August 2009
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"Groupie expert" discusses the culture of cheating among pro athletes
10:26 PM on 08/31/2009
VIDEO -- Half of all marriages in the US will end in divorce, but for NFL players and other professional athletes, between 60 and 80 percent of marriages will ultimately fail. Infidelity is considered to be a contributing factor in these higher divorce rates...
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Pressure mounts for Obama to present his version of health care bill
5:40 PM on 08/31/2009
VIDEO -- What does Barack Obama want from Congress for the nation specifically? That question, whispered by many in Washington got asked loud and clear Monday by Republican Bob Dole...
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Former congressman William Jefferson files for bankruptcy, awaits sentencing
4:11 PM on 08/31/2009
Former congressman William Jefferson filed for bankruptcy in Louisiana courts last Thursday...
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Caught on tape: Team of burglars rob Georgia home
3:35 PM on 08/31/2009
There is a couple in the city of Grant Park, near Atlanta, Georgia that has not only been burglarized once, but twice and both times it was caught on video...
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Slideshow - Black in Elkhart
3:21 PM on 08/31/2009
Visit msnbc.com to learn more about The Elkhart Project and to view more stories from Elkhart...
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Joe Jackson on Michael's death: "Someone should pay"
1:00 PM on 08/31/2009
VIDEO -- "I'm not angry. I'm mad," Joe Jackson said in an interview that aired Monday on NBC's "Today" show. "I didn't know all this was going on...
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87-year-old woman who lives in a shack gets a new home
12:31 PM on 08/31/2009
VIDEO -- Last month we covered a story of an 87-year old woman living in a one-room shack in rural Scott County south of Lena.Thanks to that story over $35,000 has been raised to build her a new house...
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Vick could make NAACP look like Chicken Little
10:38 AM on 08/31/2009
OPINION -- By dragging the NAACP into the fray, chapter president J. Whyatt Mondesire threatens to make the organization out to be no better than a Chicken Little of civil rights...
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Costco removes "Lil' Monkey" dolls from shelves
10:20 AM on 08/31/2009
The doll wore a headband that said "Lil' Monkey" and was cuddling with a stuffed monkey. The "Cuddle with Me, Doll with Plush Monkey" doll came in Caucasian, African-American and Hispanic representations...
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Texas man tasered to death by police
10:13 AM on 08/31/2009
VIDEO - The family of a Texas man who died after being repeatedly tasered by Fort Worth police are demanding an investigation into his death...
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Pat Buchanan is dead wrong on the rise of white rage
9:30 AM on 08/31/2009
OPINION -- I should not have been surprised by the interesting constellation of venom in Mr. Buchanan's recent essay, "Populist Right Rising."
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Racism is another hurdle in track star's gender dispute
8:47 AM on 08/31/2009
OPINON - There is a long-standing history of gender testing in international athletics of women from various backgrounds, but the hyper-visibility in Semenya's case emerges from a difficult racial history.
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An unforgettable fishing tale
8:13 AM on 08/31/2009
VIDEO - For more than a week three boaters from Texas were missing. They were miles from shore in the Gulf of Mexico. Hopes of finding them alive dwindled...
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A typo on "Marin" Luther King street
7:43 AM on 08/31/2009
VIDEO - In the city where Martin Luther King Jr. was born, and on the street dedicated to him, you'd think the city would manage to spell his name right.
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8/31/09 - theGrio & CNBC Market Preview
12:01 AM on 08/31/2009
The Grio and CNBC team up to deliver a weekly preview of money matters and market updates for our community. CNBC's Shartia Brantley looks forward to the manufacturing report, unemployment - which dipped last month and a report on pending home sales, which has shown an increase for the last...
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Katrina victims should not be undercounted
5:03 PM on 08/29/2009
OPINION - If you walk through certain parts of the Lower Ninth Ward today, you would find it hard to believe that Hurricane Katrina happened four years ago.
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Author, musician discusses Katrina's legacy in New Orleans
3:00 PM on 08/29/2009
VIDEO - Ned Sublette speaks about being an author, historian, and musician who lived in New Orleans, Louisiana for the year leading up to hurricane Katrina.
