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  The City of Fort Lauderdale invites you to celebrate February as Black History Month with these exciting community events. Remembering Our Roots - February 2 Riverland Park is celebrating Black History Month with Remembering Our Roots on Saturday, February 2 from 3-5 p.m. This free community-based event will feature live performances from several diverse musical, dance and specialty groups. Appearanc ...

For people who love to celebrate the arts, there seems to be no end to the number of televised award programs.  But even in the now, dense field of entertainment award shows, the NAACP’s Image Awards still manages to entertain and inspire.   Last month, the organization announced its nominees for the 44th annual show set to air February 1st   on NBC.  Some of the nominees are familiar faces (Denzel Washingt ...

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The New Orleans Super Bowl Host Committee will welcome the San Francisco 49ers and the Baltimore Ravens back to New Orleans for Super Bowl XLVII on Feb. 3, 2013. Super Bowl XLVII will feature brothers John and Jim Harbaugh, head coaches for the Ravens and 49ers.  This will mark the first time in NFL history that two brothers, will go head to head in a Super Bowl. In Sunday's NFC Championship game, the 49ers ...

Leroy “Sugarfoot” Bonner (pictured), who was the frontman for the R&B funkmeisters of the 70′s, the Ohio Players, passed away Saturday from undisclosed causes, reports the Rolling Stone. He was 69-years-old. The oldest of 14 children, Bonner ran away as a young teen from his hometown of Hamilton, Ohio to seek fame and fortune.  As a way to survive, the young musician played the harmonica for change on s ...

The queen of talk, mega-mogul, and humanitarian bar none, Oprah Winfrey has been an unending source of inspiration for all.  She has graced our homes and warmed our hearts with more than 25 years of lessons and enlightenment that we’ve gathered from her shows.  And now at 59 years young, the diva is still on a mission to help us achieve our “authentic selves” and ultimately “be the change you want to see in ...

The Miami Herald WALTER MICHOT / MIAMI HERALD STAFF Carl Bomberger and his wife Cybil, from Pennsylvnia enjoy breakfast at the Floridia diner, the site of a shoot-out early Monday. Authorities say rapper Rick Ross was the target. No one was injured. A Miami prison guard and college football player before his career path turned to gangsta rap music, Rick Ross has faced repeated criticism in the music industr ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.–On Wednesday, Jan. 30, at 12:30 p.m., Attorney General Pam Bondi, Mayor Seiler and the Fort Lauderdale City Commission will host a press event to discuss the national mortgage settlement and the relief that is available to Floridians. WHO: Attorney General Pam Bondi, Mayor John P. “Jack” Seiler and the Fort Lauderdale City Commission WHAT: Discussion of the national mortgage settlement and ...

Contest Open to Fort Lauderdale Students in Grades K-12   Fort Lauderdale – The City of Fort Lauderdale, in partnership with the Florida Section of the American Water Works Association, is sponsoring the Drop Savers Water Conservation Poster Contest to celebrate Drinking Water Week, which will take place May 5-11, 2013. The City is inviting K-12 students who attend Fort Lauderdale public and private sc ...