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According to the Gallup daily tracking poll, Obama has received a 52 percent approval rating. The data was taken from interviews conducted on September 4-6. This is the highest approval percentage reported for Obama on the Gallup tracking poll since May 2011, just after the killing of Osama bin Laden. The latest results represent a […]
MANSFIELD, Ohio (AP) — President Barack Obama squeaked out a fundraising victory over Mitt Romney in August as the candidates gear up for the final stretch of their closely contested campaign. Obama raised more than $114 million, while Romney topped $111 million, according to numbers the rival campaigns released Monday. It's the first time in […]
FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — If President Barack Obama was looking for a lift in Florida, he got one from Scott Van Duzer. The 46-year-old, six-foot-three Republican gave Obama a bear hug, raising him off the ground as Obama marveled at the man's strength — and enthusiasm. Van Duzer owns the Big Apple Pizza and […]
CLEVELAND (AP) — The Ohio parents of Olympic gold medalist Tianna Madison are suing her after she allegedly called her parents selfish and accused them of mismanaging her financially. Elyria residents Robert and Jo Ann Madison filed the libel, slander and defamation lawsuit Thursday in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court in Cleveland. They said they've been […]
A Utah man made his indiscretions public through a personally-written obituary. Val Patterson revealed several truths to his family and friends by writing his own obituary and publishing it in the Salt Lake City Tribune. The 59-year-old died a week later on July 10 from throat cancer. Patterson wrote that although his family believed he […]
As college students are gearing up for the fall semester, student leaders at an Atlanta HBCU are building momentum for Water Wars Atlanta. Water Wars Atlanta is a new philanthropic project led by Morehouse students Richard Taylor and Jarrad Lawson aimed to resolve the world water crisis through a large-scale water balloon fight. Taylor and […]
CHICAGO (AP) — With Chicago teachers poised to go on strike for the first time in a quarter century, parents spent Sunday worrying about how much their children's education might suffer and where their kids will go while they're at work. Teachers said they would walk off the job Monday if no deal was reached […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Damaging storms that spawned tornadoes in New York City, darkened tens of thousands of homes in the Washington, D.C., area and flooded New England streets turned a normal day of rest into a day of cleaning up for many East Coast residents on Sunday. No serious injuries were reported when a […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, who promised early in his campaign to repeal President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, says he would keep several important parts of the overhaul. "Of course there are a number of things that I like in health care reform that I'm going to put in place," he […]
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — President Barack Obama is drawing new attention to Medicare in the all-important battleground of Florida, taking on his Republican challenger Mitt Romney on an issue that has been more favorable to Democrats. Campaigning for a second day in Florida, where older voters and workers approaching retirement hold sway, Obama on Sunday […]
Black voter turnout will be strong, but not likely to increase much over 2008, partly because of voter ID laws in several states designed to discourage voting among likely Democratic voters, according to a report released Thursday by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies. “Nationally, black turnout increased 4.4 percentage points in 2008 […]
ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) – A 76-year-old Anderson man is walking the streets wearing a sign begging for help to get his wife a kidney transplant. Larry Swilling says he didn't know what else to do. The sandwich board reads "Need Kidney 4 Wife." Swilling says he and Jimmie Sue have been married 56 years. He […]
