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Playstation baller awarded big pay day
4:16 PM on 05/06/2011
VIDEO - NickTaylor has rolled over 256 over Internet gamers. Nick's had plenty of practice since he started playing back in 2007, and spends five hours in front of the screen in a lighter day...
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MO house speaker: Flood Cairo, IL. to save farmland
2:44 PM on 04/29/2011
theGRIO REPORT - Cairo is a town of 2,800 people. It is two thirds African-American and nearly 50 percent of its children live below the poverty line...
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Witness defends policeman who punched woman in IHOP
12:34 PM on 04/29/2011
VIDEO - 'The lady started grabbing him. I guess she stratched him, so he pushed her away to try and get her off,' she said...
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Four struck in McDonald's lot during hiring spree
2:31 PM on 04/20/2011
VIDEO - Witnesses say that two girls started fighting with others in the parking lot when the McDonald's owner and the manager came out to break it up...
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102-year-old bowler spreads joy to other seniors
2:19 PM on 04/13/2011
VIDEO - "I would say the secret to longevity is keeping a clean life, treating others as you would like to be treated, and being kind to everyone," said the woman...
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Slideshow: Unsung heroes of the Civil War
8:24 AM on 04/12/2011
SLIDESHOW - On the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War, theGrio is looking back at some of the war's most decorated and courageous people...
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First female and minority CA attorney general called 'female Obama'
1:01 PM on 04/06/2011
VIDEO - Harris has been called the rising star of the Democratic Party. Her rise in politics is rooted in the state she grew up in.
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Young woman goes from Chicago projects to Yale
9:19 AM on 04/01/2011
VIDEO - Only 3 years old when her mother became sick, she and her siblings were left at her grandmother's apartment in Chicago's Leclaire Courts projects...
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Mother discovers her son survived Japan tsunami
12:14 PM on 03/18/2011
VIDEO - Edward Clemens told his mother over the phone that he is trying to help the situation and that his living conditions are not great...
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Ellison on terror hearings: 'Target the real offenders'
1:23 PM on 03/11/2011
VIDEO - Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minnesota) appeared on 'Morning Joe' to discuss his testimony at the homeland terror hearings led by Peter King
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Huckabee has to back off 'birther'-like remarks
3:25 PM on 03/02/2011
VIDEO - The former governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee, is in some hot water after suggesting that the president grew up in Kenya and that it shaped his view of the world...
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Houston day care owner charged in deadly fire
4:03 PM on 02/28/2011
VIDEO - Donna Hawkins, the Harris County District Attorney's Office spokeswoman, said that 22-year-old Jessica Tata has been charged with reckless bodily injury to a child...
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Anthony Mackie: 'It's a very good time to be me'
12:11 PM on 02/23/2011
VIDEO - Up-and-coming actor Anthony Mackie appeared on 'Today' to discuss his role alongside Matt Damon in the thriller 'The Adjustment Bureau'...
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Martin Lawrence tells 'Big Momma' critics: 'Get a life'
10:15 AM on 02/18/2011
VIDEO - 'If you have a funny character that's dear to you, you play that character whether they are in drag or not. Acting is acting,' said Lawrence...
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Oprah wants 'to continue to be a force for good'
12:17 PM on 02/11/2011
VIDEO - Oprah Winfrey appeared on MSNBC's 'Morning Joe' in Chicago to discuss the last season of her legendary talk show as well as her friendship with President Obama...
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College baseball star receives kidney from coach
1:00 PM on 02/09/2011
VIDEO - He was diagnosed with ANCA vasculitis, a disease of the immune system that is so rare it only shows up in 1 in 55,000 people...
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Slideshow: 10 ways to celebrate Black History Month from coast-to-coast
7:59 AM on 02/09/2011
SLIDESHOW - Don't miss these diverse and educational opportunities that will allow you to gain a deeper appreciation of African-American contributions to society....
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Bachmann's rebuttal of Obama gets bad reception
12:43 PM on 01/26/2011
VIDEO - Michele Bachmann's comments about the founding father's supposed commitment to ending slavery are being criticized as grossly inaccurate...
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Yvette Nicole Brown breaks out on NBC's 'Community'
9:40 AM on 01/26/2011
VIDEO - Brown was excited to hear that Rolling Stone magazine has recently called the show "a strong bunch of losers comedy."...
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We'll bite! Rutina Wesley: I'm back on 'True Blood'
12:54 PM on 01/19/2011
VIDEO - 'True Blood' actress Rutina Wesley shared her thoughts about Golden Globes host Ricky Gervais on the red carpet...
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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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