MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry apologizes after flap over Romney photo

It didn't take long for Melissa Harris-Perry to reconsider her attempt to ridicule Mitt Romney by using his black grandchild as a target during her segment on MSNBC yesterday. While some of her contributors attempted to  Melissa Harris-Perry, host of a twice-weekly MSNBC show and a professor at Tulane, apologized Tuesday to the family of … Read more

Stocks end red-hot 2013 at all-time highs

2013 was a heady year: a time of hope; a time for sadness; a time for twerking; and a time for doge. But it was also a time for gadgets. As we wait for.. Chick-fil-A Bowl 2013 final score: Texas A&M rallies to knock off Duke, 52-48. By Connor Tapp  @MeetMeAtTapps on Dec 31 … Read more

Carey (2 TDs), Arizona run all over Boston College

Box Score Hero: Hundley put up nice numbers through the air, completing 16-of-27 passes for 226 yards, two touchdowns and zero interceptions. Johnny Manziel, the college football legend we'll never stop talking about. Box Score Hero: Hundley put up nice numbers through the air, completing 16-of-27 passes for 226 yards, two touchdowns and zero interceptions. … Read more

MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry apologizes after flap over Romney photo

A segment from Sunday's Melissa Harris Perry show, which featured several guests making jokes about a Romney family photo, has blown up into a media story of national interest. Guests Dean Obedeillah and Glenn each  MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry apologized Tuesday for a segment in which panelists joked about a photo of Mitt Romney with … Read more

A fitting (possible) end for Johnny Manziel and Texas A&M

He had the cool nickname "Johnny Football" and a compelling story. He smashed records and earned a signature victory that served as his "Heisman moment" when the Aggies went into Tuscaloosa, Ala., and took down No. 1 and eventual BCS champion  Johnny Football tried his hand at basketball. It didn't turn out well. The Chick-fil-A … Read more

Investors cheer record-setting year on Wall St.

The broad U.S. stock market put an exclamation point on its record-breaking year on the final trading day of 2013, powering to yet another all-time high and posting its biggest percentage gain since 1997, or 16 years ago. "Good to the last drop," is Last year, as 2012 ended, I scanned the early-stage startup landscape … Read more