Michael Hill needed a doctoral program that was flexible to let him work on full-time as a Lincoln University administrator; he chose an online degree course from another institution.
Having first hand experience, he is now trying an online program in Lincoln. It is among many black colleges yet to enter the lucrative internet education industry admired by many black colleges.
Comprising 12% of the sum enrollment in higher education in 2007, the blacks were 21% of the students at the for-profit institutions most being online, this is as per a report …

Those suffering from liver disease turn to living donors for survival, a controversial procedure,  since aiving person is placed at risk to save a life.
The procedure involves the taking of a part of a liver from a healthy person and transplanting it to a sick recipient, as the liver regenerates. With time the liver from both persons will be grown to normal size and will be dully functional.
The first was done in 1989, involving transferring of liver grafts from adults to ailing children, a process with little risks as only …

The police in South Carolina have arrested a driver after collision with a number of motorists where five people lost their lives.
Four people on bikes and a car passenger died from the accident on a desert motorway East of San Diego on Saturday.
The motorcyclists were marking the 10th anniversary since the founding of their club.
The driver called Carlos Ramirez Bobadilla, 36, was arrested for drunken driving according to a police statement.
Despite all these he is not being charged with the deaths based on the evidence available the police went on …

In an LA memorable ceremony, God Father director Francis Ford Coppola received a lifetime achievement.
The best actors in Hollywood went to the event to see the filmmaker receive the Irving Thalberg Memorial Award.
Robert DeNiro recognized Coppola terming him as an inspiration and one of his biggest influences.
Accepting the price he said that he loved original Hollywood tradition and admiration of the Irving Thalberg tradition.
Star Wars creator, George Lucas, referred to Coppola as his big brother and mentor.
He said that he taught how to write, direct, personified an era of the …

Ailing hearts have Viagra to think about before its use in fighting erectile dysfunction since it may help cure heart symptoms dystrophy, varied reports have suggested.
Tests done on mice which have similar conditions with Ducheme muscular (DMD) dystrophy showed that it could improve how the hearts works, Joseph Beavoa of the University of Washington and friends, from the University of North Carolina discovered.
It is unclear how the drug is helping mice, they reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, but they remained hopeful in the treatment for …

On Sunday the US President praised the move to freeze on settlements in West Bank as the best move to have the Israeli and Palestine peace talks back on track.
The overjoyed Barack Obama was confident of talking to the parties of what he planned when he first called the talks when he took office, including being impartial and selling his ideals to the American population and was ready to have a change of policy and approach after loosing the mid term elections.
Speaking from the air base from a long Asian …

‘Megaminds’, A DreamWorks 3D Animation comedy has retained its domination on top of the Box Office movie list. The film, which features Will Ferrel as a superhero has hit the 90-million dollar mark in its first two weeks of showing.
Brad Pitt, Tina Fey and Jonah Hill are among the star-studded cast whose voices are featured in the film.
In second place, is ‘Unstoppable’ a film based on a 2001 train incident in Ohio where it traveled 66 miles without any crew, while carrying dangerous cargo. The film, which features the widely-acclaimed …

Sarah Maynard, a 13-year-old girl who went missing along with her mother, brother and a third woman, was found on Sunday in a basement, bound and gagged. The basement belonged to Matthew J. Hoffman who was taken into custody on Sunday after being apprehended at his Mount Vernon Home.
According to the County Sheriff in Knox, the girl was hospitalized and is in a stable condition. Although he did not establish what led his team to find the girl, Barber explained that Hoffman had listed as a second address, a house …

A bank teller working in Overland Park, Kansas City was kidnapped in the middle of the night and ordered by his assailants to open the bank so that it could be robbed.
The kidnapping, which happened in the parking lot of the teller’s apartment complex, took place in the wee hours of the morning.
The teller was then found the next morning by a fellow bank employee at around 7.30 a.m., tied to a chair inside the bank with only a bloody nose.
The FBI has reported that three people have been arrested …

Saudi Arabia joined the ranks of Pakistan and Bangladesh by blocking ‘Facebook’ in the kingdom. According to an official who wished to remain anonymous, the reason for the blocking of the social networking site is that the latter does not conform to Saudi Arabia’s conservative values. It had also crossed the line in what was morally unacceptable in the Arabic Kingdom.
Saudi Arabia follows a strict religious and moral code and is heavily influenced by the edicts of their religion. In addition religious leaders are heavily influential in decision and policy-making.
The …