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February 16, 2012
Fox News' Eric Bolling Tells Maxine Waters To 'Step Away From The Crack Pipe,' Later Says He Was 'Kidding' (VIDEO)
Source: The Huffington Post Fox News host Eric Bolling shocked his co-hosts on "Fox and Friends" when he told Rep. Maxine Waters to "step away from the crack pipe" on Thursday. Bolling quickly said that he was "kidding." Waters stirred up anger on the right when video surfaced on Wednesday showing her calling House Republican [...]
TCU Football Players Arrested In Drug Bust (VIDEO)
Police allege 17 Texas Christian University students were selling drugs.
Police Buy Cemetery Plots To Block Josh Powell From Being Buried Next To His Sons
Source: MSNBC A sheriff and his sergeant in Washington state have bought burial plots next to Josh Powell's boys in order to block family members from burying him next to them, according to a media report Wednesday. "The bottom line is, Josh Powell will not be near those two boys," Pierce County Sheriff's Sgt. Ed Troyer said [...]
February 15, 2012
Kwame Kilpatrick, Bobby Ferguson Face New Extortion Charge In Corruption Probe
Source: Detroit Free Press Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and longtime pal Bobby Ferguson got hit today a new criminal charge, this one involving extortion, the Free Press has learned. According to a second superseding indictment returned today by a federal grand jury investigation public corruption, Kilpatrick and Ferguson obtained more than $90,000 from an unnamed [...]
More Minority And Women-Owned Businesses Being Certified By City Of New Orleans
Source: Michelle Krupa, The Times-Picayune / NOLA.com More than a year after New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu hired a point person to boost the share of public contracts that go to minority- and women-owned businesses, administration officials said they have quickened the pace of certifying disadvantaged business enterprises and are close to achieving the 35 percent DBE participation goal [...]
LIVE VIDEO: President Obama Speaks On An America Built To Last
President Obama Speaks on an America Built to Last in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Culture Wars: Moral And Legal Issues Surrounding The Birth Control Mandate (VIDEO)
The culture wars came roaring back to life this week as three events once again sharply divided the country. Cancer charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure's decision, since reversed, to defund Planned Parenthood is still making folks on both sides angry. A federal a]ppeals court declared California's Proposition 8 unconstitutional, which banned gay marriage, [...]
LISTEN: Cook County Commissioner Dr. Terry Mason Discusses The Dangers Of Mixing Prescription Drugs
Roland Martin talks with Cook County Health Commissioner Dr. Terry Mason about the dangers of mixing prescriptions drugs and alcohol. For more information visit http://www.niaaa.nih.gov.
Pump Pain: Gas Prices Back On The Rise (VIDEO)
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Gas prices are back on the rise, and some analysts say it could get even worse before the summer driving season. NBC's John Yang reports.
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