December 2009
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Barbershop Buzz: 2010 expectations
10:43 AM on 12/31/2009
With 2009 coming to an end, we turn our attention to the new year. Today on the barbershop buzz: 2010...
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Mary J. Blige's 'Stronger With Each Tear' is a gem
8:02 PM on 12/30/2009
REVIEW - Mary J Blige's latest album is a gem, well-suited for those who are deeply content or have down-on-yourself blues...
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Diddy & Ciroc offer cab fare and Metrocards for New Year's eve
2:34 PM on 12/30/2009
With sponsorship from Ciroc, E! Entertainment and NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission, Sean "Diddy" Combs is trying to keep drinkers safe during tomorrow's New Years Eve celebration...
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High-tech gadget helps kids with reading and math
1:26 PM on 12/30/2009
VIDEO - It's called the 'Teachermate' reading and math lessons all crammed into a little device...
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Virtual reality clinic helps returning soldiers with PTSD
10:43 AM on 12/30/2009
VIDEO - Afghan war veteran, Sgt. Sammy Washington, is going back to the war zone. To hear the sounds, see the sights and feel the explosions, in a virtual reality clinic at Andrews Air Force Base...
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'Thriller' accepted into National Film Registry
10:20 AM on 12/30/2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Michael Jackson's "Thriller" video, with that unforgettable graveyard dance, will rest among the nation's treasures in the world's largest archive of film, TV and sound recordings...
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The most racially charged stories of 2009
10:02 AM on 12/30/2009
OPINION - As we bring in the New Year and look forward to a new decade, I thought it might be fun to review the most racially-charged incidents of 2009.
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Lil Wayne has hometown farewell show before jail time
10:00 AM on 12/30/2009
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Lil Wayne emerged as a top-selling musician known for his clever wordplay and risque lyrics, but like rappers before him, he's staring down a year behind bars at the peak of his career...
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Five New Year's resolutions for President Obama
9:45 AM on 12/30/2009
OPINION - With the first year of the Obama presidency now at a close, the White House should reflect on its successes and failures over the past year, and gear up for 2010.
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A year in review from poet J. Ivy
9:44 AM on 12/30/2009
VIDEO - 2009 will be a year remembered for many things--from the historic inauguration of President Barack Obama in January to the outbreak of the H1N1 virus around the world in early June...
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Oops! T-Wolves announce trade prematurely
9:06 AM on 12/30/2009
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- The Minnesota Timberwolves' trade of backup point guard Jason Hart didn't exactly go as smoothly as planned...
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Obama: security system failed to connect the dots
8:43 AM on 12/30/2009
HONOLULU (AP) - President Barack Obama says the intelligence community had information that it should have been pieced together before the Christmas Day attempted terror attack...
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Hampton University awarded $1.4M to recruit students
7:06 AM on 12/30/2009
HAMPTON -- The National Science Foundation is giving Hampton University $1.4 million to recruit more minority students into the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics...
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Governor candidate faces opposition from black leaders
2:59 PM on 12/29/2009
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- A congressman trying to becoming Alabama's first black governor is facing opposition from some unlikely critics -- black leaders who were on the front lines of the civil rights movement...
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San Jose police mount cameras on officers' heads
1:38 PM on 12/29/2009
SAN JOSE, California (AP) -- Grainy cell phone images are often used against cops accused of using excessive violence. Now, officers are being armed with their own cameras...
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Landmark taser ruling shocks cops back to reality
1:34 PM on 12/29/2009
Shock happy law enforcement beware, there are new rules of engagement when it comes to the use of Tasers by police officers...
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Three-year-old saves grandmother from fire
12:42 PM on 12/29/2009
Three-year old Texas boy is being called a hero after saving his grandmother from a fire. Investigators say the flames destroyed the Houston home Monday afternoon...
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Tuskegee Airmen to be honored with Rose Bowl float
12:02 PM on 12/29/2009
The Tuskegee Airmen are being honored for the new year. Not with speeches, medals or awards--but a float in a parade...
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Officials probe Miss. apartment fire that killed nine
10:14 AM on 12/29/2009
STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) -- Investigators were working to figure out what sparked a Mississippi apartment fire that killed six children and three women...
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Notable African-Americans we lost in 2009
10:11 AM on 12/29/2009
SLIDESHOW - As 2009 comes to an end, we take a moment to reflect on several public figures who have passed during the past year...
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- Clarence Thomas' wife's Tea Party ties are supremely disturbing
- Democrats' crack-cocaine compromise is still 'racist'
- How 'Bloody Sunday' changed America
- Three reasons why Obama should take small steps to save jobs
- Why audiences should opt-out of 'Cop Out'
- Van Jones returns: 'I'm more committed to the politics of hope now'
- Todd Bridges buries troubled past in 'Killing Willis'
- Lee Daniels: We need to get out of 'Huxtable' mode
- Slideshow: 20 films that uplifted black America
- Slideshow: 15 films that hurt black America
- 'High School Musical' star Corbin Bleu talks to theGrio about new Broadway role
- Slideshow: The 25 most influential albums by African-Americans
- Obama proposes $900 million in grants to stop school drop outs
- Charles Rangel should resign in light of ethics panel ruling
- Obama, Republicans clash at heated health summit
- Fox News contributor Angela McGlowan to run for Congress in Mississippi
- NY Gov. Paterson has mere $620G to battle $12 million-man Andrew Cuomo
- The new Obama is the old Obama
- AP sources: Woods likely to return at Masters
- Michael Jordan to buy NBA's Bobcats
- First black figure skating pair leaps over color barriers & national borders
- Slideshow: The 15 best dunkers in NBA history
- Where's the diversity at the Winter Olympics?
- Slideshow: African-Americans at the Winter games
- Certain carnival dances said to come from the days of slavery
- 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
- Afro-centric brides on parade
- TheGrio's 100: Mary Spio, reaching beyond the stars
- TheGrio's 100: Tim King, prepping the next generation
- TheGrio's 100: Kamala Harris, the future of California politics
- TheGrio Reflects: The genius of Ray Charles
- TheGrio's 100: Dr. Kathie-Ann Joseph, battling breast cancer and more
- TheGrio's 100: Clarence Otis Jr, serving 400 million meals a year
- 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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