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Clinton Says He'll Do 'Whatevere I'm Asked' for Obama

Presidential nominee Barack Obama and Former President Bill Clinton

Singer Kanye West arrested at LAX
Police say they have arrested Kanye West at Los Angeles International Airport on suspicion of vandalism after an altercation with a photographer. An airport spokesman says police also arrested West's bodyguard shortly before 8 a.m. on Thursday. Airport spokesman Marshall Lowe says early reports are that West got into an altercation with a commercial photographer and a camera valued at more than $10,000 was broken. The incident happened before West and his bodyguard, who was not identified, went into a security checkpoint at the airport.
Lowe says police are continuing to interview witnesses and West may be booked later this morning. A call to West's publicist in New York was not immediately returned.
Kanye West

Supervisor Burke Issues Call for 2^ND District

City Park-Related Projects Seeking Funding

Park Projects are eligible for funding up to $500,000

LOS ANGELES COUNTY - Supervisor Yvonne B. Burke issued a “Call-for-projects” wish list of potential Proposition A compliant city park-related projects in the Second District to be awarded a limited amount of accumulated funding in the specific “Cities” category under the County of L.A.’s 1992 and 1996 park bonds.

Each submission should include a brief description of the project, its estimated costs, contain multiple projects, listed in order of their priority and desirability, and not exceed a cumulative total of $500,000. Projects with matching funding will be given greater evaluative consideration.

Deadline to submit list of park projects is by 5 p.m. Tuesday, September 30, 2008. Interested parties should address their submissions list to: The Office of Los Angeles County Supervisor Yvonne B. Burke’s, c/o Mike Bohlke, Assistant Chief of Staff, 866 Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration, 500 W. Temple Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012. For additional information, please call 213.974.2222.

Serena Williams Wins Third U.S. Open Title, Reclaims No. 1 Spot

Serena Williams of the U.S. pumps her fist after winning a point against Jelena Jankovic of Serbia during women's final at the U.S. Open tennis tournament at Flushing Meadows in New York, September 7, 2008.

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Stevie Wonder Named Recipient of Library of Congress Gershwin Prize

From the Library of Congress

Librarian of Congress James H. Billington, on Tuesday, named singer/songwriter Stevie Wonder—who burst on the scene in the early 1960s as a musical prodigy, and whose dance hits and love songs segued over the years into thoughtful commentaries on the joy and injustice in our world—as the recipient of the Second Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. The award presentation will take place in the Great Hall of the Library on Feb. 23, 2009. As an added distinction to this year’s Gershwin Prize, the Library has offered, and Wonder has accepted, a musical commission. He joins a group of eminent composers who have received Library commissions, ranging from Aaron Copland and Leonard Bernstein to Paquito D’Rivera. "It’s an immense privilege to join such a remarkable roster of musicians and composers," Wonder said. "I am touched to receive this honor, and look forward to creating music for the celebration." A concert gala celebrating the award is currently being planned for the following evening.

"The Gershwin Prize was created to honor an artist whose creative output transcends distinctions between musical styles and idioms, bringing diverse listeners together, and fostering mutual understanding and appreciation," said Librarian of Congress James H. Billington. "Stevie Wonder’s music epitomizes this ideal." The prize commemorates George and Ira Gershwin, the legendary American songwriting team whose extensive manuscript collections reside in the Library of Congress.

The prize is awarded to musicians whose lifetime contributions in the field of popular song exemplify the standard of excellence associated with the Gershwins. The first Gershwin Prize was awarded in May 2007 to Paul Simon. Born in Saginaw, Michigan in 1950, Stevie became blind shortly after birth. Click for full story

McCain Picks Palin as Surprise No. 2

By Jeff Mason

DAYTON, Ohio (Reuters) - Republican John McCain picked Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his surprise choice for running mate on Friday, adding a political unknown to the presidential ticket who could help him appeal to women voters.

Palin, 44, will appear with McCain later on Friday in a rally in Dayton, Ohio, as the Arizona senator grabs the political focus away from Democratic rival Barack Obama one day after Obama accepted his party's presidential nomination.

"Governor Palin is a tough executive who has demonstrated during her time in office that she is ready to be president," McCain said in a statement announcing the choice. Click here for full story

Saturday, August 30, 2008

Bishop L. Daniel Williams Wedding at West Angeles COGIC

Bishop Williams kisses wife Jacqueline during wedding ceremony at West Angeles Church of God In Christ on Saturday, August 30, 2008.

Obama's Historic Acceptance Speech at the DNC '08

Barack Obama gives his historic Presidential Democratic nomination acceptance speech at Invesco Field in Denver, Colorado on August 28, 2008 the 45th anniversary of the Rev. Dr,. Martin Luther King Jr's "I Have A Dream" speech during the march on Washington in 1963

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Michelle Obama at the Democratic Convention

Michelle Obama speaks at the DNC August 25, 2008

Senator Barack Obama's Remarks Introducing Senator Biden

Obama Picks Biden as Running Mate, Boosts Foreign Policy Image

By Laura Litvan, Bloomberg.com

Aug. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Barack Obama chose Senator Joseph Biden, a Delaware Democrat, to be his vice presidential running mate, selecting one of the party's leading foreign-policy figures and harshest critics of republican John McCain's national security views The Obama campaign sent a text message to supporters at about 3 a.m. New York time announcing the decision. Obama and Biden are scheduled to appear together at a rally in Springfield, Illinois, today at 2 p.m. local time. The choice of Biden, 65, is aimed at addressing questions about Obama's inexperience on international affairs, his biggest vulnerability against McCain. Biden has led the attacks on the Republican candidate, assailing McCain for supporting President George W. Bush's policies, including his argument that Iraq is the main front in the battle against terrorists. McCain ``talks about the central concern is the war on terror, yet it's in Afghanistan,'' Biden said at a July 14 news conference in Washington. ``It's in Afghanistan and Pakistan. And John's policy in Iraq prevents us from having a larger strategy to deal with that.'' (click to read full article)

Tyrone Freeman, SEIU Leader, Step Aside

All Officers of Local Chapter Removed

By Paul Pringle
From the Los Angeles Times

August 23, 2008

The Service Employees International Union on Friday removed all elected officers of its biggest California local amid an inquiry into the financial practices of the labor group and a related charity, including payments of hundreds of thousands of dollars to firms owned by its president's relatives. Friday's action follows an announcement earlier this week that the president of the Los Angeles local, Tyrone Freeman, would step aside while the union's national office investigated expenditures disclosed by The Times. In placing the 160,000-worker local in trusteeship, the union formally relieved Freeman, the local's secretary-treasurer, Amanda Figueroa, and its 55 board members of their posts. The trustee appointed to take over the local's operations is John Ronches, who has been based in the union's Washington, D.C., headquarters. Ronches, who could not be reached Friday, is an assistant to SEIU Secretary-Treasurer Anna Burger and is a 30-year veteran of the union. The union also has appointed an outside monitor to review future financial transactions before they are executed."We are committed to leading a reform movement within labor, and we will not tolerate any act that puts the interests of our members at risk," SEIU President Andy Stern said in an e-mail. (Click here for full article)

August 22, 2008

Dr. Cornel West Speak at Urban Issues Forum

Video by Gloria Zuurveen

Dr. Cornel West, author and scholar, was the keynote speaker on Friday, August 15 at Urban Issues Breakfast Forum of Greater Los Angeles held at the California African American Museum. Dr. West spoke on “Does Race Still Matter: Is Democracy and Hope Enough To Change America”. Click for August 22, 2008 pdf copy

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