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LIVE VIDEO: President Barack Obama Delivers A Statement On The Consumer Protection Bureau

President Barack Obama Delivers A Statement On The Consumer Protection Bureau

RENE SYLER: Good Enough Mother Minute – Motivation Time! (PODCAST)

By René Syler GoodEnoughMother.com. Hey all.. Happy… oh whatever day it is. I have been so busy here on the site, with my external writing commitments and some crazy out-of-the-blue opportunities (which you'll be hearing about shortly) that sometimes I get a little burned out. That's a bad place for GEM to be; that's a [...]

FAMU Puts Band Director's Dismissal On Hold

Source: CNN The director of bands at Florida A&M University has been placed on administrative leave with pay until completion of the investigation into the hazing-linked death of a 26-year-old drum major, the school said Wednesday. Julian White had been suspended with termination scheduled for December 22, and four students had been dismissed from the [...]

Ex-Chief Of Oakland County Democratic Party Gets Probation For Fake Tea Party Scheme

Source: Mike Martindale / The Detroit News Pontiac— A former chairman of the Oakland County Democratic Party was sentenced to one-year probation, 180 hours of community service and $1,965 in fines Wednesday for his role in a fake Tea Party during the 2010 election. Michael McGuinness, 27, of Waterford Township entered a no contest plea [...]

WATCH: Jon Stewart Eviscerates Fox News Over The War On Christmas (VIDEO)

Fox News objects to Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee leaving "Christmas" out of the Statehouse tree lighting ceremony invitation.

POLITICO'S ROGER SIMON: Does Newt Have Work Ethics? Hmmm

Source: Roger Simon / Politico "Really poor children in really poor neighborhoods have no habits of working and have nobody around them who works," Newt said recently in Iowa. "So they literally have no habit of showing up on Monday. They have no habit of staying all day. They have no habit of 'I do [...]

Judge Sentences Ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich To 14 Years In Prison For Corruption

Source: AP / The Washington Post CHICAGO — Rod Blagojevich, the ousted Illinois governor whose three-year battle against criminal charges became a national spectacle, was sentenced to 14 years in prison Wednesday, one of the stiffest penalties imposed for corruption in a state with a history of crooked politics. Blagojevich's 18 convictions included allegations of [...]

Feds: Couple In $1.2M Home Got Welfare (VIDEO)

A Seattle doctor and his wife, who live in a $1.2 million waterfront home, are accused of filing false claims to collect more than $100,000 in welfare payments. NBC's Mike Taibbi reports.

Arrest Made In Georgia Girl's Killing

Source: Gustavo Valdes / CNN Atlanta – Police have arrested a suspect in the sexual assault and killing of a 7-year-old Georgia girl, police told CNN Wednesday. A news conference was slated for 1:45 p.m. ET. The body of Jorelys Rivera was found three days after she went missing at an apartment complex in Canton, [...]

BET To Air Exclusive Herman Cain Documentary

Source: Jonathan Easley / The Hill Black Entertainment Television will air exclusive interviews with former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain, in what the network calls "a deeper characterization of one of the most controversial black political figures in contemporary America." In a documentary titled "The Curious Case of Citizen Cain," Cain will discuss what he [...]