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Unemployment Claims At Lowest Level Since '08

Source: Annalyn Censky / CNN NEW YORK – Fewer Americans filed for their first week of unemployment benefits last week. So few in fact, that initial claims were at their lowest level since May 2008. About 366,000 people filed initial jobless claims in the week ended Dec. 10, the Labor Department said Thursday. That was a [...]

More Rape Kits Than Thought Remain Untested At HPD

Source: Zain Shauk / Houston Chronicle The Houston Police Department's backlog of untested rape kits totals between 6,000 and 7,000 – 50 percent more than what officials previously acknowledged, according to a memo from Chief Charles McClelland. HPD for years has insisted that the backlog of untested rape kits was around 4,000. The details from the chief's memo [...]

Hazing And Black Colleges: Is The Practice Of Hazing More Prevalent At HBCUs? Can The Practice Be Stopped? (VIDEO)

Roland Martin and Prof. Ricky Jones join Anderson Cooper on AC360 to discuss the perceived culture of hazing at historically Black colleges and universities. DON'T MISS: PERSPECTIVE: Students Involved In Hazing Should Be Kicked Out Of School (VIDEO)

Roland's Holiday Party Rules 2011 – Season's Greetings …

Are ya ready for Roland's Holiday Party Rules?! #rolandsrules If you can't stand your boss, just don't even show up. 'Cause when that liquor is talking, there will be no job left! #rolandsrules That might be a mistletoe above the door, but if I cross that devil of a woman I work with, she'll get [...]

Senate Democrats To Offer New Payroll Tax Plan

Source: Kate Bolduan and Tom Cohen / CNN Washington - Senate Democrats will offer a new proposal for extending the payroll tax cut that drops a provision to tax income over $1 million, a Democratic source told CNN on Wednesday. The so-called "millionaires tax" was opposed by Republicans who had blocked previous proposal by Senate Democrats [...]

Congressman James Clyburn Says There Isn't Inability In Congress, There Is Lack Of Willingness (VIDEO)

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Congressman James Clyburn appeared on MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell Reports to discuss the payroll tax battle and the Keystone Pipeline.

Ann Curry Asks Joe Amendola, Jerry Sandusky's Lawyer, 'Are You Competent?' (VIDEO)

Source: The Huffington Post "Today" anchor Ann Curry had some tough questions prepared for Joe Amendola on Wednesday, the lawyer of Penn State's former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, whowaived his client's right to a preliminary hearing. Jerry Sandusky has been charged with over 50 counts of serial sexual abuse against minors. Sandusky's preliminary hearing was going to [...]

NYC Elevator Accident Leaves One Dead

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Landlord Fights 'White Only' Pool Sign Ruling

Source: AP / MSNBC CINCINNATI - A landlord found to have discriminated against a black girl by posting a "White Only" sign at a swimming pool wants a state civil rights commission to reconsider its decision. The Ohio Civil Rights Commission found on Sept. 29 that Jamie Hein, who's white, violated the Ohio Civil Rights Act [...]

Scottie Pippen Files Defamation Suit

Source: NBC Chicago / MSNBC Scottie Pippen took legal issue this week with several media outlets who he says falsely reported he filed for bankruptcy. The former Bulls star filed a $9 million federal lawsuit Tuesday in Chicago claiming the reports earlier this year were wrong and damaging, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. Pippen ''never [...]