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Suspect Who Took Out British Soldier With Machete Was Once Recruited By British Intelligence Agency, Says Friend
This past week a young man wielding a meat machete chopped a British soldier to death, leaving him dead in the streets of London in broad daylight. The attack on Lee Rigby sparked anti-Islamic protests in South London. But up until now, the only thing we knew of the attacker was what he’d said during [...]
7 Most Offensive Statements Ever Made By Black Fox News Contributors
1. Kill All Muslims Erik Rush, a pundit Fox pundit, took to Twitter after the Boston bombing, tweeting, “Muslims are evil” and “let’s kill them all.” He later implied that he wasn’t being serious, but then added this tidbit: “It’s nice to see all the Islamist apologists standing up for those who would waste them [...]
84 Year Old Woman Charged With Drug Trafficking
Approximately six years after the recession engineered by Wall St. caused the greatest economic downturn in American history, no bankers have been arrested. In fact, the only person arrested in connection with the bank fraud underpinning the housing collapse was a man who misrepresented his income on a mortgage application. But even though federal and [...]
FBI on Former Black Panther Assata Shakur: ‘We Absolutely Still Consider Her a Threat’
To many, the idea that a woman who spent the majority of her life working against the oppressively racist American government could ever be considered a terrorist in her own right is preposterous. But Assata Shakur, who is accused of k!lling a New Jersey trooper during a firefight, is being sought out not as an [...]
London: Soldier Chopped to Death by Machete Wielding Terrorist in Broad Daylight [Video]
Sometimes terror is a coordinated effort, even a state sanctioned operation, and at other times, terror is the act of one or two lone outliers. Today in London, terror revealed itself as the latter. In a breathtaking attack, a terrorist wielding a meat cleaver chopped a British soldier to death, leaving him dead in the [...]
Washington Post’s Eugene Robinson to Obama: You Have ‘No Business’ Sending FBI to Spy on Journalists
In an uncharacteristic break with the Obama administration, center-left Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson is calling out the Obama administration for tapping journalists’ phones and physically spying on their movements. “The Obama administration has no business rummaging through journalists’ phone records, perusing their e-mails and tracking their movements in an attempt to keep them from [...]
Colorado: Blacks Make Up 4% of Population and 100% of Death Row Inmates
In Colorado, officials are readying themselves to render the state’s second execution in 45 years. Nathan Dunlap, the Chuck E. Cheese k*ller, is scheduled to be put to death for murdering several people. Although few dispute the heinous nature of Dunlap’s crime, some opponents of the death penalty are asking that Dunlap’s sentence be commuted [...]
Comparing Bill Clinton’s Howard University Address to Obama’s Morehouse Commencement
by Yvette Carnell Given the controversy over President Obama’s Morehouse commencement speech, it seems only fair to air out this issue with relevant comparisons. The case that I and others have made is that President Obama inappropriately pathologized black male behavior during his commencement speech. Further, I asserted that one would not have seen such [...]
The Urban Poor? Thanks to the Recession, More Poor People Live in Suburbs Than Cities
Not long ago, more poor lived in urban areas than suburbs, but recession changed all that. New data reveals that there are now more poor people in the suburbs than in America’s urban areas. As the number of poor people in America swells, the number of poor people living in America’s suburbs has grown to [...]
Obama Went Off Script to Applaud Gay Morehouse Grads During Commencement Address
Amid all the discussion of President Obama’s commencement remarks on Sunday, many observers missed Obama going slightly off script to include gay male students in the crowd. Obama said to the graduates, The comment caught a lot of students off guard and created a stir within the crowd. Once the crowd calmed a bit, Obama [...]
Suspect in custody for hit-run that killed couple, baby
A suspect is in custody in connection with the hit-and-run crash that killed a pregnant woman, her husband and ultimately their child, an NYPD spokesman confirmed to NBC 4 New York.
Fla. woman accused of asking kids to murder her in-laws
A Florida woman is in jail on a million bond after she plotted to have her young children murder her in-laws, authorities said.
Study: Fewer gun deaths in states with most gun laws
States with a heavier dose of firearm laws tend to have the lowest rates of gun deaths, according to a new study by researchers who argue their findings show "there is a role" in America for more rigid gun-control legislation.
Video: Race-based academic targets raise eyebrows
As states have sought waivers from the 100 percent proficiency requirement of No Child Left Behind, new performance targets were put in place that led to differing expectations for children depending on their race. NBC’s Rehema Ellis reports. (Nightly News)
Police: No charges for nurse who wouldn't do CPR
Criminal charges will not be filed against anyone involved in the case of an elderly California woman who collapsed at a retirement home and later died after a nurse refused a 911 dispatcher’s pleas to perform CPR, police in Bakersfield, Calif., said Wednesday.
How workers survive on .25 per hour
President Obama has called on Congress to give minimum-wage workers a raise, but conservatives argue the move would hurt both the economy and low-wage earners.
Lion kills worker at California big cat park
A lion mauled an employee of a big cat park Wednesday to death in California, authorities said.
