Montgomery blames government-backed racism as need for Reparations

Among those speaking at Ald. Dorothy Tillman's (3rd) 2003 National Reparations convention will be famed attorney James D. Montgomery who Monday said Blacks should be compensated because of government-sanctioned racism.

Montgomery said racism is one of many vestiges of slavery with captured Africans forced to build this nation free of charge, enabling white slave owners to amass wealth and pass on their fiscal legacy to their family.

He and his partner Johnnie Cochran, are among the presenters of Tillman's convention, being held from 9 a.m. to 4:30, p.m., March 28-29, and on Sunday from 9 a.m. to noon at the Parkway Ballroom, 4455 S. King Dr.

They will be joined by …

Local UK govt steps up to save red phone boxes

Britain's bright red telephone boxes are increasingly unused and unprofitable, but far from unloved.

The fate of more than a third of the country's 12,700 iconic red telephone booths is up in the air: telecommunications company BT says it wants to scrap about 400 of them and is in negotiations with local authorities about what to do another 4,000.

Villages and local governments are stepping up efforts to salvage the street furniture, converting the booths into community notice boards, greenhouses, or possibly even miniature art galleries. They have until Saturday to apply to adopt a phone booth.

The small English hamlet of Lighthorne, about 90 …

Everything but the kitchen sink ; The newest Audi to hit the showrooms has been redesigned from the ground up with advanced lightweight construction techniques and a raft of technological tricks and treats, writes Chris Walsh

Constructed from an aluminium and steel compound, Audi's new A6'sshell weight is 15 per cent lighter than an all-steel equivalent andthe A6 becomes the fourth model in the range to feature theultrabright, ultra-light, all-LED signature headlamps.

The newest Audi to hit the showrooms has been redesigned from theground up with their most advanced lightweight constructiontechniques.

With weight kept in check through aluminium and steel compositeconstruction, the new entry-level diesel is capable of deliveringover 57mpg and outputs just 129g/km of CO2.

Tipping the scales at a relatively modest 1,575kg, the A6maximises economy and minimises emissions, …

Indian Doc Accused of Link to Terrorists

BRISBANE, Australia - Australian federal police on Saturday charged an Indian doctor with providing "reckless" support to a terrorist organization by giving his mobile phone SIM card to two of the suspects accused in the failed British bomb attacks.

Muhammad Haneef, 27, is the second person to be charged over the botched attacks on London and Glasgow June 29 and 30. The other is Bilal Abdullah, who is being held in London on charges of conspiring to set off explosions.

British police tracked a SIM card in the possession of one of the men accused in the failed Britain bomb attacks to Haneef, and alerted their Australian counterparts.

At a bail hearing before the …

NBA Leaders

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G FG FT PTS AVG

James, Clev. 23 240 169 679 29.5

Bryant, LAL 27 244 189 723 26.8

Iverson, Den. 27 238 212 713 26.4

Anthony, Den. 27 250 162 685 25.4

Jefferson, N.J. 27 216 232 682 25.3

Boozer, Utah 28 291 109 691 24.7

Wade, Mia. 20 158 168 486 24.3

Redd, Mil. 26 201 165 622 23.9

Howard, Orl. 29 236 206 678 23.4

Quicken Loans wins overtime trial in Detroit

DETROIT (AP) — A federal jury in Detroit says Quicken Loans doesn't owe overtime to more than 300 former mortgage brokers who claimed their jobs amounted to sales for the online mortgage giant.

The Thursday verdict means jurors were convinced sales was not the brokers' primary job when they made calls and tried to get people to agree to loans between 2002 and 2006.

Quicken argued an administrative exemption for certain financial …

African immigration to Europe

Although there is nothing new about Africans migrating to Europe, the increase in such migration over the last 20-30 years has become noteworthy and is finally reaching the attention of the mainstream media in the U.S.

The rebellions which took place in the French suburbs in 2005 carried out by the children of African immigrants brought global attention to an aspect of this situation. The increased coverage of the plight of those currently trying to get to Europe has shed new light on a growing crisis, and one from which we can actually better understand the situation of migrations to the U.S.

During the colonial era, African and Caribbean immigration to Europe was limited …