Obama on gun control petition: 'We hear you'
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama says his administration has received an outpouring of support for stricter gun laws following last week's elementary...
Gabby Douglas wins AP female athlete of the year honors
(AP) - When gymnast Gabby Douglas allowed herself to dream of being an Olympic champion, she imagined having a nice little dinner with family and friends to celebrate...
Adele voted AP Entertainer of the Year
NEW YORK (AP) - Though Adele didn't have a new album or a worldwide tour in 2012, she's still rolling. After a year of Grammy glory and James Bond soundtracking, Adele has been voted The Associated Press Entertainer of the Year...
Polls: Obama's approval rating continues to climb
theGRIO REPORT - President Barack Obama's approval rating is at its highest rate since the death of Osama bin Laden in May 2011, 57 percent, according to a CBS News poll released Tuesday...
Mick Jagger's letters to black lover pull in over $300,000
theGRIO REPORT - Mick Jagger, the legendary founding member of The Rolling Stones, wrote a series of love letters in the summer of 1969 to his former African-American lover Marsha Hunt...
AP poll: US majority harbor prejudice against blacks
WASHINGTON (AP) - Racial attitudes have not improved in the four years since the United States elected its first black president, an Associated Press poll finds, as a slight majority of Americans now express prejudice toward blacks...
Obama says he is 'shocked' by Colorado shooting
MANALAPAN, Fla. (AP) - President Barack Obama said Friday he was 'shocked and saddened' by a deadly shooting at a suburban Denver movie theater...
12 killed at 'Dark Knight' screening
AURORA, Colo. (AP) - A gunman wearing a gas mask set off an unknown gas and fired into a crowded movie theater in suburban Denver at a midnight opening of the Batman movie 'The Dark Knight Rises' killing 12 people and injuring at least 50 others...
Mom pleads not guilty to starving 8-year-old daughter
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - The mother of a young girl found dead from severe malnutrition and an untreated broken leg, and a woman who helped care for the child, both pleaded not guilty Tuesday..
Newspapers, websites lacking diversity in sports
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Some 320 websites and newspapers that belong to Associated Press Sports Editors slightly improved their racial hiring practices last year...
