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Judge Strikes Down NYC’s Large Soda Ban

Source: NBC New York A judge has struck down New York City’s size limit on sodas and other sugary drinks a day before it was set to take effect. State Supreme Court Justice Milton Tingling ruled Monday that the law challenged by the American Beverage Association was invalid. The city Board of Health had agreed in September [...]

‘Bloody Sunday’ Bridge Recognized As New National Historic Landmark

Source: theGrio The legendary Edmund Pettus Bridge in Alabama, where the seminal ‘Bloody Sunday’ civil rights march took place this month in 1965, has been named a historical landmark by Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Director of the National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis, according to an Interior Department statement released today. The [...]

Washington Watch with Roland Martin, 03.10.13, Video Podcast

At the top of our agenda this week: giant banks too big to fail, and now, too big to jail – so says Attorney General Eric Holder. The defendant in the Trayvon Martin case, George Zimmerman, has decided not to claim a “stand your ground” defense. What’s up with that? Gay and lesbian leaders are [...]

Valerie Harper On Cancer: ‘I’m Not Dying Until I Do’

Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Source: Randee Dawn / Today Show / NBC News Ever since Valerie Harper announced her terminal cancer diagnosis last week, the former Rhoda Morgenstern from “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and “Rhoda” has been the subject of intense discussion and some early mourning. The [...]

Friends, Family Search For Missing New Orleans Teacher (VIDEO)

Source: Tena Ezzeddine and Jason Kandel / NBC News / theGrio NBC LOS ANGELES - Family and friends held a prayer vigil on Sunday for a former “Teacher of the Year” who grew up in the area and has been reported missing in New Orleans. Terrilyn Monette was last seen March 2 at a bar in a [...]

Senators Agree On Path To Legal Status For Illegal Immigrants

Source: Brian Bennett / Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON — Eight senators who have spent weeks trying to write a bipartisan bill to overhaul immigration laws have privately agreed on the most contentious part of the draft — how to offer legal status to the nation’s 11 million illegal immigrants. According to aides familiar with the closed-door [...]

Arizona’s Law Banning Mexican-American Studies Curriculum Is Constitutional, Judge Rules

Source: The Huffington Post A court upheld most provisions of an Arizona state law used to prohibit a controversial Mexican-American Studies curriculum in Tucson on Friday. The ruling dealt a blow to supporters of the suspended classes, who had hoped the courts would overturn a 2010 law championed by Arizona conservatives determined to shut down [...]

Bin Laden’s Son-In-Law Pleads Not Guilty To Terror Charge In New York

Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Source: Erin McClam / NBC News A son-in-law of Osama bin Laden who served as an al-Qaida spokesman and warned Americans after Sept. 11 that “the storm shall not stop” pleaded not guilty Friday in a civilian court to plotting to kill Americans. Handcuffed [...]

Undercover TSA Agent Smuggled Fake Bomb Past Security Screeners At Newark Airport

Source: CBS New York NEW YORK  — There is a demand for a top-to-bottom review of security operations at Newark Liberty International Airport after an undercover inspector with a bomb in his pants got through not one but two checkpoints and then was cleared to get on a plane. The latest security lapse at Newark [...]

Elderly Woman Thrown Off Train For Singing (VIDEO)

Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames. Source: Ashley Jennings / ABC News The family of an elderly Florida woman is furious that she was hauled off a commuter train because she was singing spirituals and are considering  legal action. The family of Emma Anderson, 82, claim she was injured by a Metro-Dade Transit security [...]