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Washington Watch CBC Recap: Town Hall Meeting On Jobs And The Economy (VIDEO)

A week ago, Washington, D.C., was buzzing as the Congressional Black Caucus held their annual legislative conference. It's a big event with panels and parties, but a lot of serious talk about the employment disaster in the Black community. Our "Washington Watch" cameras captured a lot of the action, including their town hall meeting on jobs and the economy.

700 Occupy Wall Street Protesters Arrested On Brooklyn Bridge (VIDEO)

More than 700 protesters demonstrating against corporate greed, inequality and other issues, were arrested Saturday after they swarmed the Brooklyn Bridge and shut down a lane of traffic. (Oct. 1)

Don Lemon To CNN Panel: How Bad Is 'N*ggerhead' Story For Perry Campaign?

Source: Colby Hall / Mediaite This past Sunday the Washington Post published a lengthy report on a family camping site rented by Texas Governor Rick Perry that went by the name N*ggerhead Rock. The article goes in great detail asking legitimate questions surrounding the camp, and includes contains a denunciation by Perry, but also seems to find the embattled GOP candidate guilty by association for what is suggested to be tolerance of the offensive name. Last night CNN's Don Lemon [...]

Obama's Former Campaign Funders On Wall Street Turn Against Him

Source: Nathaniel Popper / Los Angeles Times / Chicago Tribune Reporting from New York— The race is on to tap one of the most vital sources of campaign cash — Wall Street — and the early results are not looking good for President Obama. The president's campaign struggled this week to sell out a fundraising dinner Friday at Manhattan's gilded Four Seasons restaurant despite its being hosted by America's No. 1 capitalist, Warren Buffett, according to people close to the [...]

21,000 Detroiters Losing Welfare Benefits

Source: Karen Bouffard and Mike Wilkinson /  The Detroit News Lansing— Roughly 1 in 10 children in parts of Detroit and Flint will lose welfare benefits Saturday, when cash benefits for families who've been on welfare 48 months or longer are cut off. Although nearly 41,000 people statewide will lose payments averaging $515 a month, the brunt of the impact will be felt in two of the poorest cities in the state, with Detroit accounting for more than half of [...]

California Farm Recalls Lettuce Amid Listeria Concerns

Source: USA Today One company here has voluntarily recalled cartons of chopped romaine lettuce because of possible listeria contamination, but no illnesses have been reported. The lettuce was shipped both out of state and in state, according to the California Department of Public Health. Steve Church, chief executive officer of Church Brothers of Salinas, Calif. — the marketing agent and part owner of grower True Leaf Farms — thinks all of the lettuce went out of state. He said 2,498 boxes [...]

Pat Buchanan: Black People Bought 'Propaganda' On The 'Liberal Plantation' (VIDEO)

Pat Buchanan endorsed Herman Cain's controversial claim that black voters have been "brainwashed" into voting Democratic -- and, on Thursday, he added some very controversial opinions of his own to the mix.

Buffett Says 'Buffett Rule' Should Apply Only To 'Ultra-Rich'

Source: Amy Bingham / ABC News Billionaire investment tycoon Warren Buffett, who has become the unwitting mascot of President Obama's jobs plan, is less than thrilled with one of the plan's main provisions: the millionaires' tax, or as it's come to be known, the "Buffett Rule." In an interview with Bloomberg Television today, Buffett said he did not support the president's plan to increase taxes on people who earn more than $1 million per year. "It isn't [my idea] to [...]

A Safe Place For Chicago Youth: Common Introduces A CNN Hero Who Helps Get Kids Off the Block (VIDEO)

Rapper/actor Common introduces Top 10 CNN Hero Diane Latiker, who helps youth through her program "Kids Off the Block." WATCH:

7-Year-Old Girl Gets Alcohol Poisoning From Drinking Hand Sanitizer (VIDEO)

Virginia Girl Gets Alcohol Poisoning After Ingesting Hand Sanitizer at School: MyFoxDC.com Source: The Huffington Post An angry father wonders why his 7-year-old girl was able to drink enough hand sanitizer to put her in the hospital with alcohol poisoning. Christy Grant, a second grader at Neabsco Elementary School in Dale City, Va. was unconscious and unresponsive when she was rushed from school to the hospital, Grant's father told My Fox DC. "She gave us a story. Somebody dared her. [...]