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March 10, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The country has been seeing a lot of Michelle Obama, and she seems to be having the…
March 10, 2013
OPINION - I will never forget watching President Obama unveil the statue of one of my personal heroes in Statuary…
March 9, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will unleash his inner funnyman when he joins political leaders and foes, journalists who
March 8, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - Gun legislation is taking shape on Capitol Hill, but President Barack Obama has kept a low profile…
March 8, 2013
DETROIT (AP) - In basketball and in business, Dave Bing never side-stepped a challenge...
March 8, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers increased hiring in February, adding 236,000 jobs and pushing the unemployment rate down to 7.7…
March 8, 2013
ANALYSIS - At first glance, President Obama's new initiative to court congressional Republicans over lunches, dinners and private phone calls…
March 7, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Music mogul Russell Simmons took to Twitter Thursday night and took on the National Rifle Association's new…
March 7, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Former Tennessee Republican senator Bill Frist and Democratic mayor Cory Booker of Newark acted as honorary vice…
March 7, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says an expanded anti-violence bill is a "victory" for advocates and survivors of domestic…
March 7, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Barack Obama does not have the authority to use a drone to…
March 7, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Republican Senator Marco Rubio quoted the 'modern day poet[s]' Wiz Khalifa and Jay-Z in an effort to…
March 7, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate Judiciary Committee approved legislation Thursday making gun trafficking a federal crime as lawmakers cast the…
March 7, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Shifting course in the face of political gridlock, President Barack Obama is making rare overtures to rank-and-file…
March 7, 2013
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The FBI said Wednesday that it has been monitoring the state investigation into the death of…