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Ten States Get Waivers From 'No Child Left Behind'

Source: Ann Compton and Mary Bruce / ABC News President Obama will announce today that he is granting 10 states waivers from the central requirements of "No Child Left Behind," granting flexibility to states that have agreed to implement the president's education agenda and reform the way they evaluate students. Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New [...]

Postal Service Posts $3.3 Billion Loss

Source: MSNBC The U.S. Postal Service reported quarterly losses of $3.3 billion, and says that at the rate it's going, it will run out of money by October. The agency was hurt by declining mail volume and mounting costs for future retiree health benefits. From October through December of 2011, losses were $3 billion more than [...]

National Mortgage Settlement: States, Big Banks Reach $26 Billion Deal

Source: The Huffington Post The government announced Thursday a $26 billion deal with five of the nation's largest banks to settle charges of systemic and widespread mortgage fraud. The deal would be the largest mortgage settlement ever. The settlement, 16 months in the making, could bring significant relief to those in danger of losing their [...]

Photo of Coretta Scott King, Michelle Obama Goes Viral: 'One Black Man Died For Another Black Man To Win'

Source: theGrio A side-by-side photo of Coretta Scott King with her daughter (which was taken at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s funeral) and Michelle Obama and Sasha Obama at the president's nominating convention has gone viral. The caption below it reads: "One Black Man Died For Another Black Man To Win." To follow this topic visit theGrio. [...]

Al Sharpton Defends Melissa Harris Perry From Cornel West's 'Arrogant' And 'Disingenuous' Attacks

Source: Zerlina Maxwell / theGrio In a recent interview with Diverse magazine, Professor Cornel West attacked his former Princeton colleague and newly minted MSNBC host Professor Melissa Harris-Perry. West called Harris-Perry a "liar" and said that, "[s]he's become the momentary darling of liberals, but I pray for her because she's in over her head. She's a fake and a fraud. I was so surprised [...]

Victim In Anti-Gay Video Beating Speaks Out

Source: Moni Basu, CNN Atlanta – The victim of a vicious beating by a gang of men shouting anti-gay slurs said Wednesday that he wants his attackers to face justice. Brandon White, 20, spoke out for the first time at a news conference in Atlanta. He said he should never have to worry about being [...]

Social Worker's 911 Calls Released In Powell Murder-Suicide

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Source: Lindsay Chamberlain / MSNBC PUYALLUP, Wash. – A 911 recording reveals a social worker's attempts in a more than six-minute phone call to get a dispatcher to send authorities quickly to the home of Josh Powell after he locked himself and his [...]

U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice: Assad's Days Are Numbered (VIDEO)

CNN's Wolf Blitzer talks to the U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice about the situation in Syria. WATCH:

TJMS: Civil Rights Activist Helen Bailey Faces Foreclosure, JPMorgan Chase Refuses To Reduce Her Mortgage Principal

Roland Martin talks to Nancy DeVille about 78-year-old Helen Bailey, a Nashville, Tennessee-based former civil rights activist because she can't keep up with her mortgage payments, the bank refuses to reduce her mortgage and her family would like her to give up the property.

Bank of America Tower Foreclosed, Sells for Half Price (VIDEO)

Source: Alan Farnham / ABC News With the forced public auction yesterday of Bank of America's signature 55-story office tower in Atlanta, the U.S. foreclosure crisis–commercial division–just got significantly worse. Atlanta's troubles and those of other cities, say experts, are the result both of overbuilding and of the issuance of commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) that [...]