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Bounty Scandal: Four Saints Suspended, Vilma For All Of 2012

Source: Michael David Smith / Pro Football Talk / MSNBC NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has lowered the hammer on four New Orleans Saints players who were involved in the team’s bounty scandal, with Jonathan Vilma leading the way and getting one of the most significant suspensions in NFL history. Vilma has been banished for all [...]

WATCH: Jon Stewart Blasts Republican Hypocrisy For Obama’s Bin Laden Ad Criticism (VIDEO)

Source: The Huffington Post Between the anniversary of Osama Bin Laden’s death and an Obama campaign ad that highlights the President’s success in bringing the terrorist down, the 24-hour TV news circuit has been having a field day discussing whether or not the bragging is appropriate. So on Tuesday night’s “Daily Show,” Jon Stewart broke out a [...]

Paralyzed DT Eric LeGrand Signed By Buccaneers

Source: AP / CBS News TAMPA, Fla. – Paralyzed defensive tackle Eric LeGrand has been signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. LeGrand broke two vertebrae and suffered a serious spinal cord injury on Oct. 16, 2010 during a kickoff return against Army. His coach at Rutgers then, Greg Schiano, now is coach of the Bucs. [...]

LISTEN: Roland Martin, Rosalind Jordan Discuss President Obama's Visit To Afghanistan And Defining What Is A Win In The War Torn Country

Roland Martin and Rosalind Jordan from Al Jazerra English discuss President Obama’s visit to Afghanistan and the US-Afghan Partnership Accord. Subscribe to the Roland S. Martin Daily Podcast via iTunes.

WATCH: Jeff Teague – Dunk Of The Night

Jeff Teague soars through the lane for a one-handed dunk.

House Candidate And Rising GOP Star Is Black, Female – And Mormon (VIDEO)

Source: Dan Gilgoff / CNN To call Mia Love a minority is an understatement. She’s a black woman who won an upset primary race to become the Republican candidate in Utah’s 4th Congressional District. If elected, she’d be the first black Republican congresswoman in the House of Representatives. Love, who has attracted lots of national [...]

AJC: 5 To Be Charged In FAMU Hazing Death

Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — At least five people will face criminal charges in the death of a Florida A&M University drum major from DeKalb County who died after being hazed aboard a band bus in Orlando last fall, authorities said Tuesday. Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings told The Associated Press that multiple defendants [...]

Fire Breaks Out At Tyler Perry’s Studios In Atlanta

Source: CNN Atlanta - A massive fire tore through a building at the southwest Atlanta film studio of Tyler Perry on Tuesday night. No one was injured, but the blaze caused one building to partially collapse, said Atlanta fire Capt. Jolyon Bundridge. Officials do not yet know what started the fire. The multi-million dollar studios [...]

George Zimmerman’s Myspace: Every Mexican Pulled A Knife

Source: Frances Robles / The Miami Herald SANFORD - Just as George Zimmerman’s attorney pushes the envelope of accepted legal practices by launching a social media operation for his client, another site has popped up that belonged to the controversial former neighborhood watch volunteer who now faces a murder charge. This one is a 7-year old Myspace [...]

President Obama Vows To Bring Troops Home From Afghanistan (VIDEO)

Source: Corbett B. Daly / CBS News President Obama on Tuesday reminded Americans that he has wound down two unpopular wars and vowed to bring home soon the remaining troops in Afghanistan. “My fellow Americans, we have traveled through more than a decade under the dark cloud of war. Yet here, in the pre-dawn darkness [...]