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Cyber Monday @ JacquieHood.com

Cyber Monday @ JacquieHood.com | Get Your Life Moving In The Right Direction Sailing to Excel in 2012 Get ready for an exciting, empowering and fun 4-day cruise to Cozumel from the Port of Galveston in 2012 (November 29 – Dec 3).  You have one full year to plan, pay and go!  We are locking in speakers, [...]

Ohio Churches Deny Craigslist Murder Suspect Is A Chaplain

video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player Source: Dan Harris and Christina Ng / ABC News Two churches denied today that suspected "Craigslist killer" Richard Beasley was a chaplain in their denominations or that he used their affiliations to mentor teenager Brogan Rafferty, who is charged with attempted murder. Beasley, 52, who his mother said worked as an unpaid [...]

Kansas Gov. Says Staff Overreacted To Teen's Tweet

Source: AP / The Houston Chronicle TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback apologized Monday for his office's response to a disparaging Twitter post by a high school senior who was attending a school function at the state Capitol. "My staff overreacted to this tweet, and for that I apologize," Brownback said in a Monday [...]

TJMS: Big Labor Preparing For 2012 Elections, Mobilizing To Fight GOP Voter Suppression Efforts

  Roland Martin talks with Lee Saunders Secretary-Treasurer of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO about the GOP's efforts to suppress voters rights in across the nation, the 2012 election as well as President Obama's American Jobs Act.                   

JACQUIE HOOD MARTIN: Think Before You Speak | Home for the Holidays: Help, Hope, & Healing Series

Home for the Holidays: Help, Hope, & Healing Series "Think before you speak", is an old adage that we have heard throughout our lives. And, we have the tendency to approach most situations from several other adages, "I can speak my mind if want to," "it's my prerogative," "the Lord told me to tell you." [...]

Barney Frank Announces Retirement (VIDEO)

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., holds a news conference to announce he won't seek re-election in 2012.

Stephen A. Smith: NBA Players, Owners Come To Their Senses (VIDEO)

Source: Stephen A. Smith / ESPN After 149 days of pettiness, bickering and bloated egos gone wild, the NBA players and owners gave the world the ultimate Christmas present: basketball. On Christmas Day, no less. We will have basketball because Derek Fisher, the players' union president, came to his senses. Because Billy Hunter, the union's executive [...]

Women Charged With Raping Men To Get Sperm For Rituals

Source: Dana Hughes / ABC News Three women in Zimbabwe accused of raping at least four men to get their sperm for traditional rituals. The women, who have been charged with 17 counts of aggravated indecent assault, go on trial today in a case that has shocked the country. Police officials in Zimbabwe believe the [...]

Robert Champion's Family To Announce Suit Against FAMU Today

Source: Arelis R. Hernández / Orlando Sentinel Family members of a Florida A&M University marching band member who died following a suspected hazing attack in Orlando are expected to announce a lawsuit against the university during a news conference today in Atlanta. Attorney Christopher Chestnut of Gainesville, who is representing Robert Champion's family, and will [...]

Bush Tax Cuts Continue To Loom Over The Budget

Source: Lisa Mascaro / Los Angeles Times President George W. Bush's signature tax breaks were never an easy sell. They passed Congress only after Vice President Dick Cheney's tie-breaking vote in the Senate. Critics called them a giveaway to the rich. They cost the U.S. Treasury trillions. A decade later, those tax cuts continue to [...]