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  1. NBC News Fires Third Employee Over Doctored 911 Call in Trayvon Martin Controversy

    12:45 pm 5/3/2012
    • by Paul Bond

    The network's coverage of the George Zimmerman-Trayvon Martin controversy costs reporter Lilia Luciano her job less than two weeks after the firing of Jeff Burnside.Read more

  2. Whitney Houston Funeral: Fans and Loved Ones Honor the Legendary Star

    9:32 am 2/18/2012
    • by THR Staff

    Family, friends, and the community gathered Saturday to pay tribute to the late icon at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, N.J.Read more

  3. 'Soul Train' Fans Dance on Broadway to Celebrate Late Creator, Don Cornelius

    8:54 am 2/5/2012
    • by Associated Press

    Less than a week after Cornelius, 75, died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, fans of the '70s dance show, including the Rev. Al Sharpton, met in New York to honor him and boogie through Harlem.Read more

  4. Etta James Funeral and Memorial Details Released

    6:31 pm 1/24/2012
    • by THR Staff

    The legendary singer died from complications of leukemia at the age of 73 at a hospital in Riverside, Calif. Jan. 20.Read more

  5. Heavy D Public Wake Planned for Nov. 17

    11:24 pm 11/14/2011
    • by THR Staff

    A website set up in the late rapper's honor details Thursday's public memorial.Read more

  6. It's Official: Rev. Al Sharpton to Host 'PoliticsNation' at MSNBC

    10:55 am 8/23/2011
    • by Lacey Rose

    The civil rights activist and frequent MSNBC guest will launch his daily 6 p.m. show on Aug. 29.Read more

  7. MSNBC Exec Says the Network Is Beginning to 'Chip Away' at Fox

    1:28 pm 8/2/2011
    • by Marisa Guthrie

    President Phil Griffin confirms that MSNBC is talking to Al Sharpton about a regular on-air role and says he's "disappointed" that Cenk Uygur chose to leave. Read more

  8. Cenk Uygur Exits MSNBC

    4:13 pm 7/20/2011
    • by Marisa Guthrie

    Al Sharpton is in discussions to replace "The Young Turks" radio host in the 6 p.m. timeslot.Read more

  9. Anthony Weiner's Breaking News Didn't Help Ed Schultz on His Return to MSNBC

    3:41 pm 6/7/2011
    • by Paul Bond

    The MSNBC talker who was suspended for calling Laura Ingraham a "slut" spends much of his his first day back discussing the congressman's sex scandal, but his ratings were lower.Read more

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