Obama bear-hugger's pizza shop facing boycott

Similoluwa Ojurongbe

theGRIO REPORT - Scott Van Duzer, the Florida pizza shop owner made famous for the bear hug he gave President Obama on Sunday, says that people are boycotting his pizza shop because of the affection he showed for Obama...

Chad Johnson refuses to sign Evelyn Lozada divorce papers

theGrio

Former NFL wide-receiver, Chad Johnson is allegedly refusing to sign divorce papers because he wants to remain married to estranged wife Evelyn Lozada.

Florida man 'bench presses' Obama

Jim Kuhnhenn, Associated Press

FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) - If President Barack Obama was looking for a lift in Florida, he got one from Scott Van Duzer...

Obama cracks a birther joke at sports bar

Jim Kuhnhenn, Associated Press

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - President Barack Obama was at an Orlando sports bar, snapping a University of Florida Gators' sign, sipping a pint and working a crowd when he walked up to a table with five children...

Voter registration drives adopting new methods

Bill Kaczora, Associated Press

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Some organizations are turning to sophisticated data mining, direct mail, the Internet and other strategies to register voters typically underrepresented on the rolls, including young people and ethnic minorities...

Isaac crossing Gulf with New Orleans in crosshairs

Matt Sedensky, Associated Press

KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) -— Tropical Storm Isaac targeted a broad swath of the Gulf Coast on Monday and had New Orleans in its crosshairs...

Ex-Florida gov Charlie Crist endorses Obama

Associated Press

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist says he's backing Barack Obama in the 2012 presidential race...

Tropical Storm Isaac heads for Haiti

Danica Coto, Associated Press

(AP) - Tropical Storm Isaac strengthened slightly as it spun toward the Dominican Republic and Haiti, but seemed unlikely to gain enough steam early Friday to strike the island of Hispaniola as a hurricane...

In swing states, voters largely back ID laws

Perry Bacon Jr.

theGRIO REPORT - A large majority of voters in Florida, Ohio and Wisconsin, three key swing states that have adopted controversial voting laws over the last two years, back these measures and largely agree with conservatives they are designed to prevent people from voting illegally...

Cash Money co-founder buys biggest home in South Florida

Abdul Sada

theGRIO REPORT - Ronald 'Slim' Williams, co-founder of Cash Money Records, recently purchased the largest single-family home in South Florida...