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Goldie Taylor Speaks About Her Teenage Years As An Abused Child (VIDEO)

Goldie Taylor speaks about her teenage years as an abused child. WATCH:

White House Gun Suspect Obsessed With President Obama (VIDEO)

Source: AP / CBS News WASHINGTON – A man clad in black who was obsessed with President Barack Obama pulled his car within view of the White House at night and fired shots from an assault rifle, cracking a window of the first family's living quarters while the president was away, authorities said about their [...]

LIVE VIDEO: Occupy Wall Street Day Of Action

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Watch Occupy Wall Street protest live.

Lawyer: Client Ready To Testify Against Sandusky

Source: AP/ CBS News A lawyer said Wednesday that his client will testify that he was sexually abused by former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky, and Pennsylvania state lawmakers are starting to plan for a special commission that will examine the legal issues raised by the child sex-abuse scandal. Harrisburg attorney Ben Andreozzi said [...]

Mother Of Alleged Victim: Son Is Afraid Sandusky May Walk Free

Source: CNN State College, Pennsylvania – The mother of one of Jerry Sandusky's alleged victims — the first to come forward in the case — said her son is afraid the former Penn State coach might go free. The son, who is identified as Victim 1 in a report issued by a grand jury earlier [...]

Report Says Newt Gingrich Took At Least $1.6M From Freddie Mac

Source: Stephanie Condon / CBS News Republican presidential candidate and former House speaker Newt Gingrich is an outspoken critic of the mortgage giant Freddie Mac, but the now government-controlled firm paid him between $1.6 million and $1.8 million in consulting fees, Bloomberg reports. Citing unnamed sources familiar with the agreement, Bloomberg reports that from May 1999 [...]

Mike McQueary Says He Told Police Of Alleged Rape

Source: CNN State College, Pennsylvania – A Penn State assistant football coach, who has been criticized for not doing more in an alleged rape of a boy by former coach Jerry Sandusky, said in an e-mail that he helped stop the assault and talked with police about it,The Morning Call newspaper reported. "I did stop [...]

JACQUIE HOOD MARTIN: Online Bible Study 11.16.11

Online Bible Study with Jacquie Hood Martin

Pregnant Woman, Priest, Elderly Pepper Sprayed At Occupy Seattle

Source: AP / CBS News SEATTLE – A downtown march and rally in support of the Occupy Wall Street movement turned briefly chaotic as police scattered a crowd of rowdy protesters — including a pregnant 19-year-old and an 84-year-old activist — with blasts of pepper spray. Protest organizers denounced the use of force, saying that [...]

Report Says Detroit Is Running Out Of Cash

Source: Bill Proctor / WXYZ.com DETROIT  - The City of Detroit is standing at the edge of a financial cliff. It's running out of cash and soon won't make payroll — that's what a secret report says. It's 22 pages of terror, said one former elected official who has deep knowledge of Detroit's finances. The problem is [...]