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GM's Most Profitable Year Ever (VIDEO)

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy General Motors' business has rebounded due to a healthier economy but how long will it last? CNBC's Phil LeBeau reports.

High Arsenic Levels Found In Organic Foods, Baby Formula

Source: Linda Carroll / Today / MSNBC Next time you pick up an organic cereal bar or buy infant formula, you might want to read the label closely. High levels of arsenic, a chemical linked to cancer, chronic diseases and developmental effects, have been found in foods that list organic brown rice syrup as a primary ingredient, according [...]

Detroit Underwear Bomber Gets Life Sentence

Source: David Ashenfelter / Detroit Free Press /USA Today DETROIT – A federal judge Thursday afternoon imposed multiple life sentences on failed underwear bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who tried to blow up a Detroit-bound jetliner on Christmas Day 2009. "The defendant has never expressed doubt or regret or remorse about his mission," U.S District Judge Nancy Edmunds [...]

Neighbor Dispute Over Dog Waste In Philadelphia Ends In Fatal Shooting

Source: CBS News PHILADELPHIA – Authorities say a man is charged with murder after fatally shooting his neighbor in a dispute about dog waste. CBS Philadelphia reports the incident began when 47-year-old Franklin Santana confronted Tyrik Harris after Harris' dog defecated in his yard. Police say Harris, 27, was carrying a gun. When the argument [...]

Joe Madison Credits Whitney Houston For Saving The NAACP Image Awards (VIDEO)

Joe Madison, former NAACP chairman remembered Whitney Houston as one of the people responsible for saving the NAACP Image Awards from obscurity. In a display of her often overlooked but ever present generosity, Ms. Houston and her co-star Denzel Washington interrupted filming of The Preachers Wife in 1995 to travel across the country to Los [...]

Report Finds Growing Acceptance Of Interracial Marriage In US

Source: MSNBC As the number of interracial marriages in the U.S. continues to rise, so does Americans' acceptance of them, a new Pew Research Center report finds. The report, "The Rise of Intermarriage," analyzed characteristics of people who marry spouses of a different race or ethnicity. It was based on Census data and on findings [...]

Fake Avastin Sends Docs Scrambling To Check Records

Source: Matthew Perrone / MSNBC WASHINGTON — The discovery that a fake version of the widely used cancer medicine Avastin is circulating in the United States is raising new fears that the multibillion-dollar drug-counterfeiting trade is increasingly making inroads in the U.S. The practice has largely been relegated to poor countries with lax regulations. But [...]

Allen West: Democratic Handouts Are The 'Most Insidious Form Of Slavery Remaining In The World' (VIDEO)

Source: The Huffington Post Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) delivered a fiery speech about Black History Month on the House floor Wednesday evening, praising the Republican Party for its tradition of "standing up for the rights of African Americans" and accusing Democrats of perpetuating an "insidious form of slavery" through their support for entitlement programs. "Our [...]

Performers And Speakers Announced For Whitney Houston's Funeral

Source: Sapphira Martin / Global Grind The performers and speakers for Whitney Houston's funeral are being announced by the minute. The invitation only funeral, which is scheduled for Saturday at noon, will be held at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, N.J. The memorial will take place at the very church where Whitney got [...]

Roland Martin, Dr. Walter Bumphus Discuss POTUS Proposing $8 Billion For Community Colleges To Provide Job Training In High-Demand Industries

Roland Martin talks with Dr. Walter Bumphus about President Obama's new budget proposal and his plans to spend $8 billion on community colleges. This new initiative would attempt to partner businesses with community colleges and provide job training skills for well-paying jobs in high-demand industries.