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Scarborough Tears Into NRA, Gun Manufacturers For Making ‘Millions’ Over ‘Slaughter Of 20 Innocents’

Source:  Meenal Vamburkar / Mediaite MSNBC host Joe Scarborough returned to the topic of gun control on Friday, an issue he’s been vocal about since the elementary school massacre in Newtown. This time around, Scarborough was especially critical of the National Rifle Association, which, he said, has been lying to Americans to gin up fear. Pointing to those who [...]

LISTEN: Roland Martin Talks With Byron Hurt About His New Documentary "Soul Food Junkies"

Roland Martin talks with Byron Hurt about his documentary “Soul Food Junkies” which focuses on the relationship between soul food and the black community.

Tyler Perry, Al Sharpton, NAACP Tout $100K Reward in Florida Missing Persons Cases (VIDEO)

Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames. Source: Seni Tienabeso / ABC News What happened to Terrance Williams and Felipe Santos nearly a decade ago? For years, there have been whispers in Naples, Fla., about the men and the last person they were seen with, a police officer who said he dropped off the two men at [...]

Vice President Joe Biden Seeks Video Game Industry Input On Guns

Source: Julie Pace and Erica Werner / ABC News Looking for broader remedies to gun violence, Vice President Joe Biden is reaching out to the video game industry for ideas as the White House seeks to assemble proposals in response to last month’s massacre at a Connecticut elementary school. Biden is scheduled to meet with video [...]

Kilpatrick: I’m ‘Chained4now’ After State Fits Him For Tether

Source: Robert Snell / The Detroit News Detroit — Kwame Kilpatrick must wear an ankle tether, live under home confinement and is barred from traveling to Texas during the City Hall corruption trial, state officials decided Thursday after he failed to disclose a $2,000 gift from a Chicago pastor. The state is continuing to investigate and could [...]

Ray Charles Foundation Recovers Unspent Money

Source: Christopher Quinn / The Atlanta Journal-Constitution The Ray Charles Foundation in November reclaimed $1.2 million of $3 million in donations to Albany State University because the school did not use the money to build a new performing arts center. The tussle over the cash has been ongoing for nearly a year, but a spate of recent news [...]

Two Reported Shot At California High School

Source: Vignesh Ramachandran / NBC News At least two people were shot at Taft Union High School in California’s southern San Joaquin Valley on Thursday morning, NBCLosAngeles.com reported, citing a local fire department. The incident happened around 9 a.m. local time and students were evacuated to the football field, NBC affiliate KGET of Bakersfield reported. The local sheriff’s department told KGET a [...]

Louie Giglio Backs Out Of Inaugural Benediction Over Comments On Homosexuality

Source: Elizabeth Tenety / The Washington Post Atlanta pastor Louie Giglio has backed out of his planned benediction at President Obama’s upcoming inauguration, saying in a statement that the uproar over anti-gay comments he made over a decade ago would distract from the event. “It is likely that my participation, and the prayer I would offer, will [...]

Rep. Charlie Rangel Savages Obama’s White, Male Cabinet Picks: It’s ‘Embarrassing As Hell’

Source: Noah Rothman / Mediaite Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY) savaged President Barack Obama on MSNBC on Thursday over the lack of diversity among his inner circle of advisors. He said that the Democratic Party was “very hard” on a former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney over his “binders full of women” comment because it suggested that the GOP cannot promote [...]

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