Military fears Americans getting too fat to fight
By theGrio
5:25 PM on 04/20/2010
VIDEO - A new report claims American childhood obesity is threatening national security...
Speedskater Shani Davis may skip 2014 Olympics
By theGrio
4:35 PM on 04/20/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Two-time gold medalist Shani Davis is not ready to commit to competing at the 2014 Olympic Games...
Ex-NFL star tackles child obesity with call for parks
3:40 PM on 04/20/2010
VIDEO - Former NFL star Eddie George testified before Congress as a landscape architect and proponent of building urban parks...
Cirque du Soleil to create Michael Jackson show
By theGrio
2:29 PM on 04/20/2010
LOS ANGELES (AP) - First the Beatles and Elvis, now Michael Jackson...
Congress abandons bill on DC voting rights
By theGrio
1:27 PM on 04/20/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The District of Columbia has waited more than two centuries to get a vote in Congress, and now it looks like the city's roughly 600,000 residents will have to wait even longer...
Weeding out the bad marijuana
By theGrio
12:23 PM on 04/20/2010
VIDEO - Everything from pet food to kids' toys undergoes rigorous testing before it's put on the market and now there's a place that tests one of Mother Nature's oldest remedies: cannabis...
Student leader stabbed in apparent hate crime
By theGrio
11:33 AM on 04/20/2010
VIDEO - Chico State University Associate Student President Joseph Igbeneweka never thought the very crime he tries to prevent through projects in school would be the same crime he would fall victim to...
Obama takes on banks: 'Something's gotta change'
By theGrio
10:46 AM on 04/20/2010
VIDEO - Later this morning, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner will tell Congress President Obama wants "shock absorbers" to contain the damage when big banks fail...
Sheriff makes inmates wear pink to calm them down
By theGrio
9:53 AM on 04/20/2010
VIDEO - The Sheriff decided to paint the entire jail bright pink and lime green to help calm down the inmates...
Lost black city buried under Arlington Cemetery
By theGrio
9:47 AM on 04/20/2010
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) - Down here, there are no memorials to ancient battles, no ornate headstones honoring long-dead dignitaries...
Mortgage aid program said more vulnerable to scams
By theGrio
9:39 AM on 04/20/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Recent changes to the Obama administration's mortgage assistance program may make it more vulnerable to fraud, a government watchdog says...
New iPhone accidentally leaked at a bar
By theGrio
8:04 AM on 04/20/2010
VIDEO - How the phone got in the bar and whether Apple planted it, is still to be determined...
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