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This year, the 6th Annual Miss Africa USA Pageant Grand Finale and Coronation will take place in the Silver Spring MD on November 12-13th at the Hilton Hotel in Silver Spring. PalavaHut Inc is proud to announce a media partnership with the Miss African United States Organization [http://www.missafricaunitedstates.com] and will be providing media coverage during this event and bringing you live update as the event draws near.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Breast Cancer affects hundreds of thousands of women in the U.S. every year. In 2006, 191,410 women were diagnosed with breast cancer and 40,820 of them died from this disease. Aside from non-melanoma skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in women. Breast cancer is the number one cause of cancer death in Hispanic women. It is the second most common cause of cancer death in white, black, Asian/Pacific Islander, and American Indian/Alaska Native women.