Staples enlists in Guard Private Mark Staples of Cabot recently enlisted into the Arkansas Army National Guard. Staples has earned a $20,000 enlistment bonus and other education benefits valued at $64,612.

Most successful Black entrepreneurs that I know would never publish themselves in the so-called Black Enterprise Top 100 Black Businesses. To many it is perceived as a ?target list? for the IRS, large competitors and others with bad intentions. Allow me to discuss a few of the horror stories that successful Black entrepreneurs have experienced.

At FBI Graduation Ceremony Braselton assistant police chief Lou Solis (far right) recently graduated from the FBI National Academy Program. He is shown with Robert Mueller III, FBI director, and his wife, Dr. Kathy Towers-Solis during a graduation ceremony on June 12 in Quantico, Va.

The game was only 14 pitches old, but already it had been an unusual first inning for the starting pitcher. He was struggling to find his rhythm, but he was composed. "It's all good," Jackson told himself.

The Army says about 90 soldiers from the 63rd Engineer Company are scheduled to return to Fort Benning from a 15-month deployment to Iraq early Monday. It was the company's third deployment to Iraq. The unit last deployed from November 2005 to November 2006. The 63rd is part of the 11th Engineer Battalion. It provides support to soldiers in defensive positions and constructs roads and airfields. ...

Story Date 6/25/2009 By Byline Nathan L. Hanks Jr. , Unit Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany