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Cop Drags Woman, 77, From Car After ID Refusal (VIDEO)

Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Source: NBC News A local Texas police department is standing by an officer who dragged a 77-year-old grandmother out of her car for speeding after she repeatedly refused to provide her driver’s license. The entire arrest was caught on video by the Keene [...]

U.S. Deploys Drones, Destroyers In Hunt For Killers Of Americans In Libya

Source: CNN Washington – The United States is deploying warships and surveillance drones in its hunt for those who killed four U.S. diplomatic staffers in Libya — an attack that has outraged Americans and Libyans alike. The slain U.S. ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens, helped save Libya’s eastern city of Benghazi during last year’s revolution. He [...]

Washington Watch with Roland Martin, 09.09.12, Video Podcast

At the top of our agenda this week, the homerun speech trifecta: First Lady Michelle Obama, former President Bill Clinton and President Barack Obama. The employment situation was mixed with only 96,000 jobs created last month, but unemployment drops to 8.1 percent. “The Choice”: will the plans and proposals of Pres. Obama or Mitt Romney [...]

Prosecutors: Police Won’t Face Criminal Charges In Michigan Man’s Death

Source: David Ariosto / CNN Police officers who unleashed a hail of gunfire that killed a homeless Michigan man wielding a knife will not face criminal charges, prosecutors said Wednesday. Saginaw County Prosecutor Mike Thomas told reporters that investigators had reviewed police reports, several pieces of evidence — including audio recordings of phone calls made [...]

WASHINGTON WATCH: Preview Of TV One’s Parole Diaries (VIDEO)

More than two thirds of inmates will be incarcerated again within three years of their release. The difference for those who make it could be the parole officer assigned to their cases. On Wednesday, TV One will premiere a new docudrama that takes a look into the lives of parole officers and the parolees they [...]

U.S. Officials: Deadly Libya Attack Likely Planned

Source: AP / CBS News U.S. officials believe that an attack on a U.S. Consulate in Libya resulting in the death of an American ambassador may have been planned and not solely the actions of a spontaneous mob demonstrating against an online video ridiculing Islam’s Prophet Muhammad. “This was a coordinated attack, more of a [...]

Pres. Obama: Mitt Romney Shoots First, Aims Later (VIDEO)

Source: Brian Montopoli / CBS News In response to Mitt Romney’s criticism of the Obama administration for its handling of recent violence in Egypt and Libya, President Obama told CBS News on Wednesday that Romney “seems to have a tendency to shoot first and aim later.” “There’s a broader lesson to be learned here,” Mr. [...]

LISTEN: Chicago Sun-Times Columnist Mary Mitchell Details The Latest Developments In The Chicago Teacher Strike

Roland Martin talks with Chicago Sun-Times columnist Mary Mitchell about the Chicago teacher strike and what is really going on. Subscribe to the Roland S. Martin Daily Podcast via iTunes. 

FAMU Says It’s Not Responsible For Drum Major’s Hazing Death

  Source: CNN Florida A&M University has asked a judge to drop a lawsuit against it, saying the school bears no responsibility for the hazing death of a drum major last year. Robert Champion, 26, was well aware of what he was getting into and participated in a hazing ritual despite school rules against it, [...]

9/11 Moment Of Silence Observed In DC And NY (VIDEO)

A moment of silence was observed at 8:46 Tuesday morning in Washington DC and New York, marking when American Airlines Flight 11 struck the World Trade Center’s North Tower on September 11, 2001. (Sept. 11)