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This image released by ABC shows first lady Michelle Obama on the morning program "Good Morning America," Tuesday, May 29, 2012 in New York (AP Photo/ABC, Ida Mae Astute)

DC cop allegedly threatens first lady

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A Washington D.C. police officer who was serving as an escort for White House officials was reportedly heard marking threatening comments about first lady Michelle Obama...
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Washington DC Mayor Vincent Gray is pictured at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Campaign workers for Gray tell The Associated Press that day laborers who worked at polling places on Gray’s behalf in 2010 were routinely paid $100 in cash _ twice the legal limit. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

DC mayor caught in poll workers' pay scandal

Ben Nuckols, Associated Press
(AP) - District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray's 2010 campaign routinely paid day laborers $100 in cash — twice the legal limit...
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Family members of the boys who drowned in a Federalsburg creek say they suspect foul play. Police say it was an accident, but the investigations is ongoing.

Drowned boys had never been in water

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NBC Washington Three boys who drowned in a shallow creek on Maryland's Eastern Shore did not know how to swim and had never before been in the water, said a local pastor...
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Seated from left are Associate Justices Clarence Thomas, and Antonin Scalia, Chief Justice John Roberts, Associate Justices Anthony M. Kennedy and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Standing, from left are Associate Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer, Samuel Alito Jr., and Elena Kagan. The Supreme Court on Thursday, June 28, 2012, upheld the individual insurance requirement at the heart of President Barack Obama's historic health care overhaul. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

In John Roberts can we trust?

David A. Love
OPINION - The jury is still out on Roberts, but before we consider him a new reliable swing vote or a conservative-turned-liberal justice, consider the evidence that this was nothing less than a political move on his part...
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Shawney Bell, 74, reunited with his rescuer and neighbor Phil.

Dog attack victim reunited with rescuer

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WASHINGTON - Shomari Stone has an exclusive interview with Shawney Bell, the D.C. man who was attacked by dogs two weeks ago, and footage of him reuniting with his rescuer...
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Rap karaoke ends in 100 person brawl

Similoluwa Ojurongbe
theGRIO REPORT - Outside Red Rock Cafe in Gaithersburg, Washington, a 100 person brawl broke out leaving 1 person shot and more than 6 people stabbed...
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Ban on juvenile lifers a win for black community

David A. Love
OPINION - This week the U.S. Supreme Court scored a victory for reform in the criminal justice system...
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HIV rate remains epidemic among black women in DC

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According to the Washington Post, the rate of HIV positive, heterosexual, poor African-American females in Washington DC has doubled since 2008...
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Jesse Jackson joins other protesters, including a group of veterans against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, on the first day of the NATO summit on May 20, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Has Jesse Jackson become irrelevant?

David A. Love
OPINION - Is Jesse Jackson still relevant? And can he remain relevant in the age of Obama?...
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Frederick Douglass (file photo)

Frederick Douglass may get statue at Capitol

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The most recent bill approved by the Senate panel this week would allow Washington D.C. to build a statue of Frederick Douglass in the halls of the Capitol...
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