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Via MSNBC.Com The airline known for making a mockery of the likes of Tiger Woods and Charlie Sheen with controversial ad campaigns has done it again. Spirit Airlines has used the Secret Service prostitution scandal as part of their new promotion, offering a “More Bang for your Buck” deal to Cartagena, Colombia and some domestic […]
The parents of Trayvon Martin, Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin, will not grant George Zimmerman’s request to meet with him in private, attorney Benjamin Crump…
In this exclusive opinion piece, actor Gabrielle Union issues an impassioned and very personal plea to spare the Affordable Care Act, now under attack by politicians. I am going to do something that most people in my position don’t do often – tell you my age. I am 39 years old. I am at an […]
via: cnn.com (CNN) — A convicted murderer and another inmate who escaped from a Kansas jail remained on the loose Thursday, as authorities scoured the region for the missing prisoners. Santos Carrera-Morales, identified as a Hispanic male with a shaved head and goatee, escaped from the Ottawa County Jail early Wednesday morning, according to the […]
via: cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — The price of an average gallon of regular gasoline declined for the third straight day Thursday, putting a crimp — at least temporarily — in one of the fastest and steepest runups in recent memory. The average price fell 0.8 cent a gallon to $3.891 in the latest daily […]
via: cnn.com (CNN) — Gunmen opened fire at an illegal cockfighting ring in southern Texas early Thursday morning, killing three people and wounding at least eight, the Hidalgo County sheriff’s office told CNN. Sheriff Lupe Trevino told CNN affiliate KRGV that his deputies are “dealing with a crime scene from hell.” Read More
via NewsOne.Com Legendary Boston Celtics center Bill Russell remains as one of the greatest basketball players ever, winning an astounding 11 championships, 5 MVP awards and 12 All-Star appearances in his 13-year career. Along with his various accolades and still-prominent stature in the game, Russell also holds the honorable distinction of being the first African-American […]
Via NewsOne.Com In an interview today on NPR, First lady Michelle Obama shared her thoughts on the devastating murder of Trayvon Martin. Subtly deflecting from the racial tension that has polarized the nation, Mrs. Obama shifts the case back to its heart: Two people lost their son in a tragic act of violence. Read […]
via News92FM.Com The 11 Secret Service agents accused of soliciting prostitutes and drinking excessively while on assignment in Colombia will be forced to take lie detector tests to determine exactly what happened, ABC News has learned. The alleged misconduct in Cartagena, Colombia, came before President Obama arrived there last Friday to attend the Summit […]
via: cnn.com President Barack Obama holds a nine-point lead over Republican challenger Mitt Romney thanks in part to the perception that the president is more likeable and more in touch with the problems facing women and middle class Americans, according to a new national poll. A CNN/ORC International poll released Monday also indicates a large […]
via: cnn.com (CNN) — Even though the Internet has become a key tool for accessing services, getting an education, finding jobs, getting the news, keeping up with people you know and much more, one in five U.S. adults still does not use the Internet at all, according to a new Pew report. Why? Mostly they’re […]
via: cnn.com The space shuttle Discovery left Florida’s Kennedy Space Center on its last flight Tuesday, mounted on top of a specially modified Boeing 747 and headed to its final destination, the Smithsonian in Washington. As Discovery left Florida at first light, it saluted the past and all those who were part of the U.S.’s […]