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New Orleans native talks about family struggles after Katrina
2:00 PM on 08/29/2009
VIDEO -- Charelle Strahan's grandmother will never be counted among Hurricane Katrina's 1400-plus casualties. She died in February 2006, six months after the storm had passed, but as Strahan puts it...
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New Orleans spirit shines four years after Katrina
1:10 PM on 08/29/2009
OPINION - Much work remains to restore housing, infrastructure, jobs, and other essentials in New Orleans. But there are bright spots...
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Remembering my friend Michael Jackson
1:00 PM on 08/29/2009
OPINION -- The last time I met with Michael, we saw each other from across the room and he made a point of coming over to say "hello." Instead of greeting me
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- 11-year-old caught in the middle of health reform mudslinging
- Heavy rains swamp camps holding Haiti's homeless
- Prosecutor pursuing 'all black people should leave Wal-Mart' remark
- Man posing as cop sexually assaults woman
- Rangers manager: I used marijuana, amphetamines
- Obama skips Asia trip to push health care bill
- Presidential disrespect goes prime-time in Obama's Fox interview
- Baller-in-chief: Obama's 'March Madness' bracket scores well
- Conservatives use abortion issue to court African-Americans
- Will Michael Jackson's new music be a thriller for fans?
- Could 2010 be the year of the black Republican?
- Five reasons Tiger will come roaring back
- Robert Townsend turns serious with 'Diary of a Single Mom'
- DMX sentenced to six months in Phoenix jail
- Oprah to appear in sex-abuse, defamation trial
- Slideshow: TV's black child stars - where are they now?
- Todd Bridges buries troubled past in 'Killing Willis'
- Jackson estate lands largest recording deal ever
- Maryland trying to secede from the South
- Obama effigy hung at RI school with fired teachers
- Paterson claims he made initial scandal leak
- Obama signs jobs bill: 'By no means enough'
- House Dems on track for vote on $940 billion health bill
- Ed Secretary: Ban NCAA teams with low grad rates
- Ex-porn star reveals purported Tiger texts
- The 15 most memorable 'March Madness' moments
- Tiger's aura gone, probably for good
- Coach on coke: Rangers' Ron Washington tests positive for drugs
- Tiger's return may be most watched golf event ever
- Arenas: 'I deserve to be punished' for gun prank
- Certain carnival dances said to come from the days of slavery
- Smithsonian receives rare Harriet Tubman items
- Selma, a town rich with history, seeks new legacy
- 'Black Ski' gets a lift from the First Family
- Slideshow: A glimpse of Hawaii's gorgeous landscape
- How to celebrate Black History Month in the Big Apple
- Lawmakers fight to finish health reform
- Kucinich switches vote, will back health reform
- Late-innings hardball in health care push
- Michelle Obama talks to anti-obesity food giants
- It's 'do or die' week for health care reform - how did we get here?
- Obama delays Asia trip to deal with health care
- Made in America: Black-owned businesses blaze trails on our soil
- GOP questions Boys & Girls Clubs' executive salaries
- Is the average single black woman really worth just $5?
- 'March Madness' isn't amateur, it's big league exploitation
- Why African-Americans are more optimistic despite fewer jobs
- Wealth gap greatest for black and Latino women
- Barbershop Buzz: Should 'No Child Left Behind' be left behind?
- Teen dies after being pushed into traffic
- Children help mother deliver fourth child
- Missing woman's body found stuffed into bedframe
- Congressional Black Caucus calls current jobs bill 'inadequate'
- Paterson's press secretary resigns amid scandal
- 'Brooklyn's Finest' is flawed but fiercely entertaining
- Why audiences should opt-out of 'Cop Out'
- Black music without borders: Five artists you need to hear
- 'Ameriville': Stories of Hurricane Katrina still alive onstage
- Sade's return is worth the wait
- Aid groups struggle to get food, water to Haitians
- TheGrio Reflects: Malcolm X rails against complacent civil rights activists
- TheGrio Reflects: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul
- TheGrio Reflects: Muhammad Ali on Vietnam
- theGrio Reflects: The Story Of Emmett Till
- theGrio Reflects: the Underground Railroad
- theGrio Reflects: The 14th Amendment is adopted
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