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Election 2012

President Barack Obama speaks at the University of Yangon during his historical first visit to the country on November 19, 2012 in Yangon, Myanmar. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)

Obama's approval rating jumps in post-election poll

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theGRIO REPORT - President Barack Obama may be grappling with the fiscal cliff and the fallout from intelligence failure in Libya, but his standing with the public is better than its been in several months...
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Rep. Allen West (R-FL) listens during a hearing on Capitol Hill on April 1, 2011 in Washington, DC. The hearing focused on the ongoing implementation of the repeal of the military's Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy barring gays and lesbians from serving openly in the armed forces. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images)

Deadline passes on recount, Allen West still won't concede race

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FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) - It appears that Florida Republican Congressman Allen West has lost his House seat...
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Congressman Allen West speaks to a crowd at the 2011 Palm Beach County Tax Day Tea Party on April 16, 2011 at Sanborn Square in Boca Raton, Florida. Another prominent speaker included billionaire Donald Trump. (Photo by John W. Adkisson/Getty Images)

Fla. county grants Allen West early vote recount

Matt Sedensky and Juan Ortega, NBC Miami
MIAMI - The St. Lucie County Canvassing Board on Friday ordered a recount of early voting ballots in the race between Republican Congressman Allen West and Democrat Patrick Murphy...
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Rep. Allen West (R-FL) (C) speaks during a news conference with fellow House Republican freshmen (L-R) Rep. Joe Heck (R-NV), Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle (R-NY), Rep. Cory Gardner (R-CO) and Rep. Tom Reed (R-NY) at the U.S. Capitol December 19, 2011 in Washington, DC. The GOP congressmen were critical of the Senate and the legislation they passed extending the payroll tax holiday, unemployement benefits and an adjustment in the payments that go to doctors for medicaid visits. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Allen West (still) loses his House seat

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theGRIO REPORT - More than a week has passed since the 2012 election (though Florida's vote count extended well beyond November 6th), and Allen West has still lost his U.S. House seat...
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Courtesy of Twitter

Virginia GOP official condemns Obama to hell

Abdul Sada
theGRIO REPORT - Bob FitzSimmonds, a GOP official from Virginia, became the latest Republican to unleash a post-election rant when he condemned President Barack Obama to hell on his Facebook page...
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susan rice

Obama likely to shift from 'Team of Rivals' to close allies

Perry Bacon Jr.
theGRIO REPORT - In his first term, President Obama picked big names such as Robert Gates, Hillary Clinton and James Jones for his cabinet, bypassing campaign aides and longtime advisers...
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In this Oct. 2, 1962 photo provided by the University of Mississippi, James Meredith, left, attends class for the first time in Peabody Hall on The University of Mississippi campus, in Oxford, Miss. Meredith, the first black student to attend the University of Mississippi after integration, says he doesn't plan to participate in the university's commemoration of his history-making enrollment 50 years ago, which prompted a state-federal standoff, sparked deadly mob violence and ultimately ended the university's official policy of racial segregation. (AP Photo/University of Mississippi Public Relations, Ed Meek, File)

Man who integrated Ole Miss troubled by protest

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BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (AP) - The man who integrated the University of Mississippi says he's troubled and confused by the protest there against President Barack Obama's re-election...
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Rep. Allen West (R-FL) listens during a hearing on Capitol Hill on April 1, 2011 in Washington, DC. The hearing focused on the ongoing implementation of the repeal of the military's Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy barring gays and lesbians from serving openly in the armed forces. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images)

Allen West rejects GOP offer to run in Georgia

Abdul Sada
theGRIO REPORT - Rep. Allen West turned down an offer to run for office in Georgia from the state's Republican Party chairwoman, Sue Everhart, saying that he' not an NFL free agent...
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President Obama and Karl Lagerfeld

Obama sketched as cake-carrying chef by designer Karl Lagerfeld

Alexis Garrett Stodghill
OPINION - Lagerfeld has unfortunately created an image showing the most powerful black man in the world -- possibly of all time -- in a stereotypical servant role...
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Kalleen Land of Utah sits next to t-shirts of Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney during the final day of the Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum on August 30, 2012 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Obama received 0 votes in some Utah precincts

Edward McClelland, NBC Chicago
CHICAGO - We looked at some election results from Utah, where Mitt Romney received 73 percent of the vote -- the biggest winning margin for either candidate in any state...
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