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Slideshow: The worst black celebrity tattoos
12:24 PM on 01/26/2012
SLIDESHOW - Unfortunately some people never learn the consequences of, say, getting a giant ice cream cone tattooed on their face...
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Tavis Smiley: 'The poor are rendered more and more invisible'
3:05 PM on 08/11/2011
VIDEO - Smiley and Cornel West discuss their poverty tour, what they would like to see change in Washington, and Smiley's previous comments about not receiving a White House invitation...
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'Awkward Black Girl' web series is clicking with viewers
8:00 AM on 08/11/2011
theGRIO REPORT - In a world where we rarely see young African-American lead characters in comedic roles that aren't stereotypical, 'Awkward Black Girl' can feel like a breath of fresh air....
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Houston gangs recruiting students, both the imposing and bullied
3:40 AM on 08/11/2011
theGRIO REPORT - The National Gang Center recently released a study that estimated 55 percent of all gang activity occurs in big cities...
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How early should kids be enrolled in school?
12:56 PM on 08/10/2011
MSNBC is covering issues surrounding early education this week as a lead up to Sunday's two hour special _A Stronger America: Making the Grade_...
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New study says 'Elmo' helps kids learn
1:13 PM on 08/09/2011
MSNBC is focusing on education this week, a focus that will end with a two hour special called _A Stronger America: Making the Grade_ which airs this coming Sunday.
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Stand Up for Shakespeare brings Hamlet to NYC kids
3:13 PM on 08/08/2011
NEW YORK - The Royal Shakespeare Company and the Park Avenue Armory have teamed up to create a special program for NYC kids from under served communities called Stand Up for Shakespeare...
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'My Strange Addiction': Woman can't stop eating husband's ashes
2:35 PM on 08/08/2011
VIDEO - 'I didn't want to wipe them off because I thought that's ['my husband and i cant just wipe him away,' she says...
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New personalized medication might help fight cancer
1:54 PM on 08/08/2011
WASHINGTON - 9news reports that a new type of personalized medication might be able to help cancer patients fight their disease more efficiently...
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Twitter post leads to teens murder
1:04 PM on 08/08/2011
RANKIN COUNTY, MS - Dorian Cyrus and Jeffery Taylor Jenkins were friends and went to school together, sources told WBLT...
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Sean Kingston to rescuer: 'I love you, my brother'
9:08 AM on 08/04/2011
VIDEO - Sean Kingston appeared on 'The Today Show' this morning to discuss his near fatal accident this past May, and his subsequent recovery...
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Death of rising high school football star shakes Georgia team
3:58 PM on 08/03/2011
VIDEO - DJ Searcy was a rising Junior and a defensive lineman who his friends say was loved by all...
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Seattle man uses Facebook to ask for kidney transplant
12:01 PM on 08/03/2011
SEATTLE WA - A child's artwork surrounds Damn Brown's at home dialysis machine. Brown, who is 37 and lives with his wife and two little boys, chooses to do his "dialysis on the go"
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Houston sex offender exposes himself to 3 kids
9:36 AM on 08/02/2011
RICHMOND - Ronard Shorter, 25, of Houston is a registered sex offender and has now been accused of exposing himself to children while they were outside playing...
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Public masturbation website urges flashers to target black women
8:16 AM on 08/02/2011
theGRIO REPORT - Jezebel.com reports that one user wrote of flashing ground-rules: "No white women over the age of 25...
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TV station portrays little, law abiding boy as a thug
9:36 AM on 08/01/2011
theGRIO REPORT - After a drive-by shooting involving two teens, Chicago CBS affiliate WBBM interviewed a few preschool-aged criminologists...
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Fifth Bishop Eddie Long accuser revealed
11:28 AM on 07/28/2011
theGRIO REPORT - Centino Kemp never filed a law suit against Bishop Eddie Long, instead stepping forward with additional allegations when the four young men filed suit...
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Slideshow: NFL stars on the move to new teams
8:33 AM on 07/28/2011
SLIDESHOW - Players are being traded and signed like it's going out of style, and fans are beginning to get an idea about what their team might look like this season...
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Slideshow: Stars that stepped out of a group's shadow
2:38 PM on 07/27/2011
SLIDESHOW - Here are theGrio's top pics for artists that were able to make it out of a successful group and begin a shining solo career...
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Eddie Long's child has diploma delayed due to credit mix-up
2:51 PM on 07/26/2011
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - Eddie Long's daughter Taylor Long almost graduated with a what the state deemed to be a defunct credit...
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Nancy Grace asks 'Who pushed Whitney Houston underwater?'
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Valentine's Day: Has technology made love letters obsolete?
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Black hair salons pamper women for Valentine's
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CBC Chair Emanuel Cleaver denies he called Obama budget 'nervous breakdown on paper'
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Rapper Too Short, in XXL column, gives boys advice to 'turn girls out'
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Valentine's Day: theGrio's favorite black romantic movies (SLIDESHOW)
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Whitney Houston and Brick City breakout artists: Music stars who call Newark home (SLIDESHOW)
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Presidential PDA: Barack and Michelle Obama's most romantic moments (SLIDESHOW)
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Slideshow: theGrio's best break-up songs of all time
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Grammy Awards 2012: Best and worst red carpet fashion
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New York magazine published picture of Obama evolving from ape to human
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Jeremy Lin's race matters and that's a good thing
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Are Democrats too eager to abandon President Obama?
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Nicki Minaj Grammys backlash: Has the rapper put her career at risk?
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Interracial relationships in the post-'Loving v. Virginia' age
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