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June 1, 2014

'Arsenio Hall Show' canceled after 1 season

LOS ANGELES (AP) — "The Arsenio Hall Show" has been canceled because of low ratings, ending Hall's late-night TV comeback…
May 30, 2014

Obama reveals daughter Malia attended first prom

WASHINGTON (AP) — A teenage rite of passage has come to the White House, with President Barack Obama revealing that…
May 30, 2014

Gov Haley: Put an end to South Carolina Bikefest

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — Gov. Nikki Haley has called for an end to a Memorial Day motorcycle rally in…
May 27, 2014

Diversity an issue as national book convention opens

NEW YORK (AP) — Three years ago, guest speaker Mindy Kaling joked that publishing's annual national convention, BookExpo America, resembled…
May 27, 2014

Obama says US finishing the job in Afghanistan

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama, seeking to turn the page on more than a decade of war, announced plans…
May 25, 2014

President Obama pledges 'responsible end' to Afghanistan war

(AP) — On a surprise visit to Afghanistan, President Barack Obama pledged Sunday to bring America's longest war to a…
May 23, 2014

Tennessee brings back electric chair

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — As the rest of the nation debates the feasibility and humanity of lethal injections against a…
May 22, 2014

President Obama takes a stroll, surprises a lot of people

WASHINGTON (AP) — It was a rare view of President Barack Obama: strolling along the National Mall with suit jacket…
May 22, 2014

Mentally ill inmate died after 7 days in Rikers Island cell

NEW YORK (AP) — After a mentally ill Bradley Ballard made a lewd gesture to a female guard at the…
May 21, 2014

Boko Haram militants attack again, kill 48 people

(AP) — Boko Haram militants attacked three villages in Nigeria, killing 48 people, residents said Wednesday..
May 21, 2014

Obama: 'I will not stand for' Veterans Affairs hospitals misconduct

WASHINGTON (AP) — Seeking to head off a growing furor over veterans' health care, President Barack Obama declared Wednesday that…
May 19, 2014

Eric Holder: Subtle racism worse than bigoted outburts

BALTIMORE (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder says subtle, institutionalized racism has a more "pernicious" effect than the occasional bigoted…
May 19, 2014

Paralyzed former Rutgers player Eric LeGrand tells grads anything is possible

(AP) — Paralyzed former Rutgers football player Eric LeGrand implored his fellow graduates to remember that anything is possible in…
May 18, 2014

Serena Williams takes Italian Open title

ROME (AP) - In the women's final, Serena Williams kept the crowd from being a factor in a 6-3, 6-0…
May 17, 2014

Oprah Winfrey says farewell to Barbara Walters: 'You're the reason I wanted to be in television'

(AP) - Oprah Winfrey and former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton surprised Barbara Walters as the legendary newswoman taped…
May 17, 2014

President Obama hosts Brown v. Board families and lawyers

(AP) - Obama met Friday in the White House East Room with families of the plaintiffs, lead attorneys Jack Greenberg…
May 17, 2014

Oprah Winfrey Network postpones Michael Sam documentary

(AP) - The planned documentary by the Oprah Winfrey Network on Michael Sam, the NFL's first openly gay player, has…
May 17, 2014

NAACP names activist Cornell William Brooks as new president

WASHINGTON (AP) — The NAACP rights group announced Saturday that lawyer and activist Cornell William Brooks would become its new…
May 16, 2014

Tech companies sue over Michael Jackson hologram

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The owners of technology used to digitally resurrect Tupac Shakur have asked a federal judge to…
May 16, 2014

Family of inmate who 'baked to death' files lawsuit

NEW YORK (AP) — The mother of a mentally ill, homeless veteran who was found dead in a 100-degree Fahrenheit…