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Businessman at Center of New Birth Fraud Probe Speaks
Jeff Martin of the Associated Press is reporting that Ephren Taylor Jr., the North Carolina businessman at the center of a fraud probe involving New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Georgia, says that he’s taking action to “make things right.” Former members of the church claim that they lost their retirement savings by participating in…
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Pat Buchanan Offers Solution to Black Unemployment
Conservative political commentator Pat Buchanan has been under fire recently for racist comments made in his new book, Suicide of a Superpower, in which he blames diversity and immigration for the downfall of the nation. Buchanan’s obsession with “white power” extends to his position on how to solve black unemployment. In an interview with DCentric’s…
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Arrest Made in Zurana Horton Murder
Sean Gardiner and Pervaiz Shallwani of the Wall Street Journal are reporting that an arrest has been made in the murder of pregnant mother Zurana Horton. Police arrested David Lopez, 18, and charged him as being the rooftop gunman who fatally shot a mother shielding children from the bullets he was allegedly firing at a…
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Obama Team Launches Initiative to Attract Young Voters
Susan Page of USA Today is reporting that President Obama’s re-election campaign launches an initiative this week aimed at rekindling the connection with younger voters that helped fuel his 2008 campaign. The outreach effort, called Greater Together, will tap Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites and target students on colleges and universities in key…
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VIDEO: Firefighter Catches 6-Year-Old Dropped From Burning Building
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy MSNBC is reporting that firefighters in Boston rescued at least 15 people from a six-alarm blaze in the city’s Roxbury section, including a 6-year-old boy who was dropped from a third-floor window. Herbert and Judith Lamb were forced to drop their 6-year-old grandson,…
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Body of 11-Year-Old William McQuain Found
Dan Morse and Josh White of the Washington Post report that the body of 11-year-old William McQuain has been found. McQuain was last seen on the surveillance camera of a self-storage center in Germantown, Md., on Oct. 1. McQuain was with his stepfather, Curtis Lopez, the man who police say killed his mother, Jane McQuain,…
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NBC Poll: Herman Cain Leads in South Carolina
Mark Murray, deputy political director at NBC News, is reporting that Herman Cain holds a narrow lead in South Carolina’s Republican primary, and he’s running neck and neck in Florida with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, according to two new NBC News-Marist polls. These two states have played pivotal roles in past Republican presidential nominating…
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Obama and First Lady to Promote Plan for Unemployed Vets
Julie Pace of the Associated Press is reporting that President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will promote a plan for unemployed veterans during the final leg of President Obama’s three-day bus tour. The White House says that this plan would put more of the nation’s unemployed veterans back to work. During a joint…
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Veterans' Unemployment Trumps Civilian Rate
Michael A. Fletcher of the Washington Post is reporting that despite the marketing pitch from the armed forces, which promises to prepare soldiers for the working world, recent veterans are more likely than their civilian counterparts to be unemployed. Army veteran Brian Joseph is highlighted in the article. Joseph, 43, entered the Army after high…
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