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Mario Williams Sues Ex To Get $785,000 Engagement Ring Back

Source: Houston Chronicle Former Texans star Mario Williams now plays for the Buffalo Bills, but he apparently left a piece of his heart – and a $785,000 engagement ring – in Houston. Attorneys for Williams filed suit last week in Harris County state district court against Erin Marzouki, who is described in the lawsuit as [...]

WASHINGTON WATCH: Assessing Financial Compatibility Before Marriage (VIDEO)

Washington Post Personal Finance Columnist and Author of “Your Money and Your Man,”Michelle Singletary; Private Equity Investor, Fred Scott joined Roland Martin on Washington Watch to discuss the importance of assessing financial compatibility before marriage.

WASHINGTON WATCH: The Impact Of Jason Collins Coming Out; Is He A Hero? Is He Being Used? (VIDEO)

Roland Martin talks with National Sports Columnist and Shirley Povich Chair in Sports Journalism at the University of Maryland, Kevin Blackistone; Founder and CEO of the Black Men’s Xchange, Cleo Manago and President and CEO for the Center for Black Equity, Earl Fowlkes about NBA Center Jason Collins coming out to announce that he is [...]

WASHINGTON WATCH: The Impact Of Jason Collins Coming Out; Is He A Hero? (VIDEO)

Roland Martin talks with National Sports Columnist and Shirley Povich Chair in Sports Journalism at the University of Maryland, Kevin Blackistone; Founder and CEO of the Black Men’s Xchange, Cleo Manago and President and CEO for the Center for Black Equity, Earl Fowlkes about NBA Center Jason Collins coming out to announce that he is [...]

THIS WEEK On Washington Watch: Rep. Elijah Cummings, AFL-CIO Economist William Spriggs Discuss Sequestration; NBA Center Jason Collins Comes Out; Assessing Financial Compatibility Before Marriage

MARYLAND CONGRESSMAN ELIJAH CUMMINGS AND AFL-CIO CHIEF ECONOMIST WILLIAM SPRIGGS DISCUSS SEQUESTRATION ON MAY 5WASHINGTON WATCH WITH ROLAND MARTIN –Topics to include: sequestration; diversity in President Obama’s cabinet; Washington Wizards Center, Jason Collins’ coming out and assessing financial compatibility before marriage– May, 3, 2013, Silver Spring, MD—Congressman Elijah Cummings of Maryland and AFL-CIO Chief Economist, William Spriggs are [...]

LeBron To Win 4th MVP Award

Source: Michael Wallace / ESPN MIAMI — The worst-kept secret among NBA award recipients will be formally revealed Sunday when Miami Heat star LeBron James is named Most Valuable Player for the fourth time, league sources confirmed Friday. James has been voted MVP for the second straight season and for the fourth time in the past five years. He’ll join Michael Jordan, Bill [...]

Justice Clarence Thomas: Obama Was Elected Because He’s ‘Approved’ By ‘Elites And The Media’

Source: Meenal Vamburkar / Mediaite  Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas argued, in an interview aired by C-SPAN, that President Obama was elected because he had the approval of “elites and the media.” Those who don’t fit the “prescribed” mold of “what to expect from a black person,” he said, are torn apart by the media. Thomas said he did expect that [...]

Kiera Wilmot Case: Prosecutor Who OK’ed Arrest Let Another Teen Slide for Killing Brother

Source: Tim Elfrink / Miami New Times There are a lot of reasons Kiera Wilmot’s story has exploded online this week. First, there’s the sheer weirdness of a 16-year-old getting in huge trouble for a science experiment gone wrong. Then there’s the racial aspect: A black girl — exactly the type of kid underrepresented in the scientific [...]

Baggage Handlers Accused of Brazen Thefts, Caught on Camera (VIDEO)

Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames. Source:  Lee Ferran / ABC News Italian police have arrested dozens of baggage handlers after a sting operation allegedly caught the workers on camera pilfering cash, jewels and other valuable from travelers’ luggage. Prompted by complaints from passengers, Italian authorities launched a long-term operation in several major Italian airports in [...]

33 High School Students Suspended For ‘Twerking’

Source: Nichole Smith / ABC News Twerking, as it is known in the hip-hop community, is a hard-hitting, rump-shaking dance move that celebrities including Beyonce and Miley Cyrus have been known to bust out, but it has also gotten a group of San Diego high school students suspended. A video, which has since been removed from YouTube by [...]