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WATCH! President Obama Speaks On The Affordable Care Act

President Obama says that he worked to pass the Affordable Care Act because in the wealthiest nation on Earth, no one should go broke just because they get sick. Thanks to the new law, millions of Americans who don’t have health insurance will finally be able to buy quality, affordable health insurance starting October 1. […]

‘We Want The National Conference Of Black Mayors To Represent Excellence’ – Mayor Johnson

Send to Kindle Roland Martin talks with Mayor Kevin Johnson, Sacramento, about his huge task of pulling the National Conference of Black Mayors out of financial ruin.

Embattled Mayweather-Canelo Judge C.J. Ross Steps Down

Send to Kindle Source: Dan Rafael / ESPN C.J. Ross, the embattled boxing judge whose draw scorecard from Saturday night’s Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Saul “Canelo” Alvarez junior middleweight championship fight ignited a firestorm of controversy, has stepped down. Ross, 64, of Las Vegas, sent Nevada State Athletic Commission executive director Keith Kizer an email on Tuesday […]

LAUGH OF THE DAY: Parents, If You Have Kids, PLEASE Lock Your Door!

Send to Kindle 3 Year Old WALKS IN On Parents During An INTMATE MOMENT . . . And Father INTERROGATES The Girl!!!

This Is Hilarious! Alicia Keys, Swizz Beatz Partyed At The Wrong House

Send to Kindle Source: PageSix.com It sounds like a dream — but a Hamptons resident recently woke up in the middle of the night and ambled downstairs to find Alicia Keys partying in her kitchen. The anonymous woman on Flying Point Road in Water Mill — home to Jason Kidd as well as last year’s […]

Navy Secretary Orders Security Reviews For Navy, Marine Corps Bases In U.S.

Source: Craig Whitlock, Peter Hermann and David A. Fahrenthold / The Washington Post Navy Secretary Ray Mabus on Tuesday ordered broad security reviews for all Navy and Marine Corps bases and installations in the United States, one day after a contract worker — who had obtained a security clearance despite a history of violent behavior — killed 12 people […]

Census Bureau Finds 46.5 Million Americans Living In Poverty

Send to Kindle Source:  Annie Lowrey / The New York Times WASHINGTON — Last year, for the first time in half a decade, median household income did not fall and poverty did not rise, the Census Bureau said Tuesday in the release of its major annual report on poverty, insurance and earnings. The report depicts an economy that […]

Federal Judge Overturns Convictions Of 5 New Orleans Cops Who Shot Unarmed People

Send to Kindle Source: The New Orleans Advocate In a 129-page order, U.S. District Judge Kurt Engelhardt overturned the jury convictions of five New Orleans police officers accused of shooting unarmed people almost a week after Hurricane Katrina and then orchestrating a cover-up. His decision focused largely on the two high-ranking former prosecutors who anonymously […]

Bill Daley No Longer Running For Illinois Governor: I Cannot Commit To What Voters May Need

Send to Kindle Source: Jessica D’Onofrio / ABC 7 Chicago Bill Daley said he lost sleep over the decision to drop out of the race for Illinois governor. Speaking to the media on Tuesday at the Union League Club of Chicago, Daley said it was something he’d been considering for weeks. “As I surveyed both […]

Man Sentenced In Paula Deen Extortion Plot

Send to Kindle Source: AP / theGrio SAVANNAH, Georgia — The man accused of trying to extort $200,000 from embattled Southern celebrity chef Paula Deen has been sentenced to two years in federal prison. Thomas George Paculis, of Newfield, New York, was sentenced Monday and the Savannah Morning News reported he also was ordered to […]