Daily News Feed 7.13.2010/Vocab: Vestigial

Michelle Obama promotes healthy eating campaign at NAACP convention
First lady Michelle Obama still recalls that little brown paper bag from her childhood. It was stuffed with penny candy from the corner store and hidden under her bed.

“You didn’t eat it all at once because you never knew when you’d see another piece of candy,” she told those attending the NAACP convention in Kansas City on Monday.

That bag, she said, would be “all worn out and sweaty,” emptied gradually over days. (Continue Reading…)

Obama Administration to Unveil National Strategy to Reduce HIV Infections
ABC News’ Karen Travers reports:

The Obama administration plans to announce its national strategy Tuesday to reduce the annual number of HIV infections in the United States and improve health care for those currently living with HIV.

Every year approximately 56,000 people in the United States become infected with HIV and there are currently more than 1.1 million Americans living with HIV.
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NBA fines Cavaliers owner for remarks on LeBron James
CNN) — The NBA has fined the Cleveland Cavaliers owner $100,000 for remarks he made after LeBron James announced he was leaving the team.

NBA Commissioner David Stern said Monday that team owner Dan Gilbert’s words, “though understandable, were ill-advised and imprudent.”

In a letter posted on the team’s website Thursday, Gilbert called James’ decision to play for the Miami Heat a “cowardly betrayal” and a “shocking act of disloyalty.” (Continue Reading…)

Police find explosive device in Uganda discotheque
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Sudan president faces genocide charge
UAW’s King, Jesse Jackson push US job creation
Johnson Publishing president resigns

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