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A Chicago Undertaker’s Lament On City’s Carnage: ‘These Kids Don’t Expect To Live A Full Life’

Source: Ron Mott / NBC / MSNBC
CHICAGO – Business is disturbingly steady for Spencer Leak, Sr.
It’s not that he is unaccustomed to be being busy. After all, he is a successful funeral home director with two locations and his family has been in the funeral business for almost 80 years.
It’s just that many of the people [...]

Mitt Romney To Attend NAACP National Convention In Houston

Source: Felicia Sonmez / The Washington Post

News of Romney’s plans to attend the convention, which takes place July 7-12 in Houston, was first reported by April Ryan of American Urban Radio Networks. Romney is scheduled to speak on July 11.
The move makes Romney the latest GOP White House hopeful to attend the annual summit. Sen. [...]

Microsoft Unveils Surface Tablets (VIDEO)

Source: Scott Martin, Edward C. Baig and Jefferson Graham / USA Today
Microsoft unveiled a family of home-brewed tablets to rival Apple’s iPad at an extremely hush-hush event here in Los Angeles shrouded in mystery and speculation.
Microsoft is taking a huge leap with a mobile-friendly tablet, built on its new Window 8 operating system, which rolls out this fall. The Microsoft [...]

Holder, Issa To Meet About ‘Fast And Furious’ Before Possible Contempt Vote

Source: Terry Frieden and Deirdre Walsh / CNN
Washington – U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is expected to meet with a House committee chairman Tuesday about turning over documents that might postpone a contempt vote for the nation’s top prosecutor.
Holder and Rep. Darrell Issa, R-California, are scheduled to meet to discuss Issa’s demand for more documents relating to “Operation [...]

Spike Lee To Direct Mike Tyson On Broadway In One-Man Show

Source: ABC News
Mike Tyson is heading to Broadway.  The former Heavyweight champ and controversial personality is doing a limited engagement one-man show about his life, called “Mike Tyson: The Undisputed Truth.”
At a press conference Monday announcing the show, Tyson described “The Undisputed Truth” as the raw tale of his life.
“It’s about me being on stage [...]

LISTEN: Hall Of Fame Advertiser Tom Burrell Says Adidas Shackle Shoe Is Not About Slavery, It's About Jail And Prison Life

 
Roland Martin talks with Hall of Fame advertiser Tom Burrell about the Adidas “shackle shoe.”

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New Asian Immigrants To US Now Surpass Hispanics

Source: Hope Yen / AP / ABC News
For the first time, the influx of Asians moving to the U.S. has surpassed that of Hispanics, reflecting a slowdown in illegal immigration while American employers increase their demand for high-skilled workers.
An expansive study by the Pew Research Center details what it describes as “the rise of Asian-Americans,” [...]

Jailed Floyd Mayweather Jr. Tops Forbes’ Money List

Source: AP / CBS News
The world’s highest-paid athlete is in jail. The guy in second place just lost a title fight, and the man who held the distinction for a decade is now third.
Forbes has released its list of the 100 highest paid athletes, and boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr., nicknamed “Money,” is No. 1.
Mayweather, who made [...]

Adidas Cancels ‘Shackle’ Shoes After Outcry

Source: Jesse Solomon / CNN
German sports apparel maker Adidas withdrew its plans to sell a controversial sneaker featuring affixed rubber shackles after the company generated significant criticism when advertising the shoe on it’s Facebook page.
The high-top sneakers, dubbed the JS Roundhouse Mids, were expected to release in August, according to the Adidas Originals Facebook page. “Got [...]

Do You Want A Regular President? Are President Obama And Mitt Romney Out Of Touch With The Average Voter? (VIDEO)

Roland Martin, John Avlon, Reihan Salam and CNN’s Erin Burnett discuss if the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama are out of touch.