FDA Approves Prostate Cancer Vaccine
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Dendreon Corporation?s Provenge, a "vaccine" that uses a patient's own immune system to fight advanced prostate cancer that is no longer responding to hormone therapy. More »
Ex-Justice Dept. lawyer says whites' rights ignored
PHILADELPHIA - Witnesses described an ugly scene: Two members of the New Black Panther Party threatening white voters the day Barack Obama was elected president, flinging insults like "white devil" and "you're about to be ruled by the black man, cracker." More »
Johannesburg draws poor, struggles to house them
JOHANNESBURG - The handsome art-deco building at 193 Jeppe St. was typical of its apartheid times: full of white-collar professionals, mostly white, and an army of blacks pushing brooms and serving tea until night fell and the segregation banished them to their distant townships. More »
South African soccer great looks back wistfully
JOHANNESBURG - Though thrilled that the World Cup has come to his homeland, South African soccer great Jomo Sono can't help but look back to his glory days in the apartheid era and wonder what might have been. Once a teammate of Pele's with the New York Cosmos, Sono - and several brilliant contemporaries - never got the chance to play for their country because of the international sports boycott. More »
