Roland S. Martin's Blog, page 692

Airlines Raise Fares To Grab Tax Savings

Source: David Koenig / MSNBC Dallas – The great tax holiday of 2011 for air travelers is just about over. By Monday, most U.S. airlines had raised fares to reap the benefit of lower federal taxes on airline tickets. A few airlines that were passing the savings on to consumers changed their minds. Several federal taxes on airline tickets expired over the weekend after Congress failed to pass legislation to keep the Federal Aviation Administration running at full speed. Raising [...]

TJMS: Roland Martin Discusses Dave Chappelle's Performance During Zo's Summer Groove

Roland Martin discusses Zo's Summer Groove, Dave Chappelle's performance and his reaction to hecklers in the front row.

Boehner And Reid Work On Partisan Debt Plans (VIDEO)

Source: CBS News On Friday House Speaker John Boehner said he was abandoning talks with the White House to focus on what he thought could be a deal that he could reach with congressional leaders. After a weekend of intense back-and-forth, we are now told that those talks have stalled, too, reports CBS News Congressional correspondent Nancy Cordes. Boehner says his Republican bill would involve raising the debt ceiling in two stages: First, by about $1 trillion, in exchange for [...]

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Autopsy Not Conclusive In Amy Winehouse Death

Source: CNN London – Investigators may not know what killed singer Amy Winehouse until they get results from lab tests on her blood and tissue, due in about two to four weeks, according to Scotland Yard Monday. An autopsy was completed at St. Pancras Mortuary Monday afternoon, two days after the singer died in her London apartment. "It did not establish a formal cause of death and we await the results of further toxicology tests," a police statement said. To [...]

Rep. Steve King Says President Obama "Would Be Impeached" If Nation Falls Into Default

Source: Reid J. Epstein / Politico Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) said Monday that President Barack Obama "would be impeached" if the nation falls into default. "STOP talking about default," he wrote on Twitter. "The 1st dime of each $1 of revenue services debt. Obama would be impeached if he blocked debt payments. C C & B!" King is among the House Republicans who voted for the so-called "Cut, Cap and Balance" plan that would introduce a constitutional amendment to require [...]

Are You Ready For Some Football? NFLPA Approves Labor Deal

Source: ESPN The NFL Players Association executive board and 32 team reps have voted unanimously to approve the terms of a deal to the end the 4½-month lockout. According to the timeline for league business to begin, trades can be made beginning Tuesday and free-agent signings can be filed with the league office Friday at 6 p.m. ET. Teams may begin negotiating with unrestricted free agents beginning Tuesday. A source at the highest-level had earlier told ESPN NFL Insider Adam [...]

LIVE VIDEO: House Speaker John Boehner Discusses Debt Plan

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Cenk Uygur: Al Sharpton Is Replacing Me Because He's Friendlier To Obama (VIDEO)

Source: The Huffington Post Cenk Uygur continued his anti-MSNBC tour on CNN's "Reliable Sources" Sunday–and he suggested that he was getting replaced because Al Sharpton, the man all-but-certain to succeed him as the network's 6 PM host, is friendlier to the White House. Uygur left MSNBC very publicly last week, claiming that the network implied to him that his anti-Washington "tone" was not in keeping with the "establishment" bent that MSNBC was trying to cultivate. MSNBC has strongly denied the [...]

Mediaite: Roland Martin Livetweets Dave Chappelle's Strange Comedy Set (VIDEO)

Source: Alex Alvarez / Mediaite Last Friday night, TV One and CNN analyst Roland S. Martin took in Dave Chappelle's stand-up show in Miami. When Chappelle's set began to take a nosedive after some hecklers in the audience began to get the best of the elusive comedian, Martin did what reporters do best. He reported on it, using Twitter. Roland Martin's livetweets during Dave Chappelle's performance: The next evening, both Chappelle and Martin attended former Heat player Alonzo Mourning's "Zo's [...]