Going to college, check out this Windows 8 Study Smarter Laptop Scholarship

There are many scholarships out there both big and small. No matter what the amount every penny helps. Here is one I found to help with getting a laptop for college. Hey, it can't hurt to apply.

Windows 8 Study Smarter Laptop Scholarship Deadline: Jun 10, 2014

Eligibility: All current U.S. high school and college students. For details, read the official rules.

Description: Students must submit an essay (under 500 characters) to the following question: "School is a balanced mix of work and play, and PCs have everything you need to do it all! What are the programs or apps you mix to be productive and have fun - and why?". 10 applicants will be selected to win an HP ENVY x2 PC courtesy of Windows 8 and Chegg.

Submit your application here: http://www.chegg.com/scholarships/windows8-study-smarter-scholarship/apply#sch-rules

Photos of slave descendants donated to Smithsonian

A "time capsule" of photographs documenting the descendants of enslave African-Americans on a long-isolated island off the South Carolina-Georgia coast will have a new home at the Smithsonian's African-American history museum.

Bank of America, which has a vast art collection it lends to museums, donated a collection of 61 photographs by Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, the wife of the late tennis player Arthur Ashe, to the museum on Monday. Officials tell The Associated Press the bank will also give $1 million to help build the $500 million museum. This is the bank's second $1 million donation.

Read more here: http://www.nola.com/arts/index.ssf/2014/03/photos_of_slave_descendants_do.html

Black Enterprise, Toyota to Host ‘Hackathon’ for Black Techies in NYC

Black Enterprise will host its first Driving Innovation Hackathon presented by Toyota, where technology and creative minds will come together to build tools that demonstrate the advantages of sustainability. The Driving Innovation program was created by Black Enterprise in partnership with Toyota to shine light on African Americans in technology.

The Hackathon will take place at Black Enterprise headquarters, 260 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016 on March 29th -30th, 2014. The event will be open to the public from 10-2pm and 3-7pm on Saturday and 9am-noon on Sunday. Technologists, innovators and coders will form teams to design and develop their solutions. It will also be live stream at blackenterprise.com/drivinginnovation. You will be able to tune in for the full 24 hours as the hackers go head to head trying to create the best game possible.

Read more here: http://www.blackenterprise.com/featured-stories/hackathon-nyc-blacks-in-technology/

Remarkable woman raises 32 children.

Annmarie Richards is a Jamaican woman who has raised 32 children, but not before she came from a broken home, in a struggling community herself. She experienced first-hand what it feels like to be a forgotten victim of Jamaica's painful economic situation. She has since devoted her life to finding homeless children, raising them as her own, and giving them new opportunities.

It's her goal to take children off the streets and integrate them into school systems, giving them a foundation to build a wonderful life. Watch her story below:

Obama Orders Increase In U.S. Special Forces To Hunt Joseph Kony

[ SOURCE ] The Obama administration is sending about 150 Special Forces troops along with military aircraft to Uganda to help in the search for warlord Joseph Kony, the Washington Post reported on Sunday.

The deployments began on Sunday night, the Post said, after the administration began to notify Congress.

The newspaper said U.S. personnel were authorized to "provide information, advice and assistance" to an African Union force tracking Kony and his Lord's Resistance Army.

"While combat-equipped, they are prohibited from engaging LRA forces unless in self-defense," the Post said.

The Post quoted administration officials as saying the deployment did not signal the White House was weakening its criticism of new anti-gay legislation in Uganda that imposes harsh penalties for homosexuality.