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African-American - News May 8, 2011 See African-American Weather Merlene Davis: Black women need to take another look at breast-feeding (Lexington Herald-Leader) It's Mother's Day, and I want to talk about an issue that must be corrected. Black women in the United States are far less likely to breast-feed than women of any other race or culture in this country. Housing battle not over in St. Bernard (WLOX) U.S. Housing and Development Secretary Shaun Donovan says that while St. Bernard Parish settled two issues that limited African-Americans' freedom to choose where they will live, it is still trying to block multiunit housing and residents' freedom to rent to anyone they want. Manny Pacquiao Will Earn a Sixth-Round Knockout over a "Black Fighter" Tonight (BleacherReport) Mosley can't compete with Pacquiao. Pound-for-pound royalty Manny "Pac-Man" Pacquiao will fight former three-division champion "Sugar" Shane Mosley tonight at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas. Jackson vows to sue over manager law (Detroit News) Washington - The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson said his Rainbow PUSH Coalition is setting up an office in Benton Harbor and will file suit to challenge Michigan's emergency manager law, whichhe says violates the federal Voting Rights Acts by stripping voters' power to elect leaders. New multicast channel targeted to African Americans coming to our area (WECT-TV Wilmington) Raycom Media, the parent company of WECT, has closed a deal with a multicast channel for African Americans, called Bounce TV. Waterbury: Reading Saves Lives -- Circles Of Love Project (The Hartford Courant) Clubs & Organizations Submitted by Jason Knight , Granville Academ, on 2011-05-06.   Circles of Love Project: "Reading Saves Lives" When: Saturday, May 7, 10 a.m.-noon What: Story Telling and Reading Competition Where: Hopkins Street Center, Waterbury Who: Granville Academy of Waterbury, Attorney Maurice Mosley, Rev. More African-American News...