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Outlook: First Multiracial President Washington Post, United States - 1 hour ago He is more than the personification of African American achievement. He is a bridge between races, a living symbol of tolerance, a signal that strict racial … ... more

[Music] Dr. Kent:  Welcome to the show Andrew Calhoun who is on the line. Andrew Calhoun:  Yes, it is I. Dr. Kent:  Well that’s a beautiful song; Jaybird and Sparrow from the album Bound To Go by Waterbug Records.  Now this is interesting.  This is a bunch of spirituals and shout songs.  I love these old records that you got some of these from.  Tell us about where you found these songs. Andrew Calhoun:  A lot of them are in old books that are out of print.  Jaybird and Sparr... more

TORONTO (Reuters) - BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM.TO: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz )(RIMM.O: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ) reported a higher first-quarter profit that met its forecasts on Wednesday and said it added more subscribers than it had anticipated. Read more ... more

Homeowners across the land are holding their collective breath as daily reports show the housing market threatens all out collapse. The likelihood, however, is that loses over the next year or two will not nearly be enough to reverse the huge gains of the last ten years. Read more ... more

Marisa Lagos: No White House Comment on Bush Sewage Plant Looks like the news of the local effort to rename a San Francisco sewage plant after President Bush has made it back East. The New York Times followed the Chronicle story today, prompting a reporter at the White House press daily briefing to ask about the effort — which will likely be on the November ballot. Here’s the rather amusing exchange between that reporter and White House spokeswoman Dana Perino: ... more

In a dispatch that has been picked up by news outlets in Asia and Europe, Reuters has reported that, in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, a vast territory in northwestern China, “Chinese authorities…have demolished a [Muslim] mosque for refusing to put up signs in support of…August’s Beijing Olympics,” the international sports event that is scheduled to begin on August 8. The Uyghurs are a mostly Muslim, ethnic-Turkic people whose region has also been call... more