Daily Archives: March 21, 2012

Castro May Have Known About Plot to Assassinate JFK

March 21, 2012   Rebecca Welk   No comments

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Former CIA Analyst Brian Latell has written a book called Castro’s Secrets: The CIA and Cuba’s Intelligence Machine, which focuses on Cuban Leader Fidel Castro’s knowledge of the plot to assassinate President John F. Kennedy.

The man who assassinated JFK, Lee Henry Oswald, was a Castro supporter who was in Cuba shortly before he committed the crime. According to Latell, both the Soviet Union and Cuba denied Oswald’s requests for a visa, and Oswald then told Cuban officials that he planned to kill JFK.

Recordings of Cuban officials that Latell acquired back up his charges. Latell also insists that all of his claims are “backed up by documents and on-the-record sources.”

To read more about Latell and his book, click here.

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San Francisco’s Silent Film Festival to Feature ‘Napoleon’

March 21, 2012   Rebecca Welk   No comments

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The 17th Annual San Francisco Silent Film Festival will air the silent film “Napoleon” as one of this year’s features. “Napoleon” was last shown in Radio City Music Hall in New York City in 1981.

The film, from 1927, will be played in the Paramount Theater in Oakland on four different occasions on March 24, 25, 31, and April 1. During the five-and-a-half-hour showing, guests will have three different intermissions, including a dinner break.

Ticket prices range from $45 to $120. For more information on the showing and how to purchase tickets, click here.

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Dutch Roman Catholic Church Castrated Young Boys

March 21, 2012   Rebecca Welk   No comments

During the 1950′s, the Dutch Roman Catholic Church castrated at least ten young boys in order to rid them of their homosexual tendencies. These castrations have caused controversy since they were not included in the investigations of sexual abuse in the Church last year.

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Journalist Joep Dohmen, who investigated these cases, says that because many of the cases were anonymous, they cannot be traced. Another investigation by former Dutch minister Wim Deetman proved that there were close to 1,800 reports of sexual abuse since 1945.

One of the known victims, Henk Heithuis, accused the Roman Catholic Church of abuse in 1956, but died two years later in a car crash. His castration took place in a hospital as a punishment for being homosexual and accusing the clergy of abuse.

The Dutch government is currently calling for an investigation into the allegations by Parliament.

Read more on the story here.

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Norfolk State Beats Missouri in March Madness Game

March 21, 2012   Joanelle Navarro   No comments

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Norfolk State shocked everyone by winning their NCAA basketball game against Missouri.

Norfolk’s victory was 86-84 against the Missouri Tigers.  The Spartans were previously the No. 15 seed.

Missouri was expected to win and face Florida in the West Regional, and maybe even get to the Final Four.

The Tigers relied on the strength of their run to the Big 12 tournament title, which included hardly getting tested in three games in Kansas City, but this proved fatal and didn’t help the team win their game against the Spartans.

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HIV Rates Amongst Black Women Comparable to African Countries

March 21, 2012   Joanelle Navarro   No comments

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The HIV infection rates amongst black women in certain cities in the United States actually are comparable to some African countries.

This new study, which was unveiled at the Conference of Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, followed black and Latino women for a year, who had never had a positive HIV test.  After the year, five of the 2,100 women in the study became HIV positive, all which were black women.  This means that the infection rates amongst black women is 24 per 10,000.

This rate is over five times higher than the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s estimation of 5 per 10,000 women.

The HIV rate was found to be similar to infection rates in Kenya, which is 28 per 10,000 women and the Democratic Republic of Congo, at 53 per 10,000.

Researchers believe that most black women know their status, but procrastinate on treatment, as women tend not to put their medical conditions first.

According to the CDC, over 65 percent of all new HIV infections are black women.

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Debate on Discrimination Against Unemployed Continues

March 21, 2012   Rebecca Welk   No comments

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States across the country are debating the ongoing discrimination against unemployed Americans. Last year, the National Employment Law Project discovered that many employers had added the “employment status” section to applications, and therefore demanded that all applicants be already employed.

Advocates would like for “employment status” to be added to the list of other criteria, such as religion, that employers cannot use to hire employees, according to The Baltimore Sun.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) does not monitor complaints about this issue because it is currently legal at the federal level.

Only a few states have passed the legislation so far, including New Jersey and the District of Columbia. Oregon’s bill is waiting for the governor’s signature, while Maryland continues to debate its own version. At least a dozen other states are currently considering the legislation.

Read more about the nationwide effort, specifically in Maryland, here.

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