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Jon Stewart Rips Congress' All-Male Birth Control Panel (VIDEO)

The Daily ShowGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook Source: Katla McGlynn / The Huffington Post Jon Stewart continued his coverage of the great birth control debate in Washington on Monday night's "Daily Show," this time taking on Thursday's House Oversight Committee hearing that included almost no women.

Santorum Takes Aim At President Obama's Former Pastor, Jeremiah Wright (VIDEO)

GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum is not backing down from what some view as a shot at President Obama by mentioning his controversial former pastor, Jeremiah Wright. NBC's Peter Alexander reports from the campaign trail.

The Injustice Files: Mysterious Hanging Deaths Of African-American Men May Be Instances Of Modern Day Lynchings

Roland Martin talks with Keith Beauchamp, from the Investigation Discovery's Injustice Files about mysterious hanging deaths of African-American men that were called suicides. The alleged suicides may be instances of modern day lynchings. DON'T MISS The Injustice Files: At The End Of A Rope TONIGHT on Investigation Discovery @ 8 PM EST.

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Supreme Court Will Hear Case On Affirmative Action At Colleges‎

Source: MSNBC WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will once again confront the issue of race in university admissions in a case brought by a white student denied a spot at the flagship campus of the University of Texas. The court said Tuesday it will return to the issue of affirmative action in higher education for [...]

$5-A-Gallon Gas Coming Soon? (VIDEO)

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy The national average for a gallon of regular gas now sits at $3.56 a gallon and is expected to rise in the weeks ahead. NBC's Miguel Almaguer has the details on what to expect at the pump.

Washington Watch with Roland Martin, 02.019.12, Video Podcast – Hollywood Edition

On our program this week, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Rolanda Watts and Deniece Williams on the death of Whitney Houston; Louis Gossett, Jr.; Tatyana Ali; Lamman Rucker; and Keisha Knight-Pulliam on Black Hollywood and President Barack Obama; Brian White, Richard Roundtree, Dondre Whitfield and Phil Morris on the images of Black men in television and films; [...]

Expert: Attack On Iran May Mean $200/Barrel Oil (VIDEO)

Source: CBS News On "CBS This Morning," Joseph Cirincione, a nuclear policy expert, State Department adviser and member of the Council on Foreign Relations, said that it is uncertain whether an Israeli strike involving at least 100 aircraft would fail to stop Iran's nuclear program. "This would be a very large and complicated and uncertain [...]

Infant Shot, Killed In Detroit Home; Police Offer Reward For Information (VIDEO)

Source: Detroit Free Press Grieving family members gathered at a home on Detroit's west side this afternoon, where a 9-month-old boy was killed hours earlier when 37 bullets were fired into the home as the baby slept in the living room. Delric Waymon Miller IV was shot in the 8400 block of Greenview. He was [...]

Santorum Defends 'Phony Theology' Remarks, Doubles Down On Religious Critique Of Obama

Santorum: People Mistook My Comment on Obama's Christianity Source: The Huffington Post A more congenial Rick Santorum doubled down on several controversial, and religiously laden, remarks in an interview Sunday morning on CBS's "Face the Nation," where he defended his recent claims that prenatal testing results in abortions, that federally provided education was "anachronistic," and [...]