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Texas twins graduate at the top of their class

By Lana Schupbach

7:00 AM on 09/17/2011

VIDEO - They look alike, talk alike, dress alike, and they're best friends. But that's not all twins LaTonya and LaToya Harris have in common...
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DC's Seed School sprouts students driven to succeed

By Lana Schupbach

7:00 AM on 08/16/2011

VIDEO - Most students entering the Seed School do so three grades below grade level. Upon entry, students are set up in dormitories during the week and allowed to spend weekends at home...
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Cosby sees no humor in Twitter death rumors

By Lana Schupbach

12:25 PM on 08/12/2010

VIDEO - Cosby said the rumors have not only upset his family friends and friends, but they've adequately annoyed him as well...
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Harlem high school celebrates a decade of 100 percent graduation and college acceptance

By Lana Schupbach

12:14 PM on 08/12/2010

VIDEO - The concept of this single-sex focused school for young women was met with criticism in the beginning. However, the proof is in the numbers...
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Report: Fantasia in hospital for 'medication overdose'

By Lana Schupbach

3:17 PM on 08/10/2010

VIDEO - While the nature of the reported overdose is still unclear, some may wonder if this incident has anything to do with the singer's recent negative publicity...
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Search continues for serial slasher targeting black men

By Lana Schupbach

5:02 PM on 08/06/2010

VIDEO - The man, who witnesses have described as 6 feet tall and Caucasian, has stabbed at least 13 people (all black men), killing five of them...
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Non-profit uses soccer to help kick homelessness

By Lana Schupbach

12:10 PM on 08/06/2010

VIDEO - Known the world over for being a sport to unite and rally around, soccer is proving itself a life preserver for homeless teens and adults...
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Fishburne's 19-year-old daughter does porn film

By Lana Schupbach

1:01 PM on 07/30/2010

VIDEO - Today is Laurence Fishburne's 49th birthday. And his daughter, Montana, has given him quite an unexpected surprise...
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Missing ex-NBA player Wright found dead

By Lana Schupbach

6:22 PM on 07/28/2010

theGRIO REPORT - A local newspaper reports that police are investigating a 911 hang-up from Lorenzen Wright's cell phone left Monday morning. ...
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Aretha and Condi Rice 'jam' for underprivileged kids

By Lana Schupbach

11:03 AM on 07/28/2010

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The former U.S. secretary of state and Franklin took the stage Tuesday evening at Philadelphia's Mann Music Center in a rare duet...
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Rihanna and Eminem team up for 'important' new song

By Lana Schupbach

5:59 PM on 07/27/2010

VIDEO -She's also taken on the task of planning Katy Perry's bachelorette party...
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Alvin Greene's unlikely Senate run set to rap beat

By Lana Schupbach

3:14 PM on 07/26/2010

VIDEO - While the credits at the end of the video bill Alvin Greene as the director, producer and editor, the real-life nominee says he had nothing to do with it...
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Broadway plays geared toward blacks are a hit

By Lana Schupbach

4:12 PM on 07/22/2010

VIDEO - From the musical 'Fela' to the hit play 'Memphis', the percentage of African American attendance on Broadway is apparently on the rise...
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4-year-old Haitian on steady legs six months after quake

By Lana Schupbach

1:58 PM on 07/21/2010

VIDEO - For a 4-year-old, someone who just mastered the art of walking a few years earlier, learning to navigate life with a prosthetic limb can be especially difficult...
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Conservatives balk at handling of Panther case

By Lana Schupbach

3:44 PM on 07/20/2010

VIDEO - The debate continues over whether the U.S. Department of Justice mishandled the Philadelphia voter intimidation case...
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NAACP gets 'death threat' after Tea Party rebuke

By Lana Schupbach

2:59 PM on 07/19/2010

theGRIO REPORT - In a voicemail, an unidentified caller says the NAACP is a bunch of 'racist ni**ers' and announces the onset of a 'race war.'...
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Vaseline promotes skin lightening through Facebook app

By Lana Schupbach

6:17 PM on 07/14/2010

theGRIO REPORT - The app was developed to promote Vaseline's line of skin lightening creams for men by cashing in on India's notorious preference for lighter skin tones...
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Slideshow: Whoopi's 10 most controversial moments

By Lana Schupbach

5:13 PM on 07/14/2010

SLIDESHOW - Mel Gibson's 'not a racist', Polanski didn't commit 'rape-rape' and more. Whoopi sure knows how to whip up controversy...
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5-year-old shoved into traffic by mom's boyfriend

By Lana Schupbach

9:58 AM on 07/13/2010

VIDEO - Sounds of screeching cars can be heard on a 911 tape, revealing the exact moment when the child was pushed in front of the speeding vehicles...
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Democrats courting black voters in midterm elections

By Lana Schupbach

5:14 PM on 07/12/2010

VIDEO - Democrats have voiced fears that President Obama's high approval rating among blacks will not translate into votes come November's midterm elections...
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