Roland S. Martin's Blog, page 676

Chris Johnson Continues Holdout (VIDEO)

Chris Johnson continues holdout, ignoring deadline to report to earn an accrued season toward free agency

Authorities Seize $800M Worth Of Pot In California

Source: AP / MSNBC Ukiah, Calif. — An estimated $800 million worth of marijuana has been seized following a massive raid on illegal grows on public lands deep in Northern California's pot country, authorities said Tuesday. The three-week effort, known as Operation Full Court Press, to purge the Mendocino National Forest of illegal gardens, seized more than 632,000 marijuana plants. The operation also led to 132 people being arrested as 118 were booked on federal and state charges and 14 [...]

Hungry And Desperate In Africa (VIDEO)

Dr. Sanjay Gupta visits the world's largest refugee camp for an up-close look at Somalia's food shortage problems. WATCH:

Wall Street Rebounds From Its Biggest Drop In Years

Source: MSNBC New York — Wall Street rallied at Tuesday's opening bell, rebounding from the previous session's nosedive, as investors looked to a Federal Reserve statement for clues on how it may combat the growing perception the nation was headed for recession. The Dow Jones industrial average was lately up over 200 points, having plunged 635 points Monday after Standard & Poor's downgraded the U.S. credit rating late Friday. The broader market recorded its worst loss since December 2008 at [...]

Jill Biden Visits East Africa Famine Refugees (VIDEO)

Source: Jason Straziuso / ABC News A U.S. aid official warned Monday that hundreds of thousands of Somalis could die as famine spreads, amid a visit to Kenyan refugee camps by the wife of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden. Jill Biden on Monday visited the world's largest refugee camp, Dadaab, where tens of thousands of Somali famine refugees have arrived in recent weeks. Biden's trip is the highest-profile U.S. visit to drought-stricken East Africa since the numbers of refugees began [...]

Polygamist Leader Warren Jeffs Sentenced To Life In Prison

Source: Jim Kyle / CNN San Angelo, Texas – A jury in Texas Tuesday sentenced polygamist leader Warren Jeffs to life in prison for sexually assaulting children. Jurors came back with the sentence after 30 minutes of deliberations. The life sentence came for Jeffs' conviction for aggravated sexual assault of a child under age 14, and the jury also imposed a 20-year prison sentence for his conviction of sexual assault of a child under age 17. The judge ruled the [...]

Remains Of U.S. Troops Arrive Home In Secrecy

Source: AP / CBS News Washington – Troops killed in the deadliest incident of the Afghan war came home Tuesday — traveling in death much the same way they did in life — shrouded in secrecy. Two C-17 aircraft carrying the remains of 30 killed in a weekend helicopter crash arrived late in the morning at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, the Pentagon said. But three days after the downing of the aircraft by insurgents, Defense Department leaders were [...]

Outkast's Big Boi Busted For Viagra And Ecstasy Pills

Source: AP / New York Daily News Half of the hip hop duo Outkast is in legal hot water. Miami cops arrested Antwan 'Big Boi' Patton on Aug. 7 on multiple drug charges, according to booking information posted on the Miami-Dade jail website. The 36 year-old rapper was charged with illegal possession of Viagra and Ecstasy pills, MDMA powder and drug paraphernalia with intent to use, the website said. Bail on the four charges was set at $16,000. To read [...]

Worst Days Of Obama's Presidency? (VIDEO)

CNN's John King is joined by panel members to discuss the U.S. credit downgrade and Afghan attack. WATCH:

Kelly Rowland Accidentally Unleashes Her Breasts During Concert

Source: Entertainment Weekly / CNN On Friday, Nicki Minaj turned some heads when her left nipple freed itself from the confines of her outfit and said "Hello!" to a national television audience during a performance on "Good Morning America." While Kelly Rowland couldn't technically have gone bigger (that's just genetics), she certainly did go harder. During a peak moment at a concert in West Orange, New Jersey on Sunday, Rowland's already-revealing top — shown above, while still (nominally) containing her [...]