Census estimates big gains for minorities
WASHINGTON - Racial and ethnic minorities accounted for roughly 85 percent of the nation's population growth over the last decade - one of the largest shares ever - with Hispanics accounting for much of the gain in many of the states picking up new House seats. Preliminary census estimates also suggest the number of multiracial Americans jumped roughly 20 percent since 2000, to more than 5 million. More »
Stop the presses: First iPad newspaper debuts
NEW YORK - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. launched the first iPad-only newspaper last week. It is hoping the right combination of traditional reporting and technological wizardry will lure enough subscribers and advertisers to pay for a new way of delivering journalism. More »
Obama says people who hate him don't know him
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama says he doesn't take it personally when people say they hate him. And the thing he dislikes most about being president is the constant, intense scrutiny. "The people who dislike you don't know you. The folks who hate you, they don't know you," Obama said Sunday in an interview broadcast during Fox's pre-game coverage of the widely watched NFL football Super Bowl. More »
Afro-Colombian rappers vie for Grammy
BOGOTA, Colombia - For the descendants of African slaves who populate Colombia's poorest, most corruption-ridden corner, music has long been the most natural of distractions from a very hard life. And so it is for ChocQuibTown, a soulful, hip-hop trio in the running for the year's best Latin-Rock/Alternative Album at the Grammys on Feb. 13 in Los Angeles. More »
