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Interior Secretary Orders King Memorial Inscription To Be Corrected

Source: Carol Morello and Ed O'Keefe / The Washington Post Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has ordered a correction to a badly mangled quotation from Martin Luther King Jr. inscribed in granite on the Tidal Basin memorial to the slain civil rights leader. Salazar said Friday that he has told the National Park Service to consult [...]

ROLAND S. MARTIN: Seeing 'Red' Over Hollywood's Treatment Of Blacks

By Roland S. Martin Editor-in-Chief RolandMartinReports.com Who knew that 70 years after African American pilots had to work hard to overcome the prejudices of whites in the United States Armed Services, and the nation having its first black commander-in-chief, the men known as the Tuskegee Airmen would still be doing battle with an entrenched institution [...]

THIS WEEK On Washington Watch With Roland Martin: Dr. Cornel West, Patrick Gaspard, Preview Of TV One's New Docu-Drama Find Our Missing

PATRICK GASPARD OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE AND PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR AND ACTIVIST DR. CORNEL WEST ARE AMONG THE GUESTS ON WASHINGTON WATCH WITH ROLAND MARTIN JANUARY 15 - Topics to include the battle for the Republican presidential nomination, the rise in poverty, the discrepancy in national media coverage for missing people of color, and [...]

NYPD Shoot And Kill Dwayne Browne, Alleged Gunman Outside His Home

Source: The Huffington Post NYPD officials are investigating a fatal shooting by police involving an armed man outside his Brooklyn home on Thursday. Sources say police arrived outside the home of 26-year old, Dwayne Browne after several 911 calls were placed from a woman who lived at the 943 Schenck Avenue address in East New York. Family [...]

Dana Loesch, CNN Contributor, Says She'd Urinate On Taliban Soldiers Too (AUDIO)

Source: The Huffington Post CNN contributor and conservative radio host Dana Loesch said on her radio show that she not only thinks the Marines who urinated on dead Taliban soldiers are cool, but she'd be willing to join them. After playing a news clip describing the video, Loesch said, "I'd drop trou and do it too. [...]

President Obama Seeks Authority To Streamline Government

Source: Lesa Jansen and Alan Silverleib / CNN Washington – President Barack Obama asked Congress on Friday for more power to streamline and reorganize the federal government, a move designed to claim the political middle ground in an election likely to be dominated by questions about Washington's role in the economy. The president asked legislators to grant him [...]

Nigerian Union To Suspend Fuel Protests This Weekend (VIDEO)

Source: CNN Lagos, Nigeria - Nigeria's national strike entered its fifth day Friday as union officials called for a weekend suspension to allow protesters to go home and stock up on food and water. Throngs of protesters took to the streets, demanding government accountability and a return of fuel subsidies ended on January 1, a move [...]

WATCH: Soledad O'Brien Grills Obama Book Author Jodi Kantor (VIDEO)

Author Jodi Kantor defends her controversial book, "The Obamas." WATCH:

President Obama Speaks on Consolidating Government Departments to Encourage Business (VIDEO)

The President announces a plan that will consolidate the six major federal departments and agencies that focus on business or trade into one leaner, more efficient department tasked with boosting American business and promoting competitiveness.

LIVE VIDEO: President Obama Speaks On Government Reform

President Obama Speaks on Government Reform