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VIA CNN: Dorothy Height, a leading civil rights pioneer of the 1960s, died Tuesday at age 98, Howard University Hospital confirmed. Height died at 3:41 a.m., said hospital spokesman Ron Harris. No cause of death was given. Height, who had been chair and president emerita of the National Council of Negro Women, worked in the […]

By Mark F. Gray Just over three years ago it seemed that Camelot had comeback to the Georgetown basketball program. With a trip to the NCAA Final Four and an NBA Lottery pick on the roster in Jeff Green the days of Hoya paranoia seemed ready to make their way back to Chinatown. However, when […]

VIA CNN: Fifteen years ago, a bomb ripped through a federal building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, in the worst homegrown terrorist attack on U.S. soil. The April 19, 1995, attack killed 168 people, shattering the notion that America was largely immune to domestic terrorism. On Monday, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano traveled to to Oklahoma […]

Prince George’s County Police Chief Roberto Hylton joins Bernie McCain to discuss the University of Maryland incident involving officers and students following the University of Maryland basketball team victory over Duke this year. two officers were suspended after a video showed police repeatedly striking a student with batons.

VIA LA TIMES BLOG: Elin Nordegren has had it with Tiger Woods. As if having your famous husband’s countless affairs made public isn’t bad enough, Nordegren’s friends are saying she’s furious about his speedy return to golf. She doesn’t like that controversial Nike commercial he did either. To hear sources talking to People magazine tell […]

Maryland Comptroller Pete Franchot joins Bernie McCain today at 4pm eastern to talk about the importance of filing your income tax today. Peter Franchot was elected Maryland’s 33rd Comptroller on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2006. Prior to his election to statewide office, Peter served 20 years in the Maryland General Assembly, representing the residents of Montgomery […]

VIA CNN MONEY: The number of Americans filing for unemployment insurance for the first time jumped for the second week in a row, according to government data released Thursday. There were 484,000 initial jobless claims filed in the week ended April 10, up 24,000 from an unrevised 460,000 the previous week, according to the Labor […]

VIA NEW YORK DAILY NEWS: Civil rights leader Benjamin Hooks, who revitalized a faltering NAACP in the 1980s and spent a lifetime championing the nation’s minorities and needy, died Thursday morning. Hooks, 85, passed away at his Nashville, Tenn., home following a long illness, said state Rep. Ulysses Jones. While probably best known for his […]

VIA CNN: A rapid series of strong earthquakes hit a mountainous and impoverished area of China’s Qinghai province early Wednesday, killing 589 people, state-run media said, quoting local quake relief headquarters. At least 10,000 others were injured, the Xinhua news agency reported, and many victims, including school children, were buried under debris. Rescuers were struggling […]

VIA CBSNEWS: First Lady Michelle Obama has landed in Haiti for an unannounced visit to the country still struggling to recover following a 7.0 magnitude earthquake on January 12th. Accompanied by Dr. Jill Biden, the wife of Vice President Joe Biden, the first lady touched down in Port-au-Prince Tuesday at 10:40 am local time. They […]