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Jacksonville Jaguars WR Justin Blackmon Suspended Indefinitely Without Pay

Source: Jaguars.com Justin Blackmon of the Jacksonville Jaguars has been suspended indefinitely without pay for violating the NFL Policy and Program for Substances of Abuse. Blackmon’s suspension begins immediately. He will be eligible to apply for reinstatement prior to the start of the 2014 season. To read this article in its entirety visit Jaguars.com.

Report: Google, Oracle, And Red Hat Tapped To Fix Healthcare.gov

Source:  Rachel King /  ZDNet In a move that could be described by the cliché “better late than never,” it appears the U.S. Government has finally reached out to the experts to fix the beleaguered Healthcare.gov. Details are minimal at the moment, but CNBC broke the news via Twitter on Thursday shortly before Noon PDT that the Obama administration [...]

Feds Open Probe Into Death Of Georgia Teen Kendrick Johnson Found In Rolled-Up Gym Mat

Source: Erik Ortiz / New York Daily News A federal prosecutor says he’ll launch an investigation into the bizarre death of Georgia teen Kendrick Johnson, who was found rolled up in a wrestling mat in his high school gym. Despite local authorities who concluded the 17-year-old’s death in January was accidental, his family has held onto the [...]

White Teen In Blackface Responds To Black Critics: ‘Worry About Finding Your Dad’

Source: NewsOne.com One of the White teens who posted a picture dressed in Blackface because she’s a “n***er” for Halloween, responded to criticism by saying that Black people need to stop worrying about her costume and start worrying about finding their fathers. @kinkystyles and @dobebeiber, proudly showed off their costumes, with the tweet: “me & @kinkystyles are n**ers this Halloween [...]

KENDRICK JOHNSON UPDATE: Partial Video Released, Judge To Rule On Coroner’s Inquest

KENDRICK JOHNSON UPDATE: Partial Video Released, Judge To Rule On Coroner’s Inquest by Roland S Martin on Mixcloud Attorney Benjamin Crump joins Roland Martin on NewsOne Now to detail the latest developments in the Kendrick Johnson death investigation. 15 minutes of surveillance video was released proving that Johnson was not alone prior to his death [...]

Millions On Food Stamps Facing Benefits Cuts

Source: Alain Sherter / CBS News It is late October, so Adrianne Flowers is out of money to buy food for her family. That is no surprise. Feeding five kids is expensive, and the roughly $600 in food stamps she gets from the federal government never lasts the whole month. “I’m barely making it,” said the [...]

Pres. Obama Stands By Promise That “You Can Keep Your Plan”

Source: Stephanie Condon / CBS News Amid reports of millions of Americans losing their insurance because of new Obamacare regulations, President Obama on Wednesday stood by his promise that those who liked their coverage before the Affordable Care Act became law could keep that coverage. “If you had one of these substandard plans before the [...]

President Obama Speaks On Changes And Improvements In The Individual Insurance Market

President Obama says that it’s misleading to say insurers are “cancelling” people’s insurance plans without also mentioning that almost all insurers are encouraging people to join better plans with the same carrier, with stronger benefits and stronger protections; while others will be able to get better plans with new carriers through the marketplace; and that [...]

Virginia Candidate E.W. Jackson: Yoga Leads To Satan

Source: Tal Kopan / Politico E.W. Jackson, the Virginia GOP candidate for lieutenant governor, suggested that yoga could open individuals to Satan, according to a report. Accompanying a profile of Jackson, who has been a thorn in the side of GOP gubernatorial hopeful Ken Cuccinelli, the National Review’s Betsy Woodruff on Wednesday posted excerpts of Jackson’s 2008 book, “Ten Commandments [...]

Syria Has Destroyed Chemical Weapons Facilities, International Inspectors Say

Source: Michael Birnbaum / The Washington Post BERLIN – Syria has rendered its declared chemical weapons production facilities inoperable, the organization in charge of overseeing the nation’s chemical weapons disarmament said Thursday. The declaration is a milestone in an unusual international undertaking that aims to completely destroy Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal by the middle of [...]