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Associate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas

Clarence Thomas: ‘Elites' ♥ Obama

Domenico Montanaro, Deputy Political Editor, NBC News
NBC NEWS - The famously taciturn Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, the only current black member of the court, said he is not surprised there's a black president...
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(AP Photo/Teva Women's Health)

Obama OK with morning-after pill sales at age 15

Julie Pace, Associated Press
MEXICO CITY (AP) - President Barack Obama said Thursday he was comfortable with his administration's decision to allow over-the-counter purchases of a morning-after pill for anyone 15 and older...
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Obama still has 'juice' in his 2nd term

Perry Bacon Jr.
ANALYSIS - When ABC News' Jonathan Karl asked President Obama this week at a press conference if Obama had 'the juice' to get his agenda through the Congress, the president bristled and argued he was still relevant...
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Graduates of Spelman College listen to actor Danny Glover during commencement ceremonies for the womens'' school May 19, 2002 in Lithonia, GA. Approximately 450 women received their undergraduate degrees from the predominately black school. (Photo by Erik S. Lesser/Getty Images)

Morehouse College athletes charged with raping Spelman student

Kunbi Tinuoye
theGRIO REPORT - The alleged victim claims she was held against her will inside a room on campus at the East Suites on March 8th during Spring Break...
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A national disagrace: 12-year-old accidentally shoots, kills 14-year-old

David A. Love
OPINION - The epidemic of gun violence continues in America, but our leaders fail to stop it.
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In this photo provided by ABC, NBA basketball veteran Jason Collins, left, poses for a photo with television journalist George Stephanopoulos, Monday, April 29, 2013, in Los Angeles. In a first-person article posted Monday on Sports Illustrated's website, Collins became the first active player in one of four major U.S. professional sports leagues to come out as gay. He participated in an exclusive interview with Stephanopoulos, which is scheduled to air on Good Morning America on Tuesday. (AP Photo/ABC, Eric McCandless)

Silence shows growing acceptance of LGBT rights

Perry Bacon Jr.
ANALYSIS - Almost no one publicly criticized Collins or suggested a gay player would somehow disrupt the morale of an NBA team, the argument that was long cited in barring people who are openly gay from serving in the U.S. military...
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Poll: Many Americans uninformed about Obamacare

Domenico Montanaro, NBC News
NBC News - A new poll indicates many Americans are still unclear about the details of the new law and, in some cases, unaware it’s actually law of the land...
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Rep. Melvin Watt of North Carolina addresses the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012. President Obama intends to nominate Rep. Watt to head the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the government regulator that oversees lending giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, a White House official said Tuesday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Obama naming NC's Mel Watt to oversee Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

Jim Kuhnhenn and Nedra Pickler, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama intends to nominate Rep. Melvin Watt to head the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the government regulator that oversees lending giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac...
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Everett Dutschke stands in the street near his home in Tupelo, Miss., and waits for the FBI to arrive and search his home. Dutschke, charged with making and possessing ricin as part of the investigation into poison-laced letters sent to President Barack Obama and others was expected to appear in court Monday April 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Thomas Wells, File)

Tests link deadly ricin to Obama letters suspect

Holbrook Mohr and Jay Reeves, Associated Press
TUPELO, Mississippi (AP) - Ricin has been found in a business once used by the man charged in the case of letters laced with the deadly poison that were sent to President Barack Obama...
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President Barack Obama holds a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House April 30, 2013 in Washington, DC. The president took questions on a variety of subjects including immigration reform, the ongoing civil war in Syria and the investigation into the Boston Marathon bombings. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Obama says 'couldn't be prouder' of Jason Collins

Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - Speaking at a news conference Tuesday, Obama said Collins showed the progress the United States has made in recognizing that gays and lesbians deserve full equality...
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