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A recent report disclosed that Richard Aoki, a Japanese American, noted for his fierce militancy in the BPP, was an undercover informant.

Now that Mitt Romney has decided on his running mate—the Mormon now joined by a Roman Catholic—the attacks on Obama stepped up considerably over the last two days. Leading this assault is a robo-call that revives all the nasty rumors, innuendos, and lies about Obama, including his religion, patriotism, and if he’s an American citizen.

One hundred years ago the unsinkable Titanic sank, and Jim Thorpe, a Native American, won the pentathlon and the decathlon at the Olympics. 

Gabby Douglas believed two years ago, when she convinced her mother to let her move halfway across the country to train to become a champion. Yesterday, she became the first African-American to win an Olympic all-around title.

Mitt Romney is the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, and presumptive is the right word in several ways.

4 mos from Election Day, President Obama has an edge in support among women, African-Americans, Hispanics and young people.

Eight-time Grammy-winning singer Lauryn Hill pleaded guilty Friday to not paying federal taxes on more than $1.5 million earned over three years.

Best player in the game. Best team in the league. Now NBA champion, too. LeBron James is savoring it all since taking his talents to South Beach.

American writer Alice Walker won't let an Israeli publisher release a new Hebrew edition of her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, "The Color Purple".

Will the often heartless GOP and the Romney campaign team pounce on another misfortune from the Obama administration, seeing it as out of control with the recent accident by U.S. Secretary of Commerce John Bryson in the same way it charged Obama with being “out of touch” with his comment that the “private sector is doing fine”?