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Cain: There's No Money For Unemployment (VIDEO)

Hermain Cain talks to CNN's Candy Crowley about letting long term unemployment benefits expire. WATCH:

Abuse Claims: Syracuse Fires Assistant Coach Bernie Fine (VIDEO)

Syracuse University fired Bernie Fine Sunday after a third man accused the assistant basketball coach of sexual abuse. NBC's Jay Gray reports.

Medicare Budget Woes Threaten Doctor Cuts

Source: AP / CBS News WASHINGTON – It's become a symbol of sorts for the federal government's budget dysfunction: Unless Congress acts before Jan. 1, doctors will again face steep Medicare cuts that threaten to undermine health care for millions of seniors and disabled people. This time it's a 27.4 percent cut. Last year, it [...]

Small Business Saturday @ JacquieHood.com

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, coaches and entertainers that will make this cruise a time to remember.  Pastor [...]

Georgia Businessman Refuses To Hire Until Obama Is Fired (VIDEO)

Source: Amy Bingham / ABC News A Georgia businessman has an ultimatum for America: Fire President Obama, or he will not hire any more workers. Bill Looman, owner of U.S. Cranes LLC, said he is fed up with the bad economy and D.C. politicians who do nothing to solve the problem. So until there is [...]

Women Brawl At Nail Salon (VIDEO)

A knock-down, drag-out fight erupts at a nail salon in Georgia and it's all caught on video. WSB reports.

Black Friday Fight At Wal-Mart (VIDEO)

Police arrested a man in Kissimmee, Florida, on a resisting arrest charge after they wrestled him to the ground to stop a fight at a jewelry counter at Walmart around 1 a.m. Friday, CNN affiliate Central Florida News 13 reported. WATCH:

Former Chicago First Lady Maggie Daley Dies

Source: AP / USA Today CHICAGO – Maggie Daley, the wife of former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daleyand a gracious promoter of the city's cultural and educational programs, has died. She was 68. The former Chicago first lady, who had been diagnosed with breast cancer in 2002, died Thursday night, family spokeswoman Jacquelyn Heard told The [...]

Shootings, Pepper-Spray Attack Mar Wal-Mart Black Friday Sales

Source: Los Angeles Times As shoppers converged on retailers around the country looking for Black Friday deals, authorities reported scattered problems. In Porter Ranch, a woman pepper sprayed customers at a Wal-Mart in what authorities say was a deliberate attempt to get more "door buster" merchandise. In San Leandro, a Wal-Mart shopper walking to his [...]

ROY S. JOHNSON: Our Thanksgiving Tale

By Roy S. Johnson Founder of Fit! Live! Win! http://www.fitlivewin.wordpress.com Follow @FitLiveWin on Twitter  Thanksgiving is a quirky holiday. I love what it calls for us to do–give thanks. It's a simple, wonderful action that we all too often forget to embrace. But the day's roots are, at best, shaky. As my 14-year-old daughter explained: [...]