Articles - National en-us http://newpittsburghcourieronline.com/articlelive N/A http://newpittsburghcourieronline.com/articlelive webmaster@newpittsburghcourier.com 20 http://newpittsburghcourieronline.com/articlelive/articles/40674/1/R-Kelly-trial-begins-despite-protests/Page1.html CHICAGO (Real Times News Service)--A verbal battle between R. Kelly supporters and protestors was underway as the R&B singer arrived for the first day of his child pornography trial May 9. webmaster@newpittsburghcourier.com (Real Times News Service) Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://newpittsburghcourieronline.com/articlelive/articles/40672/1/King-Maker-Foundation-seeks-to-pass-Civil-Rights-Baton-at-Howard-University/Page1.html When Levy Daugherty began planning his foundation’s next major event, his vision extended into the next generation. news@nnpa.org (NNPA News Service) Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://newpittsburghcourieronline.com/articlelive/articles/40669/1/Obama-Takes-NC-Clinton-Squeaks-by-in-Indiana/Page1.html news@nnpa.org (NNPA News Service) Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://newpittsburghcourieronline.com/articlelive/articles/40661/1/Study-58-percent-of--Black-children-cant-swim/Page1.html NEW YORK (AP)—Nearly 60 percent of African-American children can’t swim, almost twice the figure for white children, according to a first-of-its-kind survey which USA Swimming hopes will strengthen its efforts to lower minority drowning rates and draw more Blacks into the sport. webmaster@newpittsburghcourier.com (Associated Press) Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://newpittsburghcourieronline.com/articlelive/articles/40656/1/Cuba-puts-first-computers-on-sale-to-the-public/Page1.html HAVANA (AP)—Cubans are getting wired. The island’s communist government put desktop computers on sale to the public for the first time May 2, ending a ban on PC sales as another despised restriction on daily life fell away under new President Raul Castro. webmaster@newpittsburghcourier.com (Associated Press) Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://newpittsburghcourieronline.com/articlelive/articles/40655/1/This-Week-in-Black-History/Page1.html 1925—The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters was founded. It would become the leading Black-led trade union organization in America. In addition to introducing unionism to African-Americans, the ability to travel to cities throughout the country enabled the porters to become a major vehicle of communications for American Blacks. They distributed everything from letters to Black-oriented newspapers as they traveled the nation. The chief organizer was the legendary A. Phillip Randolph. SirajT12@yahoo.com (Robert N. Taylor Media Services) Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://newpittsburghcourieronline.com/articlelive/articles/40654/1/Powdered-cocaine-not-just-for-white-yuppies-anymore/Page1.html WASHINGTON (AP)—They were indelible images of the cocaine world of the 1970s and ’80s: Rich yuppies and white suburbanites partying down with a couple of lines of “blow.” Stockbroker Charlie Sheen snorting up in the limo in “Wall Street.” Woody Allen’s sneeze in “Annie Hall.” webmaster@newpittsburghcourier.com (Associated Press) Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://newpittsburghcourieronline.com/articlelive/articles/40624/1/Obama-picks-up-superdelegates-undecideds-moving-his-way/Page1.html webmaster@newpittsburghcourier.com (Associated Press) Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://newpittsburghcourieronline.com/articlelive/articles/40620/1/They-killed-Sean-all-over-againJudges-ruling-sparks-national-outrage/Page1.html WASHINGTON (NNPA)—Outrage. That’s perhaps the best word to describe the mood of the family of the late Sean Bell of New York City, grass roots activists and civil rights representatives around the country this week. news@nnpa.org (Hazel Trice Edney) Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://newpittsburghcourieronline.com/articlelive/articles/40614/1/Study-BET-and-MTV-programs-laden-with-sexual-innuendos/Page1.html (NNPA)—A quick glance at MTV and BET is sure to register racy images of rappers fondling scantily clad women and even advertisements for the pseudo-pornographic “Girls Gone Wild” film series. news@nnpa.org (NNPA News Service) Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400