Alvin Greene to face no state charge for filing fee
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - The unemployed military veteran will face no state charges over the $10,440 filing fee for his successful bid to win SC's Democratic nomination to run for U.S. Senate...
Black candidate for GA gov is big underdog
ATLANTA (AP) - Thurbert Baker is an undefeated veteran of eight campaigns and says he is confident. But this one is different...
West Virginia Sen. Robert Byrd dead at 92
WASHINGTON (AP) - Byrd's accomplishments followed a childhood of poverty in West Virginia, and his success came despite a complicated history on racial matters...
Ex-Detroit mayor indicted on federal fraud charges
DETROIT (AP) - Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, already in state prison for probation violations, was indicted Wednesday on federal fraud and tax charges for allegedly using his charity as a slush fund...
Ohio governor's running mate lays out urban agenda
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ted Strickland's running mate Yvette McGee Brown said the health of Ohio's many cities is key to the state's economic vitality...
Artur Davis through with politics after loss
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Davis also said he has no interest in an appointed government job, including the U.S. attorney's post in his hometown of Montgomery...
Why Artur Davis couldn't win in Alabama
OPINION - It appears Davis has a problem not only with maintaining ties with the black political elite, but the average black voters who make up his constituency...
Davis in primary today to be first black Ala. gov
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Rep. Artur Davis, a Harvard lawyer who led President Barack Obama's campaign here in 2008, was running against Agriculture Commissioner Ron Sparks...
Ala. Dems may nominate 1st black for governor
MONTGOMERY (AP) - Blacks make up nearly half of those who can vote in the Democratic primary, but Artur Davis may have hurt his chances by scorning the state's four major black political groups...
Meek floods Florida Senate race with signatures
VIDEO - Rep. Kendrick Meek gathered signatures of support statewide in his bid for the Senate against Florida's minority-friendly, Republican Gov. Charlie Crist and conservative State Rep. Marco Rubio...
