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Automatic budget cuts, blame game, begin

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans refused Saturday to concede any culpability for failing to stave off huge, automatic spending cuts...
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David Dinkins

Ex-NYC mayor Dinkins on legacy, 'ridiculous' politics

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VIDEO - Former NYC Mayor David Dinkins sat down with MSNBC’s Alex Witt on Saturday to talk about a range of issues, from America's national debt to partisanship in Washington, and his hard fought battle to become the first black Mayor of New York City in 1989...
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A man lights up a marijuana joint at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco,  Tuesday, April 20, 2010.  Marijuana legalization advocates lit up across the country during the annual observance of 4/20, the celebration-cum-mass civil disobedience derived from "420" - insider shorthand for cannabis consumption. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Washington vows to try to keep weed in state -- but how?

Gene Johnson, Associated Press
SEATTLE (AP) - So far, no one is suggesting checkpoints or fences to keep Washington state's legal pot within its borders...
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Gordon Parks at The Gordon Parks Independent Film Awards For African American Filmmakers at the Directors Guild of America Theater in New York City on October 3, 2001. photo by Gabe Palacio/ImageDirect

NY Museum plans exhibit of Gordon Parks photos

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The State Museum is marking the 100th birthday of photographer Gordon Parks with an exhibit of his works.

The show opening on Jan. 26 show…

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Springerville, Arizona (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

10 states raise minimum wage in 2013

Carrie Healey
theGRIO REPORT - African-Americans make up about 15.1 percent of the 73.9 million minimum wage earners in America...
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U.S. Rep. John Lewis

Wife of Rep. John Lewis dies in Atlanta

Alexis Garrett Stodghill
theGRIO REPORT - NBC News has confirmed that Mrs. Lillian Miles Lewis, wife of U.S. Representative John Lewis, died on Monday. A release from the representative's office states that she passed away in Atlanta, Georgia...
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A man lights up a marijuana joint at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco,  Tuesday, April 20, 2010.  Marijuana legalization advocates lit up across the country during the annual observance of 4/20, the celebration-cum-mass civil disobedience derived from "420" - insider shorthand for cannabis consumption. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Obama: 'It does not make sense' to go after states where pot is legal

Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he won't go after Washington state and Colorado for legalizing marijuana...
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First lady Michelle Obama

First lady Michelle Obama drops off 900 gifts for Toys for Tots

Alexis Garrett Stodghill
theGRIO REPORT - First lady Michelle Obama dropped off 900 gifts yesterday as part of a Toys for Tots event in Washington, D.C. An annual drive of the Marine Corps, the campaign received the huge donation from the White House where Mrs. Obama began collecting toys for the program in 2009...
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Jerramy Stevens (Photo by Al Messerschmidt/Getty Images) and Hope Solo (Photo by Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images)

Report: Hope Solo's fiancé arrested on assault charge

Todd Johnson
theGRIO REPORT - Former NFL first round pick Jerramy Stevens appeared in a Kirkland, Washington court Tuesday for a domestic violence charge involving women's soccer star Hope Solo, according to multiple reports...
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People celebrate early election returns favoring Washington state Referendum 74, which would legalize gay marriage, during a large impromptu street gathering in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. The re-election of President Barack Obama and Referendum 74 drew the most supporters to the streets. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Gay marriage, marijuana backed in historic votes

David Crary, Associated Press
(AP) -Altering the course of U.S social policy, Maine and Maryland became the first states to approve same-sex marriage by popular vote...
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