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Kobe Bryant, Mom Feud Over N.J. Auction

Source: Jim Walsh, The (Cherry Hill, N.J.) Courier-Post / USA Today WEST BERLIN, N.J. — A South Jersey sports-collectibles firm is at the center of a family fight between basketball star Kobe Bryant and his mother. Goldin Auctions of West Berlin wants to sell more than 100 items from the Los Angeles Lakers’ pro career and his [...]

Police: Robber Hit Fla. Credit Union For Cruise Cash

Source: J.D. Gallop / Florida Today / USA Today SATELLITE BEACH, Fla. — It was supposed to be a magical trip aboard a Disney cruise ship for 37-year-old Cedrick Royce Swinson, his girlfriend and her two children. Instead, the Charlotte, N.C., man is in jail on charges of carrying out a credit union robbery Thursday in Satellite Beach. [...]

Why Is ‘Assata Shakur’ On The FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorists List?

Roland Martin talks with journalist Dream Hampton about ‘Assata Shakur’ being placed on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorists List.

LIVE VIDEO: President Obama And President Peña Nieto Hold A Press Conference

JOIN THE LIVE CHAT VISIT WHITEHOUSE.GOV President Obama and President Peña Nieto hold a press conference in Mexico City, Mexico

Shots Fired Inside Houston Intercontinental Airport

Source: USA Today Shots have been fired inside Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport this afternoon, according to breaking news reports coming out of Houston. Houston police say the shooting was self-inflicted and happened in a security checkpoint area, The Associated Press reports. The shooter walked in and fired two shots in the air and then [...]

Morehouse Faces Controversy Over Obama Critic’s Role In Graduation Ceremonies

Source:  Juliet Eilperin / The Washington Post  In the run up to President Obama’s May 19 commencement address at Morehouse College, the college president is struggling to quell a growing controversy over what role a critic of the president will play at the college’s graduation ceremonies. Morehouse College President John S. Wilson, who headed the White House Initiative on [...]

Scientists Back Kiera Wilmot by Tweeting About All the Stuff They’ve Blown Up

Source: Tim Elfrink / Miami New Times As the tale of Kiera Wilmot — the Bartow, Florida student expelled and charged with two felonies over a science project gone wrong — went viral yesterday, a wide movement to support the 16-year-old blossomed from blogs to radio shows to Change.org petitions. Best of all, though, has [...]

Warren Moon Says The CFL is No Place For Tebow

Source: Darin Gantt / Pro Football Talk / NBC Sports It’s been a minute since we’ve consulted our CFL rulebook, but we need to see how many kilograms or hectares or whatever they penalize you for piling on. Because Hall of Famer Warren Moon added his voice to the down-with-Tim Tebow chorus, saying the Canadian Football League [...]

5-Year-Old Boy Shoots 2-Year-Old Sister In Ky.

Source: AP / Yahoo! News BURKESVILLE, Ky.  — A 5-year-old boy accidentally shot his 2-year-old sister to death in rural southern Kentucky with a rifle he had received as a gift last year, authorities said. The children’s mother was home at the time of the shooting Tuesday afternoon but had stepped out to the front porch for [...]

Airline Plans To Charge Up To $100 For Luggage In Overhead Bin

Source:  Joshua Freed / The Huffington Post Frontier Airlines plans to start charging up to $100 for a carry-on bag and $2 for coffee or soda, although its announcement on Wednesday did say that passengers will get to keep the whole can. The new carry-on fee is for bags in the overhead bin, so small bags [...]