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As MLB Honors Jackie Robinson, Can It Reverse A Trend?

Source: Bob Nightengale / USA Today Major League Baseball, which will honor Jackie Robinson once again today by having every player wear No. 42, has the lowest percentage of African-Americans in uniform since 1958. The African-American population in baseball is virtually unchanged from a year ago at 7.8%, according to USA TODAY Sport’s survey of opening-day rosters […]

NY Knicks, Lamar Odom Near Deal

Source: Marc Stein / ESPN Phil Jackson and the New York Knicks are progressing toward a deal to sign veteran free agent Lamar Odom before the NBA regular season ends Wednesday, according to sources briefed on the situation. Sources told ESPN.com that the Knicks are on course, barring an unforeseen snag, to formally sign Odom this week in a […]

Nearly 10 Percent Of U.S. Adults Now Have Diabetes: Study

Source: Serena Gordon / CBS News The percentage of Americans with diabetes has doubled since 1988, with nearly one in 10 adults now diagnosed with the blood-sugar disease, researchers report. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the rate of diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetes was 5.5 percent of the U.S. population. By 2010, that number had […]

Brit Hume To O’Reilly: When You’re White, Discussing Race Makes You Racist

Source: Matt Wilstein / Mediaite Bill O’Reilly invited Fox News contributor Brit Hume onto The O’Reilly Factor Monday night to expand on comments he made about Attorney General Eric Holder and race over the weekend. Hume said the reaction to his comments about Holder and President Barack Obama “benefitting enormously” because of their race was equal parts positive and negative, with about half of people on Twitter calling […]

Anonymous NFL Exec Calls Jadeveon Clowney ‘Spoiled’ And ‘Lazy’

Source: Ryan Wilson / CBS Sports Ah, yes, proof that the NFL Draft is near: The anonymous bad-mouthing has begun. In the days and weeks leading up to biggest spectacle of the offseason, an event that by its very nature is unpredictable, the one certainty is that unnamed NFL front-office types will have less-than-laudatory things to say […]

Police: Utah Mom Admits Killing 6 Newborns

Source: Doug Stanglin / USA Today A Utah woman admitted to police that she strangled or suffocated at least six of her newborns, stuffed the bodies into cardboard boxes and hid them in the garage of her home, according to court documents released on Monday. Megan Huntsman, 39, was arraigned Monday on six charges of murder and […]

Man Brandished Gun After Getting Mad About Soda Tax, Prosecutors Say

Source: Geoff Ziezulewicz / Chicago Tribune A West Garfield Park man was ordered held on no bail Sunday after prosecutors say he brandished a gun at convenience store employees and customers because he was angered over the tax he had to pay for a bottle of Pepsi. Nahshon X. Shelton, 36, of the 4200 block […]

Can The Government Seize Your Tax Refund To Pay A Relative’s Debt?

Source: Wyatt Andrews / CBS News Two months ago, Mary Grice, a career employee at the Food and Drug Administration, was notified the U.S. Treasury had confiscated her state and federal tax refunds totaling $4,500. The government had taken the money before she knew there was a problem. “To be honest, I was ticked off,” […]

Pres. Obama Remembers Kansas Shooting Victims

President Barack Obama on Monday honored those killed in a weekend attack at two Jewish facilities in Kansas, saying no one should have to worry about their security while gathering with their fellow believers. (April 14)

Report: Florida Leads The Nation On Charging Kids As Adults

Source: Meredith Clark / theGrio MSNBC – Florida’s criminal justice system has received a lot of attention in recent years – and for good reason. According to a new report, the state is on the wrong side of international human rights law. A Human Rights Watch review of Florida’s policies for juveniles charged with crimes found more than […]