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Roland Martin appears on Reliable Sources with host Howard Kurtz and Jim Geraghty to discuss Fox News’ extensive coverage of the New Black Panther Party voter intimidation case. WATCH: Black Panther Case Sparks Media Uproar, Especially at Fox News

FROM BVBuzz.com: Actor Idris Elba recently returned from hosting 21 students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities on an excursion to South Africa for Coca-Cola’s first “Open Happiness Tour.”

From ABC2News.com: Melanoma does not discriminate. In fact, African-Americans are more likely to die from melanoma — the deadliest, most common form of skin cancer — than are Caucasians in the United States.

After the NAACP passed a resolution declaring the Tea Party to be a “racist” organization, Tea Party-backed Florida Congressional candidate Allen West held a town hall meeting in Fort Lauderdale to address the concerns of voters. He also wrote blog posts defending the Tea Party, while at the same time attacking the NAACP.

From the NY Post: An EMT who was accused of ignoring a dying, pregnant woman during his coffee break last year was shot and killed yesterday in a dispute near a SoHo nightclub, police said.

MIAMI (AP)—Dwyane Wade (notes) is apologizing for using the words “World Trade” while answering a question about the upcoming Miami Heat season.

From BaltimoreSun.com: The mega-fight between Manny Pacquiao and undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. will apparently not happen this year, as the suggested deadline to sign a deal has come and gone.

FROM NYDailyNews.com: Poverty is perhaps the most important factor in whether inner-city heterosexuals are infected with the AIDS virus, according to the first government study of its kind.

MANNING, S.C. — In his first campaign appearance, South Carolina’s surprising U.S. Senate candidate Alvin Greene avoided any major gaffes Sunday as he hit his three major themes of jobs, education and justice.

FROM NYTimes.com: Every family deserves a vacation right? Well maybe, unless you are the President of the U.S. that is. President Obama and his family are planning a get away to Maine for the weekend, but not without much disapproval.