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January 27, 2012

Big banks could be forced to pay $25 billion in foreclosure settlement

theGRIO REPORT - The nation's largest banks could reach a $25 billion settlement with the Obama administration and the states…
January 27, 2012

Justice unit to probe mortgage-backed securities

WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal and state law enforcement officials announced Friday they have launched a fraud-fighting unit, starting with 55…
January 27, 2012

Al Green benefits from Obama bump, sales up 500 percent

President Obama's surprisingly strong singing chops have helped improve the sales of soul legend Al Green...
January 27, 2012

Obama on beef with Brewer: 'Blown out of proportion'

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) - Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer says she meant no disrespect when she pointed a finger at President…
January 27, 2012

Gingrich, Romney and the politics of anti-Obamaism

OPINION - Since Obama's election, many Republicans have not just taken on his policies, but criticized the president in a…
January 27, 2012

Drake still wants to play President Obama on the big screen

CLUTCH - Drake once said that he wanted to play Barack Obama in a movie but most people just shrugged…
January 26, 2012

John McCain on Jan Brewer's testy exchange with the president: Obama has a 'prickly personality'

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) sounded off Thursday on the testy exchange between President Barack Obama and Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer...
January 26, 2012

New NBC/Wall St Journal poll shows improved ratings for Obama

theGRIO REPORT - A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll shows some positive news for President Obama's re-election hopes, with…
January 26, 2012

Ice-T predicts Hillary Clinton will follow Obama as president

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) - Regardless of the outcome of the U.S. presidential primaries, Ice-T already has his mind made…
January 26, 2012

French Elle under fire for claiming the Obamas are first fashionable African-Americans

the GRIO REPORT- The French version of Elle is causing an uproar around the world, because a writer for the…
January 26, 2012

Jan Brewer 'felt a little threatened' by President Obama … really?

OPINION - Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's now famous photo-op with Barack Obama, in which she is seen pointing her finger…
January 26, 2012

Can Obama really stop kids from dropping out of high school?

theGRIO REPORT - In his State of the Union address on Tuesday, Obama called for requiring anyone who has not…
January 25, 2012

Obama, Arizona governor Jan Brewer have tarmac dispute

theGRIO REPORT - President Obama and Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer had a tense exchange on an airport tarmac on Wednesday…
January 25, 2012

Senate Democrats promise to push Obama tax agenda

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama's Democratic allies in the Senate promised Wednesday to press ahead this year with legislation…
January 25, 2012

How racial demographics could reshape American politics

OPINION - I'm fascinated by what it will take to be president in the decades to come, when the United…
January 25, 2012

Environmental racism: Is nuclear plant causing cancer for poor black residents of Shell Bluff, Ga.?

theGRIO REPORT - Since the late 1980s, Burke County residents have experienced a veritable cancer epidemic. Some link the higher…
January 25, 2012

Chad Ochocinco's unintentionally hilarious State of the Union tweets

Since he's not getting much playing time these days, New England Patriots' wide reciever (and reality TV star) Chad Ochocinco…
January 25, 2012

Herman Cain paints grim picture of Obama, America in Tea Party response to SOTU

theGRIO REPORT - Herman Cain responded to President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech on behalf of the Tea…
January 24, 2012

State of the Union: Proposals may do little to reduce black unemployment

theGRIO REPORT - President Obama's proposals in the State of the Union address may do little to address immediately the…
January 24, 2012

State of the Union: What Obama proposed

theGRIO REPORT - President Obama outlined a number of new proposals, specifically on the economy. Here's a look at a…