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Bank Of America Dropping Plan To Charge Monthly $5 Debit Card Fee

Source: Dan Fitzpatrick / The Wall Street Journal Bank of America has decided against charging customers five dollars per month to use their debit cards to make purchases, according to the Wall Street Journal. The move is a dramatic retreat following decisions by several rivals in recent days to drop customer tests of the new fees. SunTrust Banks Inc. and Regions [...]

Halloween Turns Violent In New Orleans And D.C., Two Dead, 13 Wounded (VIDEO)

Source: John Bacon / USA Today Halloween turned deadly in New Orleans last night as gunfire erupted at four different celebrations, leaving two people dead and 13 others wounded, WWLTV.com reports. In Washington, D.C., six people were wounded in five separate shootings, WUSA-TV reports. In New Orleans, one shooting spree just after midnight on Bourbon [...]

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Mother Of Secretary Of State Clinton Dies Aged 92

Source: David Jackson / USA Today Our sympathies to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, whose mother passed away this morning. Dorothy Rodham was 92 years old. "She overcame abandonment and hardship as a young girl to become the remarkable woman she was," said a statement from the Clinton family: "A warm, generous and strong [...]

Black Farmer Settlements 'Long Overdue' (VIDEO)

The National Black Farmers Association's John Boyd talks to CNN's Fredricka Whitfield about approved settlement payments. WATCH:

Pistons' Ben Wallace Pleads Guilty In Alcohol Case

Source: Ed White / Detroit Free Press Detroit Pistons center Ben Wallace has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated and possessing a firearm while under the influence of alcohol. Wallace entered the plea today in Oakland County Circuit Court in Pontiac. Sentencing is Dec. 13. He faces a maximum penalty of [...]

Ann Coulter On Herman Cain: Our Blacks Are Better Than Their Blacks (VIDEO)

Source: Frances Martel / Mediaite Ann Coulter isn't buying for one minute that the sexual harassment allegations made against Herman Cain are true. Coulter was one of the first to comment on the story last night as it broke on Geraldo at Large, and returned to Fox News today to give Sean Hannity her take [...]

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How To Cope With The Stress Of A Bad Economy, Unemployment And Foreclosure (VIDEO)

People are afraid of losing their homes, also afraid of losing their jobs, and worried about paying for their children's education and just having the basic essentials they need to survive; but we know all of that leads to stress.

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Herman Cain Now Says He Knew Of Cash Settlement With One Woman Who Accused Him Of Sexual Harassment

Source: Nia-Malika Henderson / The Washington Post Herman Cain, who spent Monday denying that he sexually harassed two women while he headed the National Restaurant Association, late in the day offered details of an incident with a female colleague that led to allegations of inappropropriate behavior. Also, for the first time, the 2012 presidential candidate acknowledged [...]

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President Obama To Order FDA To Help Reduce Drug Shortages

Source: AP / USA Today WASHINGTON – President Obama is directing the Food and Drug Administration to take steps to reduce drug shortages, an escalating problem that has endangered patients and raised the possibility of price gouging. Patient deaths have been blamed on the shortages, which tend to affect cancer drugs, anesthetics, drugs used in [...]

Herman Cain Denies Harassment Allegation (VIDEO)

At the National Press Club, GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain refutes sexual harassment allegations against him. WATCH: