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Triple Win: Rick Santorum Takes MN, MO, CO

Rick Santorum swept all three GOP contests on Tuesday, declaring himself "the conservative alternative to Barack Obama" and setting up a fight for the Republican Party's conservative base.

Syria Activists Plead For Help (VIDEO)

Activists in Syria plead with the world to help them, their voices filled with agony. CNN's Arwa Damon reports. WATCH:

Getting Caffeine Fix As Easy As Taking Deep Breath (VIDEO)

Source: AP / USA Today CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Move over, coffee and Red Bull. A Harvard professor thinks the next big thing will be people inhaling their caffeinefrom a lipstick-sized tube. Critics say the novel product is not without its risks. The product, called AeroShot, went on the market late last month in Massachusetts and New York, and [...]

Don Cornelius' Death Officially Ruled A Suicide

Source: AP / The Huffington Post LOS ANGELES — Coroner's officials on Tuesday ruled Don Cornelius' death a suicide, nearly a week after the "Soul Train" creator and host killed himself with a gunshot to the head. The agency made the determination after conducting an autopsy on Cornelius' body Friday. Investigators are still awaiting the [...]

JPMorgan Chase May Foreclose On Civil Rights-Era Activist During Campaign To 'Fulfill' MLK's 'Vision'

Source: The Huffington Post In the midst of a campaign to help "fulfill" the "vision" of Martin Luther King Jr., JPMorgan Chase has come under fire for threatening to evict an elderly Civil Rights-era activist. The bank may foreclose on the home of 78-year-old Helen Bailey, a Nashville, Tennessee-based former civil rights activist because she can't keep [...]

Washington Watch with Roland Martin, 02.05.12, Video Podcast

At the top of our agenda this week, Gov. Mitt Romney and the poor. 250,000 private-sector jobs were added last month, and the unemployment rate drops to 8.3 percent for the first time since 20009. And the death of the "King of Soul," "Soul Train"'s founder, Don Cornelius. Our "Washington Watch" newsmaker, former member of [...]

WASHINGTON WATCH: First Lady Michelle Obama Wins Pushup Contest On Elle DeGeneres' Show

Remember those impressive arms on First Lady Michelle Obama? Well, they just don't look good; they were powerful and on display when Ellen DeGeneres challenged the First Lady to a pushup contest. MR. MARTIN:  Folks, welcome back. Remember those impressive arms on First Lady Michelle Obama?  Well, they just don't look good; they were powerful [...]

Perspective: Les Miles Rips Student-Athlete That Decided Not To Play For LSU (VIDEO)

Last week, thousands of high school football players signed letters of intent to sign with major colleges all across this country, but my scorn this week goes for LSU's Les Miles. Apparently, one of the top quarterbacks in the country chose not to sign with LSU. He chose to go to Notre Dame. So, what [...]

WASHINGTON WATCH: Eleanor Hinton Hoytt On The Susan B. Komen Controversy, Black Women's Health

Last week, Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, a leading breast cancer charity, announced it would no longer provide funding to Planned Parenthood. Planned Parenthood received nearly $700,000 from Komen last year, according to the Associated Press, and much of that is used to provide mammograms for women in underserved neighborhoods. Komen said their [...]

TJMS: Phill Wilson President & CEO Of The Black AIDS Institute Discusses National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day And How The Disease Is On The Rise At HBCUs

Roland Martin talks with Phill Wilson, President and CEO of the Black AIDS Institute about the impact of HIV on the campuses of Historically Black Colleges and Universities. For more information visit www.BlackAids.org and www.GreaterThan.org.