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Mary J. Blige urges delegates to 'get it crunk for Obama'

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A day after the delegates at the Democratic National Convention reintroduced the words God and Jerusalem to the party's platform, musical guest Mary J. Blige had one more addition: crunk.

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The delegates proceeded to dance, but did they really get it crunk? What is crunk? Professor?

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We think we get it…. Could someone use it in a sentence for us?

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Muslim Brotherhood outreach: Obama tells Egypt's new Islamist leader to come hang out with him

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President Obama has invited Egypt's newly elected Islamist leader, Mohamed Morsi, to come visit the United States in September. And reportedly, Morsi has accepted the invitation.

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Astonishing: 6,500 stood under the blazing sun....

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A Secret Service agent perspires as he keeps watch on President Obama at Carnegie Mellon University

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: President Barack Obama told an enthusiastic, if steamy crowd this afternoon that the election "isn't just about two candidates or two parties - it's about two fundamentally different visions for America."

Speaking at Carnegie Mellon University, he laid out campaign themes he's been hitting on his "Betting On America" bus tour.

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Supreme Court Upholds Obama Healthcare Law; Romney Reacts

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In a huge decision whose repercussions will be felt for years by all Americans, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld President Obama’s signature piece of legislation from his first term, offering him an enormous victory just months before the November election and snatching away a major plank in Republican challenger Mitt Romney’s platform.

The court decision said that while the healthcare law’s individual mandate—requiring everyone American to buy health insurance as a way to lower costs for everyone—was going too far in levying fines for those who failed to buy it, the government could impose a tax on those who didn’t get insurance.

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Black Caucus Threatens To Walk During Holder Contempt Vote

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A crazy day ahead for everyone in Washington D.C. First, we will find out the Supreme Court's decision on President Obama's health care law. Also we will learn the outcome of today's house vote on holding Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt.

Yesterday, the Congressional Black Congress held a "members only" meeting to plot a "walkout strategy" ahead of the scheduled contempt vote.

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Voter suppression is real and must be stopped

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By Roland Martin, CNN Contributor.

When Americans salute the nation's military at ball games, in airports and in churches nationwide, we do so with a sense of pride for those who are putting their lives on the line for the tremendous freedoms we enjoy.

One of those that we cherish the most is the ability to elect our own representatives on the local, state and national level.

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