Skilled developers are Silicon Valley's scarcest resource. With big companies throwing around giant salaries and startups competing fiercely for talent, the technical ability to build what they envision is often a make-or-break issue for new ventures.
When the industry she knew started going to the dogs, Lesley Bowers decided to follow suit. After 20 lucrative years in radio sales -- at her peak, she doubled her $100,000 salary with a bonus --she began tiring of the pressure. "It was becoming too bottom-line driven," she says.
On a Saturday at the Lamar Edward Salon, a small cluster of women watch a demonstration of a new product.
CNN's Melissa Long looks at cellulite, what causes it and can you get rid of it?
Beverly Hunt is a mover and a shaker. A public relations executive who runs her own business in Laurel, Maryland, Hunt believes in looking good. She keeps active and stays in shape.
For 12 years, Georgia Dunston and Dr. Chiledum Ahaghotu have been trying to figure out why African-American men develop prostate cancer at an earlier age and are twice as likely to die from it than any other group in the United States.
CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta reports on a study that looks at the genetic link in black men who have prostate cancer.
Tora Burns leads her classroom with an infectious smile, patiently teaching her young pupils about the benefits of recycling -- and then a catchy little tune to try out at home with their siblings and parents.
Lt. Col. Charles "Chuck" Dryden, one of the first of the pioneering black World War II pilots known as the Tuskegee Airmen, died Thursday
New companies are jumping into the intercity bus business, luring customers with cheaper prices and more amenities
Jeremiah Wright has been a lot of things -- husband, father, author, composer, outspoken minister and spiritual confidant to Sen. Barack Obama.
Rev. Jeremiah Wright says that preaching in black churches is often "different," but that doesn't make it wrong.
As Max Robinson stood before a group of Howard University students and alumni in 1988, he implored them to never, ever lose their credibility and integrity because as a journalist, he said, "In the end, that's all you've got."
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For many college students, being short on money and being away from home presents a dangerous temptation: credit cards.
Attending college in the urban center of Washington presents a new political perspective to many students who may not have been politically aware before.
College students across the country are gearing up for November's elections by storming dorms, hosting a "Second Amendment Day," and, in some cases, drinking liberally.
FSB: Catherine Hughesupdated: Wed Sep 01 2004 00:01:00
Hughes founded Radio One in 1980 and grew it into the seventh-largest U.S. radio network, No. 1 in the African-American market. Here's the story of how she went from sleeping on the floor of her of...
Election Day 2004 at Howard University will be all about raising voter turnout, said leaders of several campus political groups.
FSB: Editor's Notesupdated: Mon Mar 01 2004 00:01:00
The author of this issue's lead story, on Americans looking for better jobs amid a warming economy, has some recent firsthand experience with the subject. He is Kemp Powers, whom we're pleased to h...
Editor's note: Campus Vibe is a weekly feature that provides student perspectives on the 2004 election from selected colleges across the United States. This week's contributor is Ruth L. Tisdale, the campus editor at The Hilltop, the student newspaper of Howard University in Washington. The views expressed in this article are not necessarily those of CNN, its affiliates or Howard University.
Though Ed Brown, 54, was trained as an electrical engineer, first at Howard University and later at NYU, where he got a master's in the field, he has found his true matier engineering sizzling retu...
Finally, some good news for college grads looking for jobs. After four years of disastrous declines, campus recruiting is on the rise. The Collegiate Employment Research Institute at Michigan State...
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