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WATCH Santorum Gives Non-Denial Denial On Alleged 'Black People' Comment: 'I Condemn All Racism'

Source: Frances Martel / Mediaite Earlier today, Rick Santorum answered a question at an Iowa campaign event where it sounded like he said he didn't want to "make black people's lives better" with "other people's money." It didn't quite sound like he said "black people," but it also didn't sound like he said anything else, either, and [...]

NEWT GINGRICH: Mitt Romney Is A Liar (VIDEO)

Source: Alex Alvarez / Medaiite When asked by CBS' Early Show whether his recent comments "scolding" Romney "and his friends" for their involvement in a super PAC indicate that the former Speaker believes Romney is a liar. Gingrich's reply was simple and to the point: "Yes." To read this article in its entirety visit Mediaite.

TJMS: Should The FAMU Marching 100 Disband Until The Hazing And Murder Investigation Is Over?

Roland Martin talks with Bernard Kinsey, former FAMU Marching 100 band member and former president of the Florida A & M Alumni Association about the FAMU Board of Trustees plan to study hazing as well as create a memorial at the university for Robert Champion.

Santorum And Diversity, The Anti-Mitt Romney Faction, Ron Paul's Civil Rights Views Plus GOP Candidates Plans For The Economy

Roland Martin joins Brooke Baldwin in the CNN Newsroom to discuss the Iowa Caucuses and issues that the GOP presidential candidates must face in order to capture the Republican presidential nomination.

WTH? Comcast Customer Finds Cockroaches In Cable Box

Source: The Huffington Post An Aurora, Ill. man reporting bugs in his Comcast box wasn't referring to glitches in his cable service. Antonio Munoz says his home had never had an insect problem until a Comcast associate installed a cable box in his parents' bedroom Friday, he told the Chicago Sun-Times. Shortly after the installer [...]

ROLAND S. MARTIN: Too Much Attention On Iowa: 1,144 Delegates Needed To Win GOP Nomination, Iowa Only Has 25 (VIDEO)

Roland Martin joins Kyra Phillips in the CNN Newsroom to discuss Mitt Romney increasing his attacks against President Obama and too much attention being paid to the Iowa Caucuses.

ROLAND S. MARTIN: Don't Believe The Iowa Hype

By Roland S. Martin Editor-in-Chief RolandMartinReports.com To the Republican voters in the other 49 states, I sympathize with you. It must be painful to turn on every cable and broadcast network, read the websites and follow the blogs and realize that you mean absolutely nothing when it comes to choosing a GOP nominee for president [...]

Starbucks Raising Prices In US Northeast, Sunbelt

Source: Lisa Baertlein / Reuters / MSNBC  Starbucks Corp is raising prices by an average of about 1 percent in the U.S. Northeast and Sunbelt regions on Tuesday, a move affecting cities such as New York, Boston, Washington DC, Atlanta, Dallas and Albuquerque. Starbucks expects high prices for things like coffee, milk and fuel to [...]

Aretha Franklin Engaged To Longtime Friend

Source: Detroit Free Press NEW YORK — Aretha Franklin is engaged to longtime friend William (Willie) Wilkerson. The Grammy-winning singer told the Associated Press in a statement today that she and Wilkerson are considering a summer wedding, perhaps in Miami Beach, Florida. The Queen of Soul wants to follow the ceremony with a reception on [...]

Washington Watch with Roland Martin, 01.01.12, Video Podcast | Importance Of Black Fathers

Last week on "Washington Watch," we began a conversation on what it means to be a man – specifically, fatherhood in the 21st century. Today, you will meet men who are taking care of their business, as stand-up fathers and husbands, and who go beyond their own families to make a difference in the lives [...]