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August 13, 2012

First lady tapped as iVillage website guest editor

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Michelle Obama is turning online editor for a week...
August 13, 2012

First lady Michelle Obama visits Aurora, Colo. shooting victims

(AP) - First lady Michelle Obama has met with some of the victims wounded during last months' massacre at an…
August 13, 2012

Obama opens his Chicago home to supporters

CHICAGO (AP) - The red-brick Georgian Revival home was gleaming: An American flag extended from the porch, the evergreen trees…
August 12, 2012

Anti-Obama group publishes personal info of president's celebrity donors

In retaliation against a controversial, but effective, anti-Romney Super PAC ad, a right-wing pro-Romney group called Grassfire Nation has published…
August 11, 2012

What the Paul Ryan pick means for Obama and Romney

theGRIO REPORT - Mitt Romney's decision to tap Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan as his vice-presidential nominee could dramatically shift the…
August 11, 2012

Paul Ryan: Obama has a 'record of failure'

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - His selection just hours old, Republican Mitt Romney's vice presidential pick, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, was…
August 11, 2012

Obama team: Romney, Ryan would hurt middle class

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama's campaign says Mitt Romney's selection of Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan as his running mate…
August 11, 2012

Mitt Romney picks Rep. Paul Ryan as his 2012 running mate

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney introduced Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin as his vice presidential running…
August 10, 2012

Obama: Attack at Sikh temple assails religion

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says an attack at a Sikh temple in the U.S. state of Wisconsin is…
August 10, 2012

Ohio law expands early voting for Republicans, cuts it for Democrats

VIDEO - Ohio has made voting harder for Democrats, and easier for Republicans...
August 10, 2012

Tapes from LBJ White House reveal Johnson's progress on civil rights

Over 800 hours of recently released of recordings from the Lyndon Johnson White House reveal how President John F. Kennedy's…
August 10, 2012

Obama campaign hits back at Romney welfare ad

theGRIO REPORT - The Barack Obama re-election campaign hit back this week against a Mitt Romney campaign ad which claimed…
August 10, 2012

'It's a nightmare': Pennsylvanians without ID speak out on controversial new voting law

A new voter ID law passed by Republicans in Pennsylvania could disenfranchise over three quarters of a million voters, and…
August 10, 2012

Jesse Jackson Jr. expected back from medical leave in weeks

CHICAGO (AP) - U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., who disappeared on a secretive medical leave two months ago, is expected…
August 10, 2012

Homeowners on the brink look to federal program as last hope

Lisette Dewitt * is trying to stay strong, but it’s hard. The single mother is facing foreclosure in less than…