Insurance agent convicted in Zumba prostitution case
A Maine jury needed only a few hours Wednesday morning to convict Mark Strong in the so-called Zumba prostitution case, in which he was charged with helping to run a sex business with his fitness-instructor mistress.
Porn, cocaine and stolen soda lands California man in jail
A very eventful trip to a Safeway grocery store ended with a California man's arrest.
Snowstorm misses DC, pounds areas west of capital
Like so many things in Washington, D.C., the winter storm that was supposed to bring the nation's capital to a crawl on Wednesday proved to be overhyped and underwhelming.
The Robert Reich Reality Check All Of Your Friends Need To See
If we're going to correct America's economic course, it's going to take a whole lot more people understanding this. Can you do your part to share it? WATCH: See more
If You've Ever Worried About Money Then You Need To See This Film
Prepare to see things in a way you may never have seen them before. WATCH: See more
This Is The One Video That Conservatives Hope You Don't Click On Today
It's something that'd be really good for the economy and families, but the GOP hopes you're not paying much attention to so they can weaken or stop it. WATCH:
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You'll Never Believe Who Is The Lowest Low Wage Job Creator In America
Hint: It isn't Wal-Mart.
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It Starts With A 'D' And Ends With An 'N' And It Totally Jacked Up These Little Girls' Lives
Did you guess what it is?
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ATTENTION: We Know A Way To Add .5 Trillion To The U.S. Economy
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Elizabeth Warren Isn't Going To Sit Back While They Try To Cut Benefits For Folks Like Her Aunt Bea
She's not afraid to spell out the kind of people we are (and aren't).
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Paul Ryan Casually Drops This Slur And Shows The GOP's Effort To 'Reach Out' Is B.S.
Well, now we really know how he really feels.
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You'll Never Guess What 30,000 MoveOn Members Did After Hurricane Katrina
This is really incredible.
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So What's In The Senate's New Immigration Bill Anyway?
Have you seen it?
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You'll Never Guess What One Major Thing Conservatives And Progressives Agree On
People might feel differently about some of these points, but the bottom line remains something we can unite around.
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Boston bombing spurs Senate debate on tighter immigration screening
The Boston Marathon bombing and subsequent manhunt for the suspects have already become part of the debate over immigration reform in Washington, with one high ranking Republican questioning the screening process that allows immigrants into the United States.
Senate shelves gun bill after defeats
The move follows the 54-46 defeat of a compromise to expand background checks, the most critical of a series of amendments that failed to pass the Senate on Wednesday.
As Gang of Eight presents plan, both sides gear up for immigration debate
With dueling press conferences, fact-checking wars and talk radio bonanzas, the fight over immigration reform seemed to finally begin in earnest on Thursday as the Senate’s bipartisan “Gang of Eight” formally presented their compromise legislation to overhaul the way immigrants come to live and work in the United States.
Political realities trumped popular support in gun vote
First Read: Despite polling that showed wide support for expanding background checks for gun buyers, the NRA and a red-blue divide were among reasons it failed in the Senate.
Reactions abound following the filing of Senate immigration bill
After a couple stutter-steps as they waited for the full text of the bill, statements from outside groups began pouring in this morning in reaction to the Senate immigration legislation that dropped overnight.
Despite complaints from Congress, sequester spending cuts taking root
It’s not yet been two months since the automatic spending cuts known as the sequester went into effect, but some members of Congress are already unhappy with the results.
Background check compromise falls 6 votes short in blow to gun control backers
Despite an impassioned push by President Barack Obama and an emotional lobbying effort by the families of mass shooting victims, proponents of a compromise measure to expand gun background checks on Wednesday fell six votes short of passage in the Senate.
Sanford responds to trespassing charge
Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, who is running for his old congressional seat, responded to a complaint that he trespassed at the home of his ex-wife, Jenny Sanford, by saying that he simply was watching the Super Bowl with his son.
Bush is back — but not his popularity
First Read: Former President George W. Bush has returned to the news — in both big and small ways.
Background checks expected to fall short in Senate vote
First Read: Senate appears short of the 60 votes needed for passage of the Manchin-Toomey measure to expand background checks.
The Tea Party, four years later
When the Tea Party movement made its official debut on April 15, 2009, it made quite a political splash with events across the country protesting President Obama's policies on that Tax Day. Four years later, that splash looks more like pebble thrown into a pond.
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Two freight trains collide in Missouri, bringing down overpass
ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - Two freight trains collided at a rail intersection in rural Missouri on Saturday, triggering the collapse of a highway overpass when at least a dozen rail cars derailed and struck a support pillar, authorities said.
Newark archdiocese official resigns following priest's arrest
NEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) - A leading official from the Catholic archdiocese of Newark has resigned his post as vicar general following the arrest of a priest accused of violating a deal that barred him from interacting with children, the archdiocese said on Saturday.
One driver killed as heavy rains flood streets in San Antonio
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - A woman died when her car was washed off a bridge on Saturday as drenching rains in Texas spawned flood waters so powerful they swept a city bus off the street, San Antonio officials said.
