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High School Football Star Isayah Muller Fatally Stabbed After Graduation

Source: Bob Kappstatter, Kerry Wills and Matthew Lysiak / New York Daily News Isayah Muller, 19, was stabbed to death Tuesday after his father fought with two parking lot attendants that he accused of stealing a graduation gift from the family car. Andre Muller, 40, was charged with assault and criminal possession of a weapon, cops said. Investigators continued to question the parking lot employees Wednesday at the 52nd Precinct stationhouse. A friend of the Muller family was stunned that [...]

TJMS: Working While Black: Author Michelle Johnson Discusses How To Successfully Navigate The Workplace

Roland Martin talks with Michelle Johnson about her book, Working While Black: The Black Person's Guide to Success in the White Workplace. Johnson's book details some of the issues that African-Americans have to deal with in the workplace and how to be successful. For more information and to order Working While Black visit Amazon.com.

Why Paying Off And Closing Credit Cards Can Hurt Your Credit Score (VIDEO)

Roland Martin talks with Rodney Anderson, Author of Credit 911 about how credit works and why paying off and closing credit card accounts can ultimately hurt you in the end.

Credit Reporting Agency Monopoly Holding Many Americans Hostage (VIDEO)

Rodney Anderson, Author of Credit 911 joins Roland Martin for this special segment on credit. Anderson believes that the credit reporting agencies are holding Americans hostage. Anderson also discusses issues with medical bills affecting American's credit ratings.

Bachmann Defends Medicaid Funds To Husband's Clinic

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Source: MSNBC St. Paul, Minn. — Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann is deflecting questions about federally subsidized health dollars that have flowed to her husband's mental health clinic. As Bachmann, a Republican member of the U.S. House from Minnesota, tours the nation attacking the size of federal government, she has come under heightened scrutiny over public dollars flowing to family business interests. That includes $137,000 that Bachmann and Associates [...]

Gunfight Raging At luxury Kabul Hotel In Afghanistan

Source: CNN Fighters armed with bombs and small arms attacked Kabul's InterContinental Hotel, where they fought Tuesday with Afghan security forces, Chief of Criminal Investigation Mohammed Zahir told CNN. Among the attackers were suicide bombers, he said. Taliban bombers were responsible for the 10 p.m. attack on the hotel, Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said. Initial reports indicate that multiple suicide bombers, mostly likely wearing explosive vests, carried out the attack, a U.S. military official told CNN. There were no indications [...]

Foreign Relations Committee Approves Libya Resolution

Source: Deb Pettit and Libby Leist / MSNBC The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted, 14-5, to approve a resolution that would authorize United States participation in the NATO-led mission in Libya. The resolution was offered by Chairman John Kerry (D-MA), and Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), which authorized continued participation of the U.S. military, but banned troops on the ground. It authorized the mission for up to one year after the date of enactment, unless NATO ends it sooner. This now goes to [...]

Stephen A. Smith Talks NBA Lockout (VIDEO)

CNN's Kyra Phillips talks NBA lockout with ESPN's Stephen A. Smith. WATCH:

Facebook Hires Sony's Hacker

Source: Reshma Kirplani / ABC News The 21-year-old hacker who was sued by Sony for cracking their Play Station 3 video game console, George Hotz, has been hired by Facebook. A Facebook spokesperson confirmed to ABCNews.com that Hotz, known in the hacker community as "Geohot," is currently employed at Facebook, although she did not respond to requests for further information. The Washington Post reports that Hotz has been hired by Facebook to work on their anticipated iPad app. The news [...]

Credit Laws, Scores And Mechanisms Can Bar African-Americans From Home Ownership (VIDEO)

Roland Martin talks with Kelvin Boston about how credit laws, scores and various mechanisms disenfranchise African-Americans economically from home ownership, forcing up to 70 percent into the sub-prime mortgage market.