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Chrysler Starts Shipping ’13 Viper

Source: David Shepardson / The Detroit News New York — Chrysler Group LLC started shipping the first 800 new 2013 SRT Viper supercars on Sunday from the automaker’s Detroit Conner Assembly plant. Chrysler announced in December 2011 that it would resurrect the Viper and reopen the Detroit plant after two years of not producing the vehicle. The automaker [...]

ROXANNE JONES: For Tiger, Winning Does Take Care Of Everything

by Roxanne Jones Co-author of “Say It Loud: An Illustrated History of the Black Athlete,” (Random House) and CEO of Push Media Strategies. I’m not mad at Tiger Woods, or Nike. Those people who are up-in-arms that Woods has climbed back to his standing as the world’s No. 1 golfer and that he is no longer asking for our forgiveness [...]

HIV Test Urged For 7,000 Oklahoma Dental Patients

Source: Katharine Lackey / USA Today Health officials are urging 7,000 patients of an Oklahoma dentist to be tested after potential exposure to HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C in an ongoing investigation with the state board of dentistry. The possible exposure happened at the dental practice of Dr. W. Scott Harrington in Tulsa, Okla., and [...]

2 Men Plead Not Guilty In Hadiya Pendleton’s Death

Source: AP / theGrio CHICAGO — Two men have pleaded not guilty in the shooting death of a 15-year-old Chicago girl who performed at President Barack Obama’s inaugural festivities about a week before she died. Eighteen-year-old Michael Ward and 20-year-old Kenneth Williams pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges including first-degree murder and attempted murder in [...]

President Obama: ‘Shame On Us’ If We Forget Newtown (VIDEO)

President Barack Obama says the gun control votes in the U.S. Senate next month are the best chance in more than a decade to reduce gun violence. (March 28)

Teen Indicted In Ga. Baby Slaying And 2nd Shooting

Source: AP / the Grio SAVANNAH, Ga.  — A Georgia teenager shot a 13-month-old baby in the face while trying to rob the child’s mother, according to an indictment returned Wednesday that also charged the suspect with shooting another person in an unrelated robbery attempt earlier this month. The indictment by a Glynn County grand jury charges 17-year-old De’Marquise Elkins on nine counts, including [...]

LISTEN: Roland Martin Talks With Deborah Owens About The Disparity Of Wages Between Women And Men

Roland Martin talks with Deborah Owens about the disparity of wages between women and men and her book “A Purse of Your Own.”

Dionne Warwick Files For Bankruptcy

Source: Jennifer Abbey / ABC News Legendary singer Dionne Warwick has filed for personal bankruptcy in New Jersey, citing more than $10 million in debt stemming from mismanagement of her finances. Warwick filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy March 21 in United States Bankruptcy Court of New Jersey, where she lives, according to the filing. The five-time [...]

LISTEN: Roland Martin Talks With Sunny Hostin About The Supreme Court Weighing Gay Marriage

Roland Martin talks with Sunny Hostin about the current gay marriage issues on the table for the Supreme Court.

THIS WEEK On Washington Watch: Licensing Controversy Over The Use Of Rev. Martin King Jr.’s Name & Likeness; GOP Plans To Attract Minorities; Changes In Financial Aid Policies May Impact HBCU Students; Bishop T.D. Jake’s Mission To Keep Ex-Cons Out Of Pris

LICENSING CONTROVERSY OVER USE OF REV. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.’S NAME AND LIKENESS IS AMONG THE TOPICS ON MARCH 24 WASHINGTON WATCH WITH ROLAND MARTIN Topics to include: licensing controversy over the use of Rev. Martin King Jr.’s name and likeness; GOP plans to attract a more diverse audience; how new financial aid policies will [...]