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Sinbad's death falsely reported MIAMI (AP) Actor-comedian Sinbad had the last laugh after his Wikipedia entry announced he was dead, the performer said last Thursday. Rumors began circulating Saturday regarding the posting, said Sinhad. who first got a telephone call from his daughter. The gossip quieted, but a few days later the 50-year-old entertainer said the phone calls, text messages and e mails started pouring in by the hundreds. "Saturday, I rose from the dead and then died again," the Los Angeles-based entertainer (old The Associated Press in a phone interview. The St. Petersburg-based company, which describes itself as "the free ency clopedia that anyone can edit," leaves it to a vast user community to catch factual emirs and other problems. Apparently, someone edited it to say Sinbad died of a heart attack. By the time the error was caught, e-mail links of the erroneous page had been forwarded to hundreds of people. A note on Sinbad's Wikipedia page last Thursday night said the site has been temporarily protected from editing to deal with vandalism. Wikipedia was created in 2001 as a Web research tool. It has more than 1 .6 million articles, contributed by members of the public. When asked if he was upset about the mix-up, Sinbad. whose real name is David Adkins, jast laughed. "It's gonna be more commonplace as the Internet opens up more and more. It's not that strange," the Los Angeles-based entertainer told the Associated Press in a phone interview. Sinbad Tuskegee Airmen to get Congressional Gold Medal House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senats^Majority Leader Harry Reid, President Pro Tempore of the Senate Robert Byrd. Chairman Carl Levin of the Senate Armed Services Committee and Chairman Charles Range! of the House Ways and Means Committee, announced last week that the Congressional Gold Medal will be conferred upon the Tuskegee Airmen in recogni tion of their heroism during World War II. The ceremony will take place on Thursday, March 29. Legislation awarding the Gold Medaf. Congress' most dis tinguished civilian award, was sponsored by Chairmen Rangel and Levin. "The Tuskegee Airmen performed heroically during World War II, serving with honor and distinction." said Pelosi and Reid said in a statement. 'Their unwavering commitment to protect and serve their country even in the face of segregation and discrimination is an inspiration befitting the highest con gressional honor." During World War II. the Tuskegee Airmen were the first African Americans to fly in the United States military, and their efforts contributed to President Truman's decision to desegre gate the military in 1948. The Gold Medal will be presented to the Tuskegee Airmen collectively during a ceremony in the Rotunda of the U .S . Capitol . Clyburn to make historic speech at S.C. Legislature next month COLUMBIA, SjC. (AP) - House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn will address the South Carolina General Assembly next month, becoming the first black congressman to do so in more than 100 years. \ The Legislature formally asked Clyburn to speak in a March 6 letter and the first bl;>ck congressman from South Carolina since Reconstruction confirmed Friday the address would be April 10. The speech will rekindle memories forClyburn. who ran unsuccessfully for a state House seat in 1970. It was a close election. Clyburn said. He went to bed ahead 500 votes and woke up?-t6scr by 500 votes. "I'll probably say to them that I hoped to start off my career as a member of that body," Clybum said. "And. so, t will finally get there in 2007. 1 will prob ably reminisce about how long it took me to get here." He assumed the No. 3 job in the House earlier this year when Democrats took control of the chamber. Clyburn is the first black congressman from South Carolina since 1897. Clyburn FAMU still struggling with finances TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - More than a year after a slate auditor found multiple problems with Florida A&M University's 2004-2005 finances, the school still has problems. A recent. preliminary audit of the budget year ending in June 2006 found problems with the school's payroll and other areas, and this week administrators got a stern warning from lawmakers saying they would cut the school's budget if that's what it lakes to fix the issues. Looming large among the audit's 35 findings were payroll and salary documentation problems. The school failed to pay employees on time, give raises, properly perform annual evalua tions, and document employees' leave time and sabbaticals, according to a report in the St. Petersburg Times. The auditor also concluded that accounting records did not accurately reflect the budget approved by tfii school's trustees, and the trustees and president didn't approve budget amend ments. Employee cell phone use and the accounting for university property were also issues. Records to support $1 .8 million in ath letic deparfiient collections were not retained. The criticism comes as the school's interim president. Castell Bryant, is about to turn over Florida's only historically black pub lic university to James H. Amnions, the former FAMU provost. The change happens this summer. The Chronicle (USPS 067-910) was established by Ernest H. Pitt and Ndubisi Egemonye in 1974 and is published every Thursday by Winston-Salem Chronicle Publishing Co. Inc.. 617 N. Liberty Street, Winston-Salerh, N.C. 27101. Periodicals postage paid at Winston-Salem. N.C. Annual subscription price is $30.72. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: The Chronicle, P.O. Box 1636 Winston-Salcnv. NC 27102-1636 "Dukes of Hazzard" stars blacklisted? Some feel classic show was racist BY LISA CORNWELL THE ASSOCIATED IK I ss CINCINNATI - Former Georgia Congressman Ben Jones, a former cast member of Ihe TV series "The Dukes of Haziard," is raising a ruckus over an orchestra's decision to cancel plans for a musical program featuring the stars of the series. John Schneider and Tom Wopal Jones, who pl&yed the wisecracking mechanic "Cooler" in the popular show, is waging a fight against what he calls a "blacklisting of these guys out of some kind of political correctness that is just plain wrong headed." Jones said in a telephone interview Friday that Schneider told him the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra canceled a July 14, 2(107. appearance that was to feature Schneider and Wopat because some in the Cincinnati com munity found the TV show that aired from 1979 to 1985 racist and offensive. "This is a benign family show loved by people of all ages and races," said Jones. "I have fought racism and big otry my whole life and worked in the civil rights movement, and there is nothing racist about it." Jones said that apparently the orchestra decided some people could he offended because the Confederate Hag was on the "General Lee" car See Dukes on All motn cuuncsy ? nuwww Catherine "Daisy" Bach, Tom "Lake" Wopal and John "Bo" Schneider pose with The General Lee, which features a Confederate flag. More black women going under the knife BY SHAENA HENRY HOWARD UNIVERSITY NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON (NNPA) - Rachel (not her real name) has always com mitted herself to living a healthy lifestyle. She is a vegetarian, watches her diet closely, and can be found in the gym daily. However, after endometriosis Rachel noticed excess weight in her m i d ? sec tion. " I started devel opi ng this stom ach that I did not have before," says Rachel, who asked to conceal her identity because of stigmas associated with cosmetic surgery. "I could see if 1 did not exercise and was overweight. It looked [as| though I was pregnant." After years of camou flaging her stomach, Rachel decided to research surgical options to free her from the discomfort of accentuating her abdomin'al area. Her hair stylist referred her to Dr. Sheila Bond, a northern New Jersey-based board certified plastic surgeon. Last year, Rachel put up more than $6,000 for abdominoplasty and lipo suction. At Bond Plastic Surgery, Dr. Bond schedules one-on one interviews prior to the surgery and a personalized treatment plan after the pro cedure to achieve the best results. Dr. Bond said that Rachel joins the growing number of African American women who no longer fear the stigma or shame associ Sec Surjjery on A 10 Hare >0 ALLEGACY WIRELESS BANKING Cell phone. Pocket PC device. PalmOne handheld and Blackberry Transfer funds, pay bills, view accounts. ..anytime, anywhere. 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