ownership team comprised of four local Los Angeles companies, plus premier travel retailer Hudson Group – and anchored by the power of Earvin “Magic” Johnson – has been selected by Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) to refresh the retail concessions program in four terminals of Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). In addition to Hudson [...]

(CNN) — Singer, dancer and actress Lena Horne died at New York-Presbyterian Hospital on Sunday night, a hospital spokeswoman said.
Horne was 92.
She was one of the first African-Americans to sign a long-term movie contract with a major Hollywood studio when she joined MGM in 1942.
Horne’s expressive voice made her a singing star after Hollywood failed [...]

Washington (CNN) — President Obama nominated Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court on Monday, picking her to fill the seat being vacated by retiring Justice John Paul Stevens.
If confirmed, Kagan would be the third woman on the nine-justice bench and the fourth in the history of the high court. [...]

President Barack Obama and Jay Leno exchanged jokes at the 2010 White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner in Washington, D.C.   Watch President Obama’s remarks at the dinner courtesy of the White House.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Association of Black Journalists named CNN’s Soledad O’Brien Journalist of the Year at its spring Board of Directors meeting.
O’Brien will join other top honorees at the association’s Salute to Excellence Gala, on July 31 in San Diego, during NABJ’s 35th Annual Convention and Career Fair, the largest gathering of minority [...]

NEW YORK–The Nielsen Company, the world’s leading information and measurement company, unveiled today its in-language microsites for the Asian-American, Hispanic/Latino and African-American communities. The three sites highlight Nielsen’s diversity efforts, explain [...]

Source: Mashable.com
Update: Apple has officially confirmed it has sold 1 million iPads. The company sold its one millionth iPad on Friday, April 30, just 28 days after the device’s release. More than 12 million apps from the App Store and 1.5 million e-books have been downloaded from the new iBookstore.
“One [...]

SAVOY Magazine announces their signature coverage of the “Top 100 Most Influential Blacks in Corporate America” spotlighting the leaders, movers and shakers in business and industry. The “Top 100” is featured in the Spring 2010 issue of Savoy available nationwide at Borders and Barnes & Noble bookstores.
The selection process for SAVOY’s “Top 100 Most Influential [...]

Smiley to Focus on New Projects; Conversations Available on Collectors’ DVD
The State of the Black Union (SOBU) symposium has been one of the most anticipated events for millions of African-Americans during the last decade, but after 10 years of conversations, founder Tavis Smiley has announced the end of the series.
Smiley, the host of Tavis Smiley [...]

Usher Raymond IV and Partners Launch International Call to Service at the Clinton Global Initiative Involving 5,000,000 Youth Around the World
Usher’s New Look (UNL), a non-profit organization supporting youth to use their talents and become corporate and community leaders, announced Powered By Service-a bold new initiative to rebrand service and fundamentally change the role of [...]