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OBAMA AND THE CLINTONS DEEPEN THEIR POLITICAL AND POLICY ALLIANCE
HUFFINGTON POST, April 29, 2012 — Once a tense rivalry, the relationship between President Barack Obama and Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton has evolved into a genuine political and policy partnership.
YOUR WEEKLY WHITNEY: MIRACLE by Whitney Houston
How could I throw away a miracle? How could I face another day? It's all of my doing, I made a choice And today, I pay My heart is full of pain How could you understand, the way I feel?
ROMNEY PROPOSAL TO TACKLE PROBLEM OF MASSIVE STUDENT DEBT: "BORROW MONEY FROM YOUR PARENTS."
THINK PROGRESS, April 27, 2012 -- If you’re young and you want to start your own business, Mitt Romney’s has some advice from you: Borrow money from your parents. At a “lecture” for students at O
COLBERT MOCKS FOX NEWS FOR "OUTRAGE" OVER PRESIDENT OBAMA APPEARANCE WITH JIMMY FALLON
TALKING POINTS MEMO, April 27, 2012 -- Now that the general election is in full swing, the only voting bloc that matters — other than stay-at-home moms, social conservative Hispanic dads and evangelic
SECRET MEETING TO PLAN OBAMA TAKEDOWN BEGAN ON INAUGURATION NIGHT
HUFFINGTON POST, April 25, 2012 -- As President Barack Obama was celebrating his inauguration at various balls, top Republican lawmakers and strategists were conjuring up ways to submarine his preside
ONE WORLD TRADE CENTER ABOUT TO BECOME TALLEST BUILDING IN NEW YORK CITY
NEW YORK, April 24 (Reuters) - One World Trade Center, being built at the site of the fallen twin towers, could surpass the Empire State Building as the tallest building in New York as soon as next we
OBAMA: Romney can't say "everything I've said for the last six months I didn't mean..."
HUFFINGTON POST, April 24, 2012 -- President Barack Obama framed the 2012 election in some of the starkest terms to date in an interview published Wednesday by Rolling Stone. Obama said that in thi
FORMER TEXAS EDUCATION BOSS TELLS STEPHEN COLBERT: "Evidence for evolution is unconvincing."
HUFFINGTON POST, April 24, 2012 -- "The Revisionaries," a documentary about textbook standard-setting in Texas, recently debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival, and key subject Don McLeroy talked to Ste
THE WILD HYPOCRISY OF AMERICA'S CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIANS
By DAVID SIROTA, ALTERNET, April 23, 2012 -- Here's a newspaper headline that might induce a disbelieving double take: "Christians 'More Likely to Be Leftwing' And Have Liberal Views on Immigration an
STEPHEN COLBERT vs. CORNEL WEST & TAVIS SMILEY: WATCH COLBERT GET SCHOOLED
HUFFINGTON POST, April 20, 2012 -- Colbert came out swinging in his interview with Cornel West and Tavis Smiley, accusing the two of waging class warfare with their new book, The Rich and The Rest Of
YOUR WEEKLY WHITNEY: WHEN YOU BELIEVE (with Mariah Carey)
WHEN YOU BELIEVE Artist: Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey Many nights we prayed With no proof anyone could hear In our hearts a hopeful a song We barely understood; Now we are not afraid Al
PRESIDENT OBAMA VISITS ROSA PARKS BUS AND REFLECTS: "I just sat in there for a moment and pondered..."
HUFFINGTON POST, April 19, 2012 -- President Barack Obama sat Wednesday for a moment inside the Montgomery, Ala., city bus where Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat. The bus is currently housed at
PHILADELPHIA STORY: THE FIGHT TO SAVE HOUSE OF JAZZ GREAT JOHN COLTRANE
HUFFINGTON POST, April 13, 2012 -- Music enthusiasts in the City of Brotherly Love are looking to rekindle a love supreme for the deteriorating John Coltrane House, a preservation effort that mirrors
JACKIE ROBINSON HONORED BY MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL WITH CELEBRATIONS IN ALL BALLPARKS
HUFFINGTON POST, April 15, 2012 -- — LaTroy Hawkins has heard the stories from his 87-year-old grandfather, about his days of picking cotton in Mississippi, about the times when there were no black p
WHITNEY: HOLD ON, HELP IS ON THE WAY
Whitney Houston: HOLD ON, HELP IS ON THE WAY When you're down and in despair Don't be uneasy because he'll be there Say don't you worry, no don't you fret The Lord has never, never failed you
ZIMDECISION 2012: DAILY SHOW MOCKS MEDIA COVERAGE OF GEORGE ZIMMERMAN
HUFFINGTON POST, April 13, 2012 -- After weeks of investigation, protests and media speculation, George Zimmerman was charged with second degree murder in the shooting of Trayvon Martin on Thursday. I
NEWARK MAYOR CORY BOOKER RESCUES NEIGHBOR FROM BURNING HOUSE
HUFFINGTON POST, April 13, 2012 -- The mayor of New Jersey's largest city says he's a neighbor, not a superhero, a day after rescuing a woman from a burning house. Newark Mayor Cory Booker says he
MICHELLE OBAMA TALKS TO STEPHEN COLBERT
TALKING POITNS MEMO, April 12, 2012 -- The last time Michelle Obama stopped by The Colbert Report, she was potentially the next First Lady of the United States. Four years later, she is the first lady
MAGIC JOHNSON AND LARRY BIRD RECALL JOHNSON'S FAMOUS H. I. V. ANNOUNCEMENT
HUFFINGTON POST, April 12, 2012 -- When Magic Johnson held a press conference announcing that he was HIV-positive in 1991, popular perception was that this was essentially a death sentence. HIV leads
WILL GEORGE ZIMMERMAN BE CONVICTED? U. C. L. A. LAW PROFESSOR THINKS IT WILL BE A TOUGH CASE TO PROVE
by Adam Winkler, HUFFINGTON POST, April 11, 2012 -- The news that Florida prosecutors are bringing charges against George Zimmerman for the death of Trayvon Martin raises two questions: Will Zimmerman
MASS NEW YORK CITY BRAWL: "That's a real war out there...every man for himself..."
NEW YORK CITY, April 8, 2012 -- An epic brawl took place at 3 p.m. this Saturday near the New York University campus in Manhattan: luckily no one got hurt. For three hours, New York City's 7th ann
JOY by Whitney Houston
JOY by Whitney Houston Joy, joy, God's great joy Joy, joy, down in my soul Sweet beautiful soul saving joy Oh joy, joy in my soul Listen to the music The sound of the angels Come and see th
A REMARKABLE CONVERSATION WITH SYBRINA FULTON, TRAYVON MARTIN’S MOTHER
By Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, HUFFINGTON POST, April 7, 2012 -- My dear friend Kathryn Milofsky arranged for me to speak with Trayvon Martin's mother, Sybrina Fulton, and her attorney Benjamin Crump, toda
O. J. AND TRAYVON: “THIS IS NOT 1995. THIS IS THE GOOD FIGHT. THIS IS ABOUT RESTORATION OF FAITH.”
By Charles M. Blow, NEW YORK TIMES, April 7, 2012 -- The case of Trayvon Martin is producing another O.J. Simpson moment for America. At least that’s the view of the people at Gallup who released a