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Cornel West, activists convicted for disorderly conduct at stop-and-frisk protests
11:37 AM on 05/07/2012
NEW YORK (AP) - A Manhattan judge convicted all the defendants in one of the biggest political protest group trials in the city in recent years...
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Twitter plays outsize role in 2012 campaign
11:20 AM on 05/07/2012
NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. President Barack Obama is on Twitter. So is his presumed Republican challenger in the November election, Mitt Romney...
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Charles Barkley to Mitt Romney: 'You're going down, bro'
9:25 AM on 05/07/2012
The highly comedic NBA legend Charles Barkley had a few things to say to Mitt Romney in regards to the November election...
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Anti-gay marriage amendment divides North Carolina African-Americans
8:53 AM on 05/07/2012
theGRIO REPORT - Key African-American leaders are aggressively mobilizing in North Carolina to persuade the state's black voters to oppose a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage that is on the ballot on Tuesday here...
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Race, religion collide in 2012 presidential campaign
10:50 AM on 05/06/2012
(AP) - How unthinkable it was, not so long ago, that a presidential election would pit a candidate fathered by an African against another condemned as un-Christian...
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Obama kicks off re-election effort, hits Romney as 'rubber stamp'
10:38 AM on 05/06/2012
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - President Barack Obama plunged into his campaign for a new term and tore into rival Mitt Romney as a willing and eager 'rubber stamp' for conservative Republicans in Congress who want to cut taxes for the rich...
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93-year-old woman will be lead plaintiff in case against voter ID
3:39 PM on 05/04/2012
VIDEO - Viviette Applewhite, a 93-year-old African-American women from Philadelphia, will be the lead plaintiff in the NAACP and ACLU's case against the state's new voter ID law...
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Romney: Economy should be creating 500,000 jobs a month
2:59 PM on 05/04/2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is seeking an election-year advantage on the economy by setting 4 percent as a target for the nation's unemployment rate...
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Black unemployment: Decline in government jobs hurts African-Americans
1:41 PM on 05/04/2012
theGRIO REPORT - Blacks have been disproportionately affected; about 20 percent of black workers are in government jobs at the state or local level.
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4 years later, race is still issue for some voters
11:10 AM on 05/04/2012
MSNBC - 'Certain precincts in this county are not going to vote for Obama,' said John Corrigan, clerk of courts for Jefferson County...
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Black unemployment drops, but overall job growth largely stalled
9:16 AM on 05/04/2012
theGRIO REPORT - Black unemployment dropped a full point to 13 percent, one of the most positive signs in a jobs report released Friday that otherwise showed limited progress for the American economy...
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George Clooney fundraiser to bring in $12 million for Obama
6:59 AM on 05/04/2012
Oscar winner George Clooney's fundraiser for President Obama looks to be a huge success...
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Marine who criticized Obama works his last day
3:32 PM on 05/03/2012
SAN DIEGO (AP) - The last day of military service has arrived for a Marine Corps sergeant discharged for criticizing President Barack Obama on Facebook.
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Orly Taitz rejected by California court of appeal in election fraud case
1:56 PM on 05/03/2012
So-called 'birther queen' Orly Taitz has endured yet another legal setback in the midst of her quest to prove Barack Obama isn't eligible to be president...
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Cornel West: 'Obama is a disastrous response to a catastrophe'
1:34 PM on 05/03/2012
Cornel West says, 'Mitt Romney is a catastrophic response to a catastrophe, whereas Obama is a disastrous response to a catastrophe'...
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Rep. Michele Bachmann endorses Romney for president
1:31 PM on 05/03/2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann has endorsed one-time Republican rival Mitt Romney for president...
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Obama star power shines on small businesses
11:03 AM on 05/03/2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - Call it the Obama effect: A presidential visit can be good advertising for restaurants and businesses....
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Obama enjoys overwhelming Hispanic support in 2012 race
9:30 AM on 05/03/2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - Hispanic Americans, the fastest growing minority group in the United States, favor President Barack Obama over presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney by a huge margin...
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Condoleezza Rice for VP? Candidacy has its pros and cons
8:43 AM on 05/03/2012
OPINION - A recent CNN|ORC poll puts Rice at the top of the list of Republicans vice-presidential contenders. But Rice in the number two spot not be the cakewalk that Juan Williams suggests...
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In new book, ex-girlfriend says young Obama 'needed to go black'
4:17 PM on 05/02/2012
theGRIO REPORT - A new book about President Obama's early years includes interviews with past girlfriends and friends who describe his search for identity early in adulthood...
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