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CBS NEWS: At Least 6 Dead In Washington Navy Yard Shooting

Source: AP / CBS News WASHINGTON – As many as 10 people have been shot at the Washington Navy Yard on Monday morning, and at least three and as many as six of those victims died from their wounds, federal and local officials told CBS News. The Navy has confirmed that a gunman has died [...]

9/11 Victims Remembered At Pentagon, Shanksville (VIDEO)

At the Pentagon, the President laid a wreath in honor of the victims in the building and on the plane twelve years ago. Near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, the families of the passengers and crew aboard United Flight 93 recalled their loved ones as heroes.

Doug Williams Says He’s Been Fired By Grambling

Source: USA Today Grambling football coach Doug Williams confirmed to The (Monroe, La.) News-Star that he was fired Wednesday morning. According to Williams, university President Frank Pogue called him into the office, handed him a slip of paper and fired him. This was the second stint as head coach of his alma mater for Williams, who played for the [...]

Swapped Address Numbers Leads To Neighbor’s Home Mistakenly Demolished

Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames. Source: Susanna Kim / ABC News When a wrecking ball swings through the wrong place, it usually has the makings of a tragic story. But for neighbors of a home mistakenly demolished in Michigan, it was cause for celebration. And police are scratching their heads over the incident [...]

Lawrence O’Donnell Conducts Unbelievable Trainwreck Of An Interview With Anthony Weiner

Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Source: Josh Feldman / Mediaite Think of all the negative, nasty, unbelievable things Anthony Weiner has ever done. Does “a pathological need to be in public politics” enter the top ten? No? Well, good thing you’re not Lawrence O’Donnell then, because that was the first and ONLY issue he [...]

Anthony Weiner Goes Out In Style: Flipping Off An NBC Reporter

Source: Andrew Kirell / Mediaite President Richard Nixon flashed the famous “Victory” sign on his way out; NYC mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner flashed his middle finger. While departing the venue for his election night party on Tuesday evening, a last-place-finishing Weiner went out in the only true Weiner fashion: by flipping off an NBC reporter. An NY1 cameraman captured the footage for all to [...]

‘If We Get To A Vote…I Will Vote With The President’ – Congressman James E. Clyburn On Syria

Roland Martin talks with Congressman James E. Clyburn about President Obama’s latest speech on Syria, how an attack on Syria impacts the black community and he answers whether or not he supports Obama’s stance on Syria.

‘PBS NewsHour Weekend’ Host Hari Sreenivasan On Diversity: ‘We’re More Sensitive To The Fact That The Country Is Changing’

Source:  Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post “PBS NewsHour” is making all kinds of waves these days–first, with the announcement that Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff are going to be the show’s main anchors, and then with the debut on Saturday of the program’s first-ever weekend edition. On Friday, weekend anchor Hari Sreenivasan appeared on HuffPost Live to talk about “PBS [...]

ROLAND S. MARTIN: There Is No Right Or Wrong Vote On Syria (VIDEO)

Roland Martin, Dr. Jason Johnson, Bill Schneider appear on Al Jazeera America’s America Tonight Syria Town Hall to discuss President Barack Obama national address on Syria.

Is Vladimir Putin Undercutting President Obama’s Efforts To Gain Support For A Strike Against Syria? (VIDEO)

Roland Martin, Dr. Jason Johnson, Bill Schneider appear on Al Jazeera America’s America Tonight Syria Town Hall to discus President Barack Obama’s national address regarding possible U.S. military action against Syria.