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Vandy Coach: My Assistants Must Have Good-Looking Wives

Source: Joel Provano  / Atlanta Journal-Constitution Vanderbilt head coach James Franklin became the target of Georgia fans’ ire last year after his post-game confrontation with UGA defensive coordinator Todd Grantham. Franklin, in an interview with Nashville radio station 104.5 The Zone, responded to a question about whether it helps a coach in recruiting to have a [...]

BREAKING NEWS: John Edwards Jury Reaches Verdict

Source: James Hill / ABC News After a lengthy deliberation, a North Carolina jury has reached a verdict in the John Edwards mistress-and-money trial. The verdict is expected to be read shortly. The jury began deliberating on May 18 after a month of testimony, which at times sounded more like a steamy soap opera than [...]

ABC News: Mother Of Miami ‘Cannibal’ Speaks Out (VIDEO)

video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player Source: Seni Tienabeso / ABC News Despite surveillance video, eyewitness statements, and a victim clinging for life with more than 75 percent of his face chewed off, the family and girlfriend of Rudy Eugene are telling the world there is no way he could attack someone so viciously. “I knew my [...]

Gov. Deval Patrick: Romney Fees Added During His Administration Are ‘Still A Tax’ (VIDEO)

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick says fmr. Gov. Romney’s fees added during his administration are similar to taxes. WATCH:

US Economy Fades As Government Spending Retreats

Source:  John W. Schoen / MSNBC Thanks to deeper-than-estimated cuts in government spending, the U.S. economy slowed faster in the first quarter than originally reported, the Commerce Department said Thursday, raising concerns that the U.S. could be at risk of following Europe back into recession. Gross domestic product expanded at a 1.9 percent annual rate in the first quarter, [...]

State Lawmaker Explodes On Floor Over Pension Bill: Let My People Go! (VIDEO)

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy On Tuesday, Illinois GOP State Rep. Mike Bost gave an impassioned plea over the state’s Democrat-led pension reform bill.

Eric Holder Asks Black Churches To Join the Fight for Voting Rights

Source: The Washington Post WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder and other legal experts strategized with black religious leaders on Wednesday (May 30) about new restrictive state voting laws that could affect their congregants by reducing early voting and requiring identification. “I would argue that of all the freedoms we have today, none is more [...]

Tyler Perry Speaks Out In Defense Of Bobbi Kristina

Source: Tyler Perry / TylerPerry.com I woke up this morning to my publicist calling me saying that there were reports that Bobbi Kristina walked off the set of “For Better Or Worse”. NOT TRUE AT ALL PEOPLE!!! There is no way that she could have walked off the set because we have finshed taping the [...]

Walmart Ends Membership In ALEC

Source: Jessica Wohl / Reuters /  The Huffington Post ROGERS, Ark., May 31 – Wal-Mart Stores Inc , the world’s No. 1 retailer and the biggest seller of firearms in the United States, is dropping out of a U.S. conservative advocacy group that has been a lightning rod over voting and gun laws. Wal-Mart said late Wednesday [...]

LISTEN: Voter Suppression: Congressman Alcee Hastings On Gov. Rick Scott's Election Year Purging Of The Florida Voter Rolls

Roland Martin Talks with Congressman Alcee Hastings about Gov. Rick Scott purging the voter rolls to remove potential non-citizens from the voting rolls. Subscribe to the Roland S. Martin Daily Podcast via iTunes.