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Volume 9, No. 12 Sunday, February 7, 2010 Price $1.00 Ron Fedd, center, a resource room specialist at the Workforce Plus employment office, assists client Matin Washington as he uses the computer to look for jobs and send out applications on Jan. 22 in Tallahassee, Fla. ? AP PHOTO/PHIL COALE

Jobless rate declines to 9.7 percent

January?s report shows 541,000 more had jobs; differs from new hiring

Editorials Food Comics Sports Caribbean Christopher S. Rugaber WASHINGTON ? The outlook or jobs became a bit less bleak with January?s unexpected decline in the U.S. unemployment rate, which fell to 9.7 percent from 10 percent. Still, Friday?s unemployment report showed just how deep the job crisis remains: 8.4 million jobs vanished in the Great Recession. Economists say the nation would be lucky to get back 1.5 million jobs this year. And they say it will take at least three to four years for the job Terry E. Johnson Tribune Correspondent He sat at the Senate Judiciary Committee table as ool as a yard dog under a shade tree. Despite the hot lights from the television camras, not one bead of sweat rolled down his baby ace. He parried, obfuscated and attacked every quesion put to him on that cold day in January 2006. The last time such a potentially powerful man sat on such a blistering hot seat was Clarence Thomas during his confirmation hearing for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court. When asked if he would make any radical reversals of past Supreme Court rulings, Samuel Alito, a son of New Jersey and born to Italian parents, took a page from Thomas? playbook. Instead of giving straight-up ?yes? or ?no? answers, he responded by saying he could ?live with? or ?had no quarrel? with whatever ruling the questioner was referring to. Alito ? Page 5B

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4-A 1-B 2-B 1-C 3-C Across America Classifieds Obituaries Leisure Religion 4-C 5-C 6-C 1-D 5-D market to return to anything like normal. The unemployment rate fell to its lowest level since August because a Labor Department survey of households found a sharp rise in the number of Americans with jobs. The survey found that 541,000 more Americans had jobs last month. But those gains resulted from seasonal adjustments to the data. Without those adjustments, the data show fewer people had jobs Father and son broke NASCAR color line Review of book, ?Racing While Black.? 4D. Stephanie Guerilus Tribune Staff Writer February marks the 250th birthday of Bishop Richard Allen. Mother Bethel AME, the historic church he founded in 1794, has prepared a weeklong lineup of activities to honor one of the nation?s leading abolitionists. Allen took an independent stand against the racial and religious intolerance of his time when he walked out of the segregated pews at St. George?s Methodist Church in the late 1700s. His actions led to the establishment of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in 1816. Among the scheduled activities is a free event on Wednesday, Feb. 10, at 6 p.m. at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. The gathering, which is being billed as ?Richard Allen: Apostle of Freedom,? is designed to attract pastors and scholars who will share their thoughts on Allen?s legacy. The presentation will also feature a display of original documents that relate to Allen, the first bishop of the AME church, Mother Bethel and local African churches. One of those involved in the panel discussion will be the Rev. Mark Kelly Tyler. He is the current pastor of Mother Bethel and was one of the early proponents of such a celebration. He has also faithfully helped to maintain the archives of Mother Bethel for researchers and others interested in Allen?s life. LEISURE CARIBBEAN Haitian Professionals refocus their mission Obama support group now aids native land. 3C

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Pictured here is Mother Bethel?s official logo for the Richard Allen birthday celebration. ? SUBMITTED PHOTO ?First and foremost, it is the recognition of a milestone of the 250th birthday celebration of arguably one of the most important Black figures, and figures in general, within American history. So, it?s just to me highly significant that we don?t let something like this just go by unnoticed, but we really make a Dwight Ott Tribune Correspondent Due to a U.S. Supreme Court?s decision Jan. 21 allowing corporate cash to flow unfettered into election campaigns, Ron Walters, an internationally known African-American political scholar and analyst, now fears that the number of Black elected officials will suffer as a result of the ruling. ?It will be more difficult to expand the number of [Black] elected officials beyond what now exists,? said Walters, author of ?Black Presidential Politics in America.? The landmark ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission gave corporations free reign to

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big deal about it,? Tyler said. ?It?s important to keep that legacy alive.? Bishop Richard Norris, presiding bishop of the AME First District, agreed on the importance of the ?Allen 250? celebrations. ?It?s really an opportunity for us to lift up who I think was one of the directly spend money in elections for the candidates of their choice. Even President Barack Obama was upset by the ruling.

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COMING TUESDAY Black History Month Supplement greatest Philadelphia persons in our history,? he said. ?Not only as the founder of our church, but for the other things that Richard Allen was involved in and did in the city of Philadelphia, most notably his involvement with the

Campaign finance ruling called ?activism?

Justice Alito flies right-wing banner on court

Richard Allen: A life to be celebrated

The Bishop did far more for Blacks and America than founding the AME church

Jobs ? Page 4B Allen ? Page 4B Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, back right, talks to Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010, prior to President Barack Obama?s State of the Union address. Justice Samuel Alito is at front left and Chief Justice John Roberts is at right. ? AP PHOTO/CHARLES DHARAPAK

Corporations gain free speech rights, like individuals

This video image provided by the network pool shows Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, left, and fellow justices watching President Barack Obama?s State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 27. From left are, Alito, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice Anthony Kennedy, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Justice Stephen Breyer. ? AP PHOTO/NETWORK POOL ?[It will] open the floodgates for special interests ? including for- Scotus ? Page 5B The Philadelphia Tribune, a reflection of you. The Philadelphia Tribune

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