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February 4, 2011

Mass. church arson suspect wants confession tossed

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) - Authorities say the fire that destroyed Springfield's Macedonia Church of God in Christ in the early…
February 3, 2011

Census estimates show big gains for US minorities

WASHINGTON (AP) - Racial minorities accounted for roughly 85 percent of U.S. population growth over the last decade -- one…
February 3, 2011

Obama lookalike pitches for KFC in Hong Kong

MSNBC - Ok. We know the mainland Chinese have a thing for imitation goods...
February 3, 2011

GOP loses ‘forcible rape’ language from abortion bill

House Republicans plan to sidestep a charged debate over the distinction between "forcible rape" and "rape" by altering the language…
February 3, 2011

Michael Steele: ‘I was ready to battle Democrats, not battle my own’

VIDEO - Just after the GOP took the House, they pushed Steele out of power. He shared thoughts on his…
February 3, 2011

TheGrio’s 100: Keith Ellison, Minnesota’s first Muslim congressman

TheGrio's 100 - "Muslim" and "Congressman" were mutually exclusive terms before Minnesota elected Keith Ellison in 2006, when he also…
February 3, 2011

Spokane still searching for answers on MLK parade bomb

theGRIO REPORT - A thwarted attempt at mass murder in a Washington town on MLK Day was only part of…
February 2, 2011

Senate Republicans lose vote on health law

WASHINGTON (AP) - Moments earlier, the Senate had agreed to make one relatively minor change in the law, voting to…
February 2, 2011

Judge raises questions about Voting Rights Act

WASHINGTON (AP) - Judge Bates' comments came during oral arguments in an Ala. county's lawsuit targeting the law -- one…
February 2, 2011

Senate Republicans forcing a vote on health law

WASHINGTON (AP) - The showdown approached as lawmakers in both parties agreed the law's fate rests with the Supreme Court,…
February 2, 2011

Obama signs START treaty at the White House

WASHINGTON (AP) - The treaty is a cornerstone of Obama's efforts to "reset" U.S. relations with Russia...
February 2, 2011

Rush Limbaugh calls Obama a ‘pharaoh’

Had President Bush still been in office, he said, everyone would be asking why Bush hadn't seen the uprising coming...
February 2, 2011

Dems’ Charlotte convention choice speaks to new South

OPINION - Charlotte spotlights the Democratic theme that there's a New South, and that the region is no longer the…
February 2, 2011

TheGrio’s 100: Cedric Richmond, keeping Washington’s eye on Louisiana

TheGrio's 100 - As the sole candidate President Barack Obama endorsed with a television commercial in that election, Richmond serves…
February 1, 2011

Carol Moseley Braun apologizes for calling opponent a crack addict

"Patricia Watkins said she does not expect an apology from me. She is wrong," Braun said during a Tuesday news…