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January 4, 2013
(AP) - Spurs forward Stephen Jackson has left San Antonio's game against the Knicks after spraining his right ankle when…
November 2, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) - The New York City Marathon was canceled Friday by Mayor Michael Bloomberg after mounting criticism that…
November 1, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg backed President Barack Obama over Republican Mitt Romney on Thursday, saying the…
October 31, 2012
(AP) - The Nets' regular-season debut in Brooklyn will have to wait. The New York City Marathon, however, is good…
October 29, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) - Forecasters warned that the New York City region could face the worst of Hurricane Sandy as…
September 13, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) - New York opened a new national front in the war on obesity Thursday, banning sales of…
September 4, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) - Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig and other diet groups say they are supporting New York City's proposed…
July 24, 2012
OPINION - In the wake of the horrific tragedy in Aurora, Colorado the conventional wisdom is that there cannot be…
July 23, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The Obama administration is unlikely to make a new push on gun control legislation in the wake…
July 20, 2012
New York City's mayor, Michael Bloomberg, stated Friday that the presidential candidates should do more than offer sympathy and prayers...
June 18, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) - A silent march by thousands of people in New York City protesting police 'stop-and-frisk' tactics on…
June 13, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) - New York City's Board of Health signaled strong support Tuesday for the mayor's plan to fight…
June 4, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Michael Bloomberg have agreed to work together on legislation to…
May 31, 2012
New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg and his administration wants to put a stop to the sale of large sugary…
April 17, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin is leading to a burst of legislative and policy thinking about…
April 16, 2012
OPINION - Perhaps the Trayvon Martin tragedy, and the president's acknowledgement that the slain teen could well have been his…
April 12, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, long an advocate of stricter gun control, is launching a national campaign…
October 14, 2011
Taking to Twitter late Thursday, Russell Simmons appealed to Mayor Michael Bloomberg saying that he'd personally bankroll sanitation effort..
September 16, 2011
The New York Daily News - "That's what happened in Cairo. That's what happened in Madrid. You don't want those…
September 9, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - People should take "all necessary precautions" this weekend, said President Barack Obama, who was briefed on the…