Consumer advocate and former presidential candidate Ralph Nader is on that stuff. Black America Web is reporting that Nader is calling for the elimination of college athletic scholarships, saying the move is necessary to “de-professionalize” college athletes. “As we near the exciting conclusion of ‘March Madness’ — which would more accurately be described as the…

ColoLlines is reporting that President Obama’s former top adviser Christina Romer blasted the government for inaction on joblessness. The economist, who left the White House last year, told attendees at an event at Vanderbilt University, “I frankly don’t understand why policymakers aren’t more worried about the suffering of real families.” Shani O. Hilton reports that…

MSNBC is reporting that Latinos could give President Barack Obama and the Democrats an edge in battleground states in 2012 Why? States like North Carolina, Virginia and Nevada aren’t thought of as immigration portals or left-leaning strongholds. The 2010 census revealed that in the past decade, the adult Latino population has nearly doubled in Nevada,…

ESPN sports analyst Stephen A. Smith blasted Dallas Cowboys star wide receiver Dez Bryant over his dustup with police over wearing sagging pants in the mall. Bryant got into an argument with a police officer at Northpark Mall because the officer asked Bryant and his friends to pull up their pants, which were hanging low…

Bruce Drake of Politics Daily is reporting that 50 percent of Americans approve of President Obama’s handling of Libya, according to a CBS News poll. Critics say the administration waited too long to act or, once it did, took military action whose goals were not as defined as Obama had said they would be. According…

Sound the horns — one of television’s best and most underappreciated actresses, S. Epatha Merkerson, has been cast in an untiltled CBS pilot. The medical drama is being penned by Erin Brockovich writer Susannah Grant, who is also executive-producing the series with seminal filmmaker Jonathan Demme. Demme will also direct the pilot. Merkerson will star…

New York’s Daily News is reporting that some Harlem residents aren’t losing any sleep over the announcement that the William J. Clinton Foundation will be moving its offices from 125th Street in Harlem to Water Street in the Financial District. Clinton will maintain an office in the building on 125th Street, but some residents don’t…

New York’s Daily News is reporting that a robotics team from It Takes A Village Academy in Brooklyn, N.Y., has won a berth in a prestigious science competition in St. Louis, Mo. The team, made up almost entirely of Haitian immigrants, are still ecstatic because their robot took first place in a competition at the…

Yahoo News is reporting that 9-year-old Anaiah Rucker of Madison, Ga., is being hailed as a hero after saving her little sister, Camry, from being hit by a truck last month. Anaiah told Today Show correspondent Ann Curry that she didn’t think twice before pushing her sister out of the path of a truck while…

The Huffington Post is reporting that Greg Anderson, Barry Bonds’ former trainer and childhood friend, was taken into custody by U.S. marshals for refusing to testify against the baseball legend. Anderson, who has already spent more than 400 days in jail over the last four years for refusing to testify against Bonds, was escorted out…