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Dow Off About 150 Points As Gov’t Shutdown Nears

Source: Adam Shell and Kim Hjelmgaard / USA Today U.S. stocks opened sharply lower Monday on Wall Street as investors braced for a potential government shutdown. The Dow Jones industrial average was off more than 150 points, or about 1%, in early trading after being down more than 170 points at the open. The benchmark Standard […]

Time For College Athletes To Lead Mass Protests Against NCAA

by Roland S. Martin Editor-in-chief RolandMartinReports.com Somewhere in America, author and historian Taylor Branch is sitting back with a huge grin on his face, telling anyone who passes by, “I told ya so.” Two years after he published his amazing and provocative e-book, “The Cartel: Inside the Rise and Imminent Fall of the NCAA,” the […]

Preparing For Shutdown, Government Plans Furloughs

Source: Sam Hanael / ABC News More than a third of federal workers would be told to stay home if the government shuts down, forcing the closure of national parks from California to Maine and all the Smithsonian museums. Low-to-moderate income borrowers and first-time homebuyers seeking government-backed mortgages could face delays. These would be just some […]

Senator Bashes GOP ‘Extremists’: Prepared To ‘Destroy’ Obama, Economy To Get Their Way!

Source: Josh Feldman / Mediaite Independent Senator Bernie Sanders said on the Senate floor early Friday that debate over Obamacare is healthy, but “threatening to shut down the government” and dragging the country into an avoidable economic crisis is the wrong way to do it, calling out “right-wing extremists” pushing the U.S. down that road. Sanders reminded his colleagues […]

President Obama On Talk With President Rouhani (VIDEO)

Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy President Barack Obama gives a statement from the White House where he talked about his conversation with Iran’s President Rouhani and said that he believes “we can reach a comprehensive solution.” Send to Kindle

Pres. Obama To Congress: ‘Do Not Shut Down The Government’

Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Speaking at the White House, President Obama says his message to Congress is: Do not shut down the government, do not shut down the economy. Send to Kindle

Soledad O’Brien On Diversity In The Media: ‘It’s Not That Hard’

Source:  Mona Zhang / Fishbowl NY Media types gathered last night at the 40/40 club in New York to kick off MSN’s partnership with Interactive One. The event was part of an ongoing necessity for media companies to focus on diversity, and Microsoft is looking to do just that not only with Interactive One, but also through […]

WASHINGTON POST: Senate Votes To Restore Funding For Obamacare

Source: Ed O’Keefe, Rosalind S. Helderman and Lori Montgomery / The Washington Post The Senate voted Friday to restore funding for President Obama’s health-care law in a short-term spending bill aimed at averting a federal government shutdown. The fate of the bill remained in limbo in the House, however, as the Republican Party’s rebellious right […]

Detroit To Get Millions In Federal Aid To ‘Lift Up’ Ailing City

Source: Reuters / NBC News The White House will send a group of top officials to Detroit on Friday to offer millions in assistance for knocking down empty buildings, hiring firefighters and adding buses to the city fleet, as the city struggles after filing for bankruptcy. The federal aid has been tapped from a variety […]

For Cicely Tyson And Kerry Washington, Roles Of A Lifetime

Source: Philip Galanes / New York Times   It was the meal where nobody ate. On a recent Sunday morning, Cicely Tyson and Kerry Washington — one an Oscar nominee in 1972 for “Sounder” and a Tony Award winner this year for “A Trip to Bountiful” (which ends its Broadway run Oct. 9), the other a […]