Daily News Feed 7.21.2010/Vocab: Occlude

Obama to sign Wall Street reform bill
Washington (CNN) — President Obama will sign into law Wednesday the Wall Street reform bill — the most-sweeping set of changes to America’s financial regulatory system since the 1930s.

The legislation will vastly reform the way big financial firms do business. (Continue Reading…)

Michael Ealy Joins Cast of CBS’ ‘The Good Wife’
Michael Ealy has reportedly signed on to join Julianna Margulies in CBS’ “The Good Wife.”

Last seen on ABC’s cancelled “FlashForward,” the actor will play Derrick Bond, the head of the D.C. firm that’s merging with Will and Diane’s struggling practice. (Continue Reading…)

The Wine Industry’s Best Black-Owned Businesses
The Wine Institute says that 90 percent of American wine comes from California’s nearly 2,900 wineries and 4,600 grape wine growers. The Association of African American Vintners (AAAV) has seven members, and there are several other black winemakers, also covered in this photo slide show, who aren’t members. Black-owned restaurants, and wine bars that carry the award-winning vintages, include 1300 on Fillmore in San Francisco, Chicago’s Bin 36, Pican in Oakland, Calif., and Nectar Bar and Therapy Wine Bar in New York City.(Continue Reading…)

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USC to return Bush’s Heisman