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WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is making good on his promise to hear from Republicans as he pushes for swift passage and bipartisan backing of his massive $825 billion plan intended to jerk the country […]

A Murrah High School basketball player dies in an afternoon crash. The student body of Murrah High School is now mourning his death, and praying for the strong recovery of another. Two other students were […]

AP WASHINGTON – The Senate appeared close to agreement late Thursday on a bill to delay next month’s planned transition from analog to digital television broadcasting to June 12 — setting the stage for a […]

Obama signs order reversing abortion-funds policy By LIZ SIDOTI and MATTHEW LEE, Associated Press Writers Liz Sidoti And Matthew Lee, Associated Press Writers 22 mins ago WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama on Friday quietly ended […]

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is ready to trumpet Hillary Rodham Clinton’s installation as secretary of state while turning to veteran politician and dealmaker George Mitchell to guide the new administration through the Mideast thicket. […]

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama began overhauling U.S. treatment of terror suspects Thursday, signing orders to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center, shut down secret overseas CIA prisons, review military war crimes trials and ban […]

WASHINGTON – Stepping into history, Barack Hussein Obama grasped the reins of power as America’s first black president on Tuesday, saying the nation must choose “hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord” […]

WASHINGTON – In a first-day flurry of activity, President Barack Obama set up shop in the Oval Office, summoned advisers to begin dealing with war and recession and ordered new ethics rules for “a clean […]

CHICAGO (AP) – Every year, the dedicated teacher would put together a bulletin board for Black History Month, honoring famous achievers. There was Martin Luther King Jr., of course. Thurgood Marshall, the first black U.S. […]

Over a hundred people gathered outside the home of Medgar Evers in Jackson, Mississippi on Jan. 20, to watch live President Barack Obama take the oath of office in Washington,  D.C.  Not letting the 40 […]