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WASHINGTON WATCH: Confronting Gun Violence, Gun Culture In Our Homes (VIDEO)

We’ve been talking a lot over the last few weeks about gun violence in America: the deaths of 20 children and six teachers and administrators in Newtown, Connecticut and the nearly 20, young, black, innocent bystanders killed by gun violence every 40 days. The President has promised to introduce legislation this month to combat gun [...]

Why Bill Ackman Is Targeting Herbalife (VIDEO)

Source:  Maureen Farrell / CNN Money It’s an epic corporate showdown. Hedge fund manager and activist investor Bill Ackman versus vitamin and nutritional supplements company Herbalife (HLF). Ackman, who runs the $11 billion hedge fund Pershing Square, has called Herbalife a pyramid scheme and publicly said that he’s betting $1 billion that its stock will fall to zero. [...]

LISTEN: Roland Martin Talks With Former NFL Player Brian Mitchell About RGIII's Knee Injury; Should He Have Been On The Field?

Roland Martin Talks with former NFL player Brian Mitchell about the Robert Griffin III injury.

Giffords, Husband Launch Gun Control Push

Source: AP / CBS News PHOENIX – Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband launched an initiative aimed at curbing gun violence on Tuesday, the second anniversary of the Tucson shooting that killed six people and left her critically injured. Giffords and Mark Kelly wrote in an op-ed published in USA Today that their Americans for Responsible [...]

White Supremacist Teen’s Terror Threat Thwarted At Alabama High School

Source: Brittany Tom / theGrio A Seale, Alabama teacher made a startling discovery this past week that may have saved the lives of students and teachers at Russell County High School. A misplaced notebook left by self-proclaimed white supremacist Derek Shrout was found by a high school teacher that contained what police say were “credible” threats towards the [...]

Banks Foreclosure Settlement: $8.5 Billion Deal Reached Over Foreclosure Abuse Claims

Source: Ben Hallman / The Huffington Post WASHINGTON — Federal bank regulators announced an $8.5 billion settlement with 10 large mortgage companies on Monday in a surprising deal that will end a much-derided foreclosure review in favor of a new program that authorities say will distribute aid to homeowners “significantly more quickly.” Under the deal, announced by [...]

Robert Griffin III Has Partial Tears Of ACL And LCL, MRI Suggests

Source: Mark Maske and Mike Jones / The Washington Post The MRI exam of Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III’s right knee suggested that Griffin has suffered partial tears of his anterior cruciate and lateral collateral ligaments, according to several people with knowledge of the test results. Redskins Coach Mike Shanahan said Griffin is scheduled to be examined Tuesday in Pensacola, [...]

Meagan Good Previews Her New Show ‘Deception’ On NBC (VIDEO)

Meagan Good and Katherine LaNasa tease ‘Deception’ – the new soapy murder mystery airing Monday nights on NBC. (Jan. 7)

La. Sen. Vitter Calls Reid ‘Idiot’ For Sandy-Katrina Comparison

Source: Domenico Montanaro / NBC News Louisiana Sen. David Vitter (R), upset with Harry Reid saying Hurricane Katrina was “nothing in comparison” to Hurricane Sandy and the devastation caused to the New York-New Jersey-Connecticut area, lashed out on the social network calling the Senate majority leader an “idiot.” “Sadly, Harry Reid has again revealed himself to be an idiot, this time gravely [...]

6th Miss. Man Pleads Guilty In Attacks On Blacks

Source: AP / theGrio JACKSON, Miss.  — A sixth man has pleaded guilty in connection with racially motivated attacks by young whites against blacks in Jackson. Joseph Paul Dominick, 21, of Brandon pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiracy to commit a hate crime. He faces up to five years in prison. U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves [...]