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May 12, 2011

Common rhymes about MLK at White House

WASHINGTON (AP) - Rapper Common opened his performance at the White House with cuts of words from Martin Luther King,…
May 11, 2011

Jill Scott is the next White House guest being called 'racist'

If you haven't been following the story, Michelle Obama's event is set to feature poetry readings by a number of…
May 11, 2011

White House defends invite to Common

Spokesman Jay Carney says President Barack Obama has spoken out against violent and misogynistic music lyrics..
May 11, 2011

AP-Gfk poll: Obama approval hits 60 percent

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama's approval rating has hit its highest point in two years and more than half of…
May 11, 2011

Gingrich has already lost the minority vote

OPINION - As one reporter said of Newt Gingrich, 'It was the racism that threw me'...
May 11, 2011

Common gets a bad rap from the right

OPINION - Although the talented Chicago-bred rapper is hardly immune to criticism, the controversy has become the latest episode in…
May 10, 2011

Memphis school wins Obama graduation address

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Booker T. Washington High School found out it was the winner of a national competition in…
May 9, 2011

Can Herman Cain really win the GOP nomination?

OPINION - He's a serious African-American candidate in a political party which remains overwhelmingly white...
May 9, 2011

First lady lauds US forces in bin Laden raid

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) - Obama met Friday in Fort Campbell, Ky., with some of the Navy SEALs who raided…
May 9, 2011

Obama: Risky approach on bin Laden was the best

WASHINGTON (AP) - In an interview aired Sunday on CBS' "60 Minutes," the president said he thought it was very…
May 9, 2011

Obama's kindergarten finger paintings revealed

Even though Barack Obama released his long form birth certificate, critical thinking Americans are still suspicious of the president's credentials…
May 8, 2011

Colin Powell: Obama blew away the birthers

ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) - The stadium roared in approval of Powell's comments on the president's move last week to quell…
May 6, 2011

Obama to bin Laden assault team: 'Job well done'

FORT CAMPBELL, Kentucky (AP) - President Barack Obama embraced the U.S. commandos he sent after terror mastermind Osama bin Laden...
May 6, 2011

Wanda Sykes rips Donald Trump, calls birthers racist

Wanda Sykes has never pulled punches, especially when it comes to controversy and politics...
May 6, 2011

Why isn't Obama getting more love for killing bin Laden?

OPINION - Unfortunately for President Obama, many refuse to judge his performance as commander-in-chief outside of the prism of, 'damned…
May 5, 2011

Slideshow: Obama pays respects at ground zero

SLIDESHOW - Days after the death of Osama bin Laden, President Obama has paid a somber visit to the place…
May 5, 2011

'Birther' population plummets after release of Obama's long-form certificate

In a Washington Post/ABC News poll released Thursday, only 10 percent of Americans said Obama was born in a foreign…
May 5, 2011

Obama approval rallies six points to 52 percent after Bin Laden death

PRINCETON, NJ -- Americans' approval of President Barack Obama is up six points after the death of Osama bin Laden…
May 5, 2011

Trump won't drive Indy 500 pace car, after all

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Donald has dumped himself from the Indianapolis 500...
May 5, 2011

Obama in NY: Meant what we said by 'never forget'

NEW YORK (AP) - The president viewed a memorial plaque commemorating the firefighters who were lost and then lunched privately…