Southland gasoline prices fall again
City News Service
Sep 6 2010

5.3 cents less than last year

LOS ANGELES  - The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County fell for the 24th consecutive day, decreasing six-tenths of a cent to $3.015.

The average price is 4.3 cents less than a week ago, 11.9 cents less than a month ago and 5.3 cents less than this time last year, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Information Service.

The decreases began Aug. 14, a day after nine increases in 10 days pushed the average price to $3.155, one-tenth of a cent less than its high for the year.

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"100 Years of Women In Law Enforcement''
City News Service
Sep 6 2010

Women's Magazine

LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Women's Police Officers and Associates will release a commemorative magazine called "100 Years of Women In Law Enforcement'' on Sept. 28.

"We are very excited to produce a magazine that truly represents women as the law enforcement professionals they have worked so hard to become over the past 100 years,'' said LAPD Detective Deborah Gonzales, who heads up the organization.

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Look ma, I’m a porn star
Brittney M. Walker  |   OW Staff Writer
Sep 2 2010

Teens choosing sex for money

It is now an unavoidable topic—Montana Fishburne sex tapes, porn career, and Playboy poses.

The girl has gone wild; others may disagree however, saying that she’s making a name for herself. Perhaps, but that name sure ain’t good. The problem is obvious, Laurence Fishburne will forever live with this sort of shame that his little girl grew up to be the sex queen of the industry.

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Caltech Y RISE provides college help
Juliana D. Norwood  |   OW Staff Writer
Sep 2 2010

Innovative tutoring programs make difference

Caltech Y is a non-profit organization that was founded by Caltech students in 1916 and was formerly affiliated with the California Institute of Technology. The Y was organized to provide extracurricular activities planned and implemented by students in order to learn leadership skills and discover themselves. The mission of today’s Y remains the same—to provide opportunities that will prepare students to become engaged, responsible citizens of the world.

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African American women in the workplace
Jazmin Dantzler
Sep 2 2010

Struggling to balance it all

From burning bras and fighting for women’s right to vote, to the most successful and lucrative Fortune 500 companies now being run by female executives, women reap the benefits of a history of struggle and sexism that today seems unconceivable. 
 

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New study shows Blacks talk, text more
Juliana D. Norwood  |   OW Staff Writer
Sep 2 2010

Researchers don’t know why

According to a recent study by The Nielsen Company, which analyzes the cell phone bills of more than 60,000 people in the United States each month, African Americans talk and text significantly more than other races.

On average African Americans used more than 1,300 minutes of talk time per month. Hispanics were a not-so-close second with 826 minutes; Asians/Pacific Islanders were third with 692 minutes, and last were Whites with 647 minutes of talk time per month.

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No wedding, no womb
Juliana D. Norwood  |   OW Staff Writer
Sep 2 2010

Don’t be a baby-daddy, be a husband

BeyondBlackWhite.com, a Black women’s empowerment and relationship website, is bringing together top bloggers and journalists for the first online movement aimed at bringing attention to the ever-increasing instances of out-of-wedlock births - which they believe is a key factor in the emotional and economic enslavement that Black women and their children continue to experience.

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