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♦Stars cover 'We Are the World' for Haiti
The charity anthem "We Are the World" has been rerecorded by 80 artists who came together in the same Hollywood studio where the original was cut 25 years ago. Pink, Natalie Cole, Kanye West, Jennifer Hudson, Celine Dion, Brian Wilson and others stood shoulder-to-shoulder on risers at Henson Recording studios Monday night to raise money for Haiti earthquake relief. [Grio]

♦Apple Secretly Working On A Second, Less Disappointing Tablet
By now, we've all seen the iPad and know just about everything about it that we possibly can. But did you know that the secretive company may actually be hard at work on a second device already? ...And this one may be much more like a Mac than an iPhone. [Business Insider]

♦Lack of "excellent" coffee blends: Consumer Reports
After tasting 37 different blended coffees, Consumer Reports couldn't find one that measured up to its "excellent" or "very good" ratings, the publication said Tuesday. [Yahoo News]


♦Do We Like Being "Po Folks?"
Often, I find myself pondering and wondering, and asking why; and asking how come it seems as though the most viable knowledge in life doesn't get trickled down to the places where it's needed the most? Viable knowledge that's needed on the South Side of Chicago where some of my brothas and sistas are living from check to check; but they stay holding down Ed Hardy, LRG, and COOGI. Yeah, they're broke, but damn, they're "oh so fresh!" [Brown Sista]

♦The Little Rock Nine Foundation & Black History Events
A pivotal moment in black history occurred in 1957, when nine African American students attempted to integrate the racially segregated Little Rock High School in Arkansas. Armed forces were called in by then president Eisenhower to protect them, but they were still subjected to physical and verbal abuse from white students. Now, 53 years later after the Little Rock Nine students fought to get an education, the nation is facing a drop out epidemic among African American youth. [Black Gives Back]

♦Toyota opens up about pedal recall, shares strategy for fix
Toyota went on a public relations offensive Monday, sending its top U.S. executive for a full day of interviews to tell consumers the company has a fix for sticking accelerator pedals and will install it in the 2.3 million recalled vehicles as quickly as it can. [USAToday]