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LIVE VIDEO: President Obama Speaks At Guilford Technical Community College

JOIN THE LIVE CHAT VISIT WHITEHOUSE.GOV President Obama Speaks at Guilford Technical Community College Jamestown, North Carolina

REV. AL SHARPTON: A New March On Washington For Jobs And Justice (VIDEO)

CNN's T.J. Holmes talks to Rev. Al Sharpton about the March on Washington for Jobs and Justice. WATCH:

ROLAND S. MARTIN: Occupy Wall Street Should Be Moral, Not Political, Movement

By Roland S. Martin Editor-in-Chief RolandMartinReports.com Whenever there is an uprising among the people of this country in the form of protest and organized dissent — especially with a presidential election 13 months away — the discussion inevitably shifts to what will it all mean for one of the nation's two political parties. No matter how hard its representatives have tried to suggest that it isn't partisan, the tea party is nothing more than a sub-group of the Republican Party. [...]

Radio Preacher Now Says Oct. 21 Is Definitely Doomsday

Source: Douglas Stanglin / USA Today Family Radio Network preacher Harold Camping, whose prediction for the end of the world on May 21 misfired, now says that his new date of Oct. 21 looks like the real thing, well, probably. "A lot of things we didn't have quite right will probably be finished out on Oct. 21," the 90-year-old Campng says in a message on his Family Radio Network website. "That looks like it will be at this point, looks [...]

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Woman Found Guilty In Plot To Kill Husband (VIDEO)

A Florida woman is found guilty of attempting to hire a hit man to kill her husband and is sentenced to 20 years in jail. NBC's Dennis Murphy reports.

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Huntsman To Boycott Presidential Debate

Source: Mark Preston / CNN Las Vegas – Republican presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman said Friday he was skipping next week's Western Republican Presidential Debate out of deference to New Hampshire, which is locked in a political scheduling fight with Nevada. Huntsman will instead hold a campaign event in New Hampshire Tuesday evening as his seven rivals for the GOP presidential nomination face off in the debate, which takes place in Las Vegas. Huntsman's show of loyalty to New Hampshire comes [...]

"Unusual" Meeting Between US, Iran Over Plot (VIDEO)

Source: AP / CBS News WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama said Thursday that officials at the "highest levels" of the Iranian government must be held accountable for a brazen and bizarre plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States on American soil, insisting leaders of the world will believe the U.S. case without dispute once they absorb the details. U.S. officials, meanwhile, confirmed the Obama administration has had direct contact with Iran over the allegations. The U.S. ambassador [...]

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MLK Memorial Dedication Sunday (VIDEO)

Roland Martin talks with Sec. Alexis Herman and Harry E. Johnson President and CEO of the National MLK Memorial Foundation about the Martin Luther King Memorial Dedication, Sunday, October 16th in Washington D.C Television Schedule Update: TV One's Coverage of the MLK Memorial Dedication will begin at 9 AM ET.

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Roland Martin Delivers The Academy of Saint Sabina's 8th Grade Graduation Commencement Speech (AUDIO)

Roland Martin delivers the 8th grade graduation commencement speech at The Academy of Saint Sabina in Chicago, IL

NBA Cancels First 2 Weeks Of Season (VIDEO)

Source: Marc Stein / ESPN After roughly 13 hours of negotiations over two days failed to close what he termed a significant gulf "on virtually all issues," NBA commissioner David Stern cancelled the first two weeks of the 2011-12 regular season Monday night. Stern also suggested that the cancellations imposed on the 102nd day of the NBA lockout — just the second work stoppage in league history to bleed into the regular season — essentially guarantee that a full 82-game [...]