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'The Road We've Traveled': Team Obama to unveil re-election film
12:32 PM on 03/15/2012
theGRIO REPORT - President Barack Obama's campaign will release on Thursday 'The Road We've Traveled," a 17-minute film that highlights the administration's successes and the president's leadership over the past four years...
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Smithsonian breaks ground on National Museum of African-American History
8:18 AM on 02/22/2012
theGRIO REPORT - The Smithsonian Institution will break ground on the National Museum of African-American History and Culture today at a ceremony that President Obama and Laura Bush will attend...
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Republicans continue voter ID push ahead of 2012 elections
8:05 AM on 02/03/2012
theGRIO REPORT - Republicans are continuing to push controversial laws that could limit voting and voter registration drives...
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Slideshow: Rappers who were gone too soon
5:13 PM on 11/08/2011
SLIDESHOW - Here's a brief look at those we will always remember. May they rest in peace...
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Slideshow: 10 styles way worse than sagging pants
9:40 AM on 07/28/2011
SLIDESHOW - While, financial fines and legal repercussions are increasingly put in place to stop saggy jeans in public, it could always be worse...
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VA Beach homicide is first since '09, residents question safety
5:25 PM on 07/27/2011
theGRIO REPORT - While the Hampton Roads police say crime in the area is down, the murder of Codaro Simpkins, 22, has many residents on edge...
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Woman receives 18 years in prison for stealing $94
5:18 PM on 07/27/2011
theGRIO REPORT - Connie Murray Dumas, 40, will be in prison for the next 18 years after she was found guilty of armed robbery and possession of a pistol during a violent crime...
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Three 'starving' dogs found in Memphis man's yard
4:28 PM on 07/27/2011
VIDEO - Randall Lomax, 48, has been charged with multiple counts of animal cruelty after leaving his dogs in such a poor condition, two of them had to be euthanized...
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Memphis board takes back decision to delay school
2:38 PM on 07/27/2011
theGRIO REPORT - The Memphis City School Board has voted to reverse a potential delay in the start of the school year, allowing students to return to school on Monday, August 8th...
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Children rally to save Detroit water park
1:47 PM on 07/27/2011
theGRIO REPORT - A $1 million dollar shortfall in the Wayne County, MI budget has now put the future of one park on the east side of Detroit in question, prompting members of the community to take action...
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Mass. man jailed after threat to burn black churches
3:53 PM on 07/26/2011
theGRIO REPORT - Jeffrey Smith, 46, has been sentenced to 15-months in prison after sending letters threatening to burn black churches and NAACP offices in three states...
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Justice Dept. will not re-investigate Malcolm X case
12:48 PM on 07/25/2011
theGRIO REPORT - However, many civil rights advocates still want the Justice Department to proceed, citing the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act of 2007...
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Black Tea Party group to rally against the NAACP
8:06 AM on 07/21/2011
theGRIO REPORT - The "rally to expose the failed big government agenda and lies of the NAACP" will be held directly outside of the Los Angeles Convention Center...
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Slideshow: theGrio's 15 favorite music collaborations
7:00 AM on 07/19/2011
SLIDESHOW - Everybody has their favorite artist, but there's nothing like a track that combines the best of the current talent out there all on one song...
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Florida woman turns to Craigslist for kidney
4:08 PM on 07/18/2011
VIDEO - Selina Hodge, 28, is looking for help from anyone who is willing. She hopes to write a book and be a motivational speaker...
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911 dispatcher saves 4-year-old from drowning
10:29 AM on 07/18/2011
VIDEO - For the parents of three-year-old Maliki Sessions, their guardian angel came in the form of 911 dispatcher.
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Woman doused with chemicals speaks out
4:23 PM on 07/15/2011
VIDEO - Katrina Watts and her three-year-old daughter were attacked with draino, suffering permanent disfiguration after a woman attacked her for dating her friend's ex-boyfriend...
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Shooting, house fire leaves woman dead on Memphis street
1:11 PM on 07/15/2011
VIDEO - A 48-year-old African-American woman was shot and killed on the same block of that there was a house fire Thursday night in Memphis, Tennessee...
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Trio launches fireworks, racial slurs at black neighborhood
2:12 PM on 07/14/2011
VIDEO - The caucasian males have been charged with civil rights intimidation after being arrested for throwing fire crackers and shouting racial slurs at black neighborhood in Chattanooga, TN...
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Black cops allege racial discrimination in Seattle
4:26 PM on 07/13/2011
theGRIO REPORT - The Black Law Enforcement Association of Washington has charged the Seattle Police Department and the Seattle City Attorney of racial discrimination...
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Obamas host glamorous state dinner with UK prime minister
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Michelle Obama hosts White House pre-dinner wearing lavender sheath, London designer's broach
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The Obamas shine during visit from UK prime minister and wife
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Slideshow: Quincy Jones' 20 most memorable moments
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March Madness: 10 players who will take over the NCAA tournament
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