Roland S. Martin's Blog, page 307

Gift Cards Charging Fees Of $25 Or More

Source: Melanie Hicken / CNN Money Depending on the type of gift card you buy, you could end up paying $25 or more in purchase and shipping fees — and that’s before the maintenance fees kick in. Bank-issued cards tend to be the biggest culprits, according to a November survey conducted by Bankrate. While all [...]

LISTEN: Roland Martin Talks With Dianne Brame, The School Cafeteria Worker Who Was Fired For Feeding A Needy Student

Roland Martin talks with Dianne Brame, a school cafeteria worker in Missouri who was fired for feeding a needy student for two months. She has since been reinstated following a national outcry over her firing but she talks with Martin about the incident and lets him know if she regrets her actions.

IntercontinentalExchange To Buy NYSE For $8.2B

Source: AP / CBS News NEW YORKThe New York Stock Exchange (NYX) is being sold to a rival exchange for about $8 billion, ending more than two centuries of independence for the iconic Big Board. The buyer, IntercontinentalExchange Inc. (ICE), an upstart exchange based in Atlanta, made clear Thursday that little would change for the iconic [...]

Blizzard Warning Issued For Big Chunk Of Midwest

Source: Michael Pearson / CNN Does the end of the world start with a snowstorm? Probably not, but a blizzard in the upper Midwest is proving potent enough to cut power to tens of thousands of homes and force schools to call it quits from Nebraska to southern Wisconsin Thursday — one day ahead of the [...]

India Bus Gang Rape: Outrage Spreads Over Public Sexual Assault

Source: AP / The Huffington Post NEW DELHI — The hours-long gang-rape and near-fatal beating of a 23-year-old student on a bus in New Delhi triggered outrage and anger across the country Wednesday as Indians demanded action from authorities who have long ignored persistent violence and harassment against women. In the streets and in Parliament, [...]

Dianne Brame, School Cafeteria Worker Fired For Giving Needy Student Free Meals, Reinstated

Source: The Huffington Post A school cafeteria worker in Missouri who says she was fired for feeding a needy student is being reinstated following widespread outcry over the incident. Diane Brame has been the cafeteria manager at Hudson Elementary School in Webster Groves, Mo., for two years. Recently, she noticed one fourth-grader would regularly walk [...]

State Dept. Officials Resign Following Benghazi Report

Source: Stephanie Condon / CBS News Eric Boswell, the head of diplomatic security at the State Department, has resigned, CBS News confirmed, following the release of a harsh report detailing State Department missteps that led to the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi. Two other officials are resigning as well, CBS News has confirmed: Charlene [...]

Comedian Brad Garrett Mixes It Up With Roland Martin On Starting Point With Soledad O'Brien (VIDEO)

Roland Martin, Soledad O’Brien, Jim Frederick, Will Cain and John Berman talk with Brad Garrett about his new film role in “Not Fade Away,” and holding professional poker tournaments for charity by which he recently raised $100k.

Former Federal Judge Robert Bork Dies

Source: CNN Washington – Conservative judge Robert Bork died early Wednesday at his home in Virginia, two sources close to his family told CNN. Bork, who was 85, was best known for being nominated to the Supreme Court by President Ronald Reagan in 1987, only to be rejected for the post after a contentious confirmation [...]

LISTEN: Roland Martin Talks With Chris Foye About The Need For Gun Control

Roland Martin talks with Chris Foye, the father of Chris Owens who was fatally shot by a stray bullet at the of 16-years-old, about the need for gun control.