Real Estate in the 21st Century

  Student shot to death in Mississippi State University dorm By msnbc.com staff and news services STARKVILLE, Miss. -- A student was shot to death at a Mississippi State University residence hall late Saturday night, authorities said, adding that three suspects remained at large. Authorities have...

Trayvon Martin, my son, and the Black Male Code By JESSE WASHINGTON AP National Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- I thought my son would be much older before I had to tell him about the Black Male Code. He's only 12, still sleeping with stuffed animals, still afraid of the dark. But after the Trayvon M...

From the BBC: On 11 March, a soldier was shot and killed while waiting to see a man about selling his motorcycle. Days later, two soldiers were shot and killed and a third was wounded while waiting at a cash machine. Then earlier this week, three children and an adult were shot and killed outside...

  The New Orleans Saints Football team is getting its punishment from the NFL for having a bounty paid by its defensive coordinator paying players to hurt other players, usually stars on other teams.  The NFL clearly wanted to send a message, but what message will really be sent?n The team will l...

  The tragic shooting of a Florida teen has been making the rounds on the newscasts the last few days.  As reported so far, the racist white community watch captain lured the black teenager to his death.  Ignoring those that he had called (911) he followed the innocent honor student to his death ...

  Just so you will know who is doing the talking: The Economic Policy Institute’s mission is to inform and empower individuals to seek solutions that ensure broadly shared prosperity and opportunity. About EPI. The Economic Policy Institute (EPI), a non-profit, non-partisan think tank, was create...

From Snopes.com: "One way or the other, we are determined to deny Iraq the capacity to develop weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to deliver them. That is our bottom line."     President Clinton, Feb. 4, 1998. "If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We w...

From: MSNBC Illinois officials upset with FEMA denial of disaster aid FEMA issued its decision on the major disaster declaration for individual assistance for Gallatin, Randolph, Saline, Union and Williamson counties in a letter dated March 10 to Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn. The state's request, cove...

From MSN: The Netherlands, long known for its liberal tolerance of "soft" drugs, is moving toward a more restrictive policy. One change involves banning the sale of hashish, a move the Dutch parliament is likely to approve. A loophole -- the drugs aren't technically legal but their use is "permit...

From MSN: We're sure there's no subtext in this at all. A registered Republican from New Mexico has converted someone close to him to the Democrats' side: his pet black Labrador. "He wanted to prove how easy it was to register his dog so the registered Republican signed his dog up as a Democrat,"...