As border tightens, some U.S.-Mexico neighbors reach across the fence
NACO, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexican activist Maria Elena Borquez takes up a paintbrush and daubs a bright splotch of color on the rusted steel fence separating the small Mexican town of Naco from a neighboring town in the United States.
Sexual assault is a 'scourge' on U.S. military: Hagel
(Reuters) - Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel called sexual assault a "scourge" on Saturday as he addressed graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, where a sergeant stands accused of videotaping female cadets in the showers.
150 years after Gettysburg, drummer to recreate reunion march
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - Fifty years after the Battle of Gettysburg, the bloodiest of the U.S. Civil War, a survivor of that fight marched 200 miles from Pittsburgh to the site of the battle for a reunion attended by both Union and Confederate veterans.
What Detroit crisis? Pension fund trustees hang out in Hawaii
HONOLULU (Reuters) - The city of Detroit may be facing a deepening financial crisis but that hasn't stopped four trustees of its public pension funds from spending ,000 of retirement system funds to attend a conference in Hawaii this week.
Judge rules against 'America's toughest sheriff' in racial profiling lawsuit
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio violated the constitutional rights of Latino drivers in his crackdown on illegal immigration, a federal judge found on Friday, and ordered him to stop using race as a factor in law enforcement decisions.
Truck crash caused Washington state bridge collapse: officials
MOUNT VERNON, Washington (Reuters) - A bridge that collapsed in Washington state and sent two cars plunging into the Skagit River, raising concerns about the safety of the nation's aging infrastructure, was knocked down by a truck that crashed into at least one girder, officials said on Friday.
Federal agency accepts Nevada hospital's plan to curb patient-dumping
(Reuters) - Federal authorities approved a Nevada hospital's proposal on Friday for correcting deficiencies that led to newly discharged psychiatric patients being bused out of state without adequate plans for continued care.
Associate of arms dealer Viktor Bout extradited to New York
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S-Syrian citizen accused of conspiring with jailed Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout has been extradited to New York from Australia to face charges he conspired to buy aircraft in violation of economic sanctions, federal prosecutors said on Friday.
President Obama Signs Bill to Honor 4 Girls Murdered in 1963 Church Bombing
On Friday, President Obama signed legislation that will award the Congressional Gold Medal to the families [...]
Tri-Caucus Members Speak Out on GOP Student Loan Bill
Tri-Caucus Statement on GOP’s Increase in Student Loans Washington, D.C. (Link) – Yesterday, Congressional Black [...]
Federal Judge Confirms It: Joe Arpaio Targeted Hispanics
Politic365: File this one in the “no surprise” files. On Friday, a federal judge in Phoenix ruled [...]
Rep. Marc Veasey, TX CBCers, Send Letter to Rick Perry on Redistricting Worries
Dallas Morning News: Members of the Congressional Black Caucus on Wednesday asked Gov. Rick Perry [...]
Conyers Critical of Farrakhan for Anti-Semetic Remarks at Detroit Event
John Conyers apologized for Louis Farrakhan’s anti-Semitic comments during an event on May 17 at [...]
Going to Blogging While Brown in NYC? Use This Code for Off
The annual Blogging While Brown conference will be in New York City (Harlem!) this year. [...]
Anthony Foxx: Smooth Sailing at Confirmation Hearing
Even though Sen. John Thune (R-ND) decided today that President Obama’s nominee for Transportation Secretary, [...]
A Tale of 2 Speeches: President Obama at Hampton and at Morehouse
Anyone who thinks President Obama hasn’t come a long way when it comes to talking [...]
Conyers Says Obama Needs to Listen to Him on Jobs
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Where's Obama's climate agenda?
Four months into his term, the president has yet to offer plans for limiting greenhouse gases.
CEOs storm Washington
Executives say the reason for their change of heart is simple: The stakes have gotten higher.
What's next for the IRS?
The flood of scandal news is poised to slow dramatically.
The Attkisson approach
For years, she has been one of few pursuing critical stories about the Obama administration.
How not to handle the scandals
Opinion: Republicans' overreach during Bill Clinton's impeachment trial is a perfect example.
Sunday talk show tip sheet
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin will sit down with CBS and CNN.
Menendez: We don't have 60 votes
One of the chief authors of the Senate's Gang of Eight immigration bill is still hunting around.
Report: W.H. wanted warrant secret
Administration argued monitoring could happen.
Iowa GOP Senate primary a free-for-all
A second candidate is set to formally join the race and a new contender floats himself.
GOP strategist cut gun-group ads
Mike Murphy cut ads for Bloomberg's group defending Toomey and criticizing Pryor.
Iowa 2016: Who tops latest poll?
Potential candidates Hillary Clinton, Marco Rubio and Rand Paul are tested.
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The Veterans' IT Job Certification Program has been launched. It's a new program just announced by the White House will help US service members gain the training and certifications they need to get good jobs in the super-competitive information technology (IT) industry after separating from the military. You can read more about it in "The Connection" on this web site.
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