January 2010

Jackson's 3-D tribute is a hit at Grammy Awards

By theGrio

11:24 PM on 01/31/2010

NEW YORK (AP) - In a mix of the mystical and gimmicky, Michael Jackson posthumously paid tribute to both Mother Earth and 3-D video on Sunday's Grammy Awards telecast...
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Beyoncé makes history with six Grammys

By theGrio

7:37 PM on 01/31/2010

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Beyoncé has set a record for the most wins by a female in one night at the Grammys...
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Beyoncé poised to add to Grammy total

By theGrio

3:34 PM on 01/31/2010

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Of course, she faces tough competition--especially from two newer divas...
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Willie Mays, at 78, decides to tell his story

By theGrio

2:43 PM on 01/31/2010

Now 78, Mays is slightly stooped, and a somewhat rounder version of the streamlined, muscular athlete who hit 660 home runs...
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GOP's Whitman disavows 'proud racist' councilman

By theGrio

2:33 PM on 01/31/2010

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Republican gubernatorial hopeful Meg Whitman is severing ties with an elected official who described himself as a "proud racist."
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Black woman wins Miss America crown

By theGrio

8:49 AM on 01/31/2010

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A 22-year-old Virginia woman who said she once thought her only talent was singing is the nation's newest Miss America, emerging from a field of 53 contestants...
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The new Obama is the old Obama

By David A. Love

9:00 PM on 01/30/2010

OPINION - The president's oratorical performances this past week provided us with a refreshing glimpse of the new Barack Obama -- and the old one as well...
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Michael Jackson's kids will speak at the Grammys

By theGrio

6:13 PM on 01/30/2010

Michael Jackson's three children will not only attend the Grammys on Sunday, but will take the stage during the planned tribute to the pop icon to "read some sort of speech" about him....
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Serena Williams wins second straight Australian Open

By theGrio

9:05 AM on 01/30/2010

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- Serena Williams won her second straight Australian Open championship, ending Justine Henin's hopes of a Grand Slam title in her return...
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Erykah Badu teases 'New Amerykah Part Two' with trippy, funky clip

By theGrio

7:52 PM on 01/29/2010

Some rather strange and fairly awesome footage just appeared on Erykah Badu's official site...
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Diddy, Queen Latifah to host BET concert for Haiti

By theGrio

7:35 PM on 01/29/2010

NEW YORK (AP) - Proceeds will aid organizations including Jean's Yele Haiti, CARE, Project Medishare and Children's Safe Drinking Water...
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Singer Etta James hospitalized with infection

By theGrio

5:31 PM on 01/29/2010

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) -- Etta James' son says the 72-year-old R&B singer is hospitalized in Southern California with a serious infection but he expects her to be released soon...
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Sly Stone sues former manager over royalties for $50 million

By theGrio

2:23 PM on 01/29/2010

Stone is suing the Family Stone's former manager for $50 million, claiming that manager Jerry Goldstein bilked 20 years worth of royalties from the band in order to fund his own lavish lifestyle...
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Haitian-American doctors reach out to Haitians in quake's wake

By Mara Schiavocampo

2:07 PM on 01/29/2010

VIDEO - A group of about 30 Haitian-American medical professionals are on the ground in Port-Au-Prince, compelled to help their homeland...
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Red Cross clears Kanye West in battery case

By theGrio

1:52 PM on 01/29/2010

Kanye West's criminal case involving an LAX run-in with photographers was dismissed a few minutes ago...
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8-year-old Louisiana native donates savings to Haiti

By theGrio

1:40 PM on 01/29/2010

VIDEO - Amirikis Smith says he knew one person would get his donation to the people who needed it most. He sent a letter to President Obama...
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Obama and GOP exchange barbs, ideas in rare encounter

By theGrio

1:04 PM on 01/29/2010

BALTIMORE (AP) - In a remarkably sharp face-to-face confrontation, President Obama chastised GOP lawmakers for opposing him on taxes, health care and the economic stimulus...
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Tuskegee Airman Lee Archer dead at 90

By theGrio

12:54 PM on 01/29/2010

NEW YORK (AP) -- Retired Air Force Lt. Colonel Lee A. Archer, a Tuskegee Airman considered to be the only black ace pilot who also broke racial barriers as an executive at a major U.S. company...
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Body found during search for missing lotto winner

By theGrio

12:17 PM on 01/29/2010

VIDEO - Human remains have been found near a home where investigators were searching for the body of a missing man who won millions of dollars in the lottery nearly four years ago...
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Obama meeting with Republicans on jobs plan

By theGrio

11:50 AM on 01/29/2010

WASHINGTON (AP) -President Barack Obama is facing the toughest of audiences--Republican lawmakers--as he tries to win support Friday for a job-creation plan...
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