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Rapper Ludacris gives away cars to people in need
7:16 AM on 09/07/2009
MORROW, Ga. (AP) -- Talk about a one-man stimulus package: Grammy-winning rapper Ludacris has given away 20 cars...
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Motown turns 50, but the party's far from over
8:05 AM on 09/06/2009
Fifty years later, Motown Records Corp. and its stable of largely African-American artists have become synonymous with the musical, social and cultural fabric of America. The company spawned household names...
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Obama's environmental adviser resigns over controversial remarks
9:15 AM on 09/05/2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's environmental adviser Van Jones, who became embroiled in a controversy over past inflammatory statements...
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Billy Graham sued over claim of racism
7:25 AM on 09/04/2009
A black woman is suing the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, saying she was abruptly fired after complaining that the organization was not reaching out to African-American churches.
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Jackson finally laid to rest in private service
6:00 AM on 09/04/2009
Paris Jackson wept as she stepped into the mausoleum where her father, Michael, was to be entombed. Katherine Jackson, overcome by sorrow, turned back when she was faced with...
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- Obama and Dems: 'We're well past 216' votes for health reform
- Obama to Dems: Health reform 'is in your hands'
- Health care reform protesters shout N-word at black lawmakers
- African-Americans support Obama's race-neutral stance
- Dems down to the wire lobbying for reform votes
- First lady and feds to food industry: Cut the fat!
- Oprah, schoolgirls to testify at defamation trial
- Robert Townsend turns serious with 'Diary of a Single Mom'
- DMX sentenced to six months in Phoenix jail
- Oprah to appear in sex-abuse, defamation trial
- Slideshow: TV's black child stars - where are they now?
- Todd Bridges buries troubled past in 'Killing Willis'
- The 15 most memorable 'March Madness' moments
- Rangers manager: I used marijuana, amphetamines
- Ex-porn star reveals purported Tiger texts
- Tiger's aura gone, probably for good
- Ed Secretary: Ban NCAA teams with low grad rates
- Coach on coke: Rangers' Ron Washington tests positive for drugs
- Certain carnival dances said to come from the days of slavery
- Smithsonian receives rare Harriet Tubman items
- Selma, a town rich with history, seeks new legacy
- 'Black Ski' gets a lift from the First Family
- Slideshow: A glimpse of Hawaii's gorgeous landscape
- How to celebrate Black History Month in the Big Apple
- Lawmakers fight to finish health reform
- Kucinich switches vote, will back health reform
- Late-innings hardball in health care push
- Michelle Obama talks to anti-obesity food giants
- Obama delays Asia trip to deal with health care
- New studies reveal the urgency of first lady's obesity fight
- Made in America: Black-owned businesses blaze trails on our soil
- GOP questions Boys & Girls Clubs' executive salaries
- Wealth gap greatest for black and Latino women
- Minority firms get less stimulus money
- Obama proposes $900 million in grants to stop school drop outs
- 2/22/10 - theGrio & CNBC Market Update
- Prosecutor pursuing 'all black people should leave Wal-Mart' remark
- Man posing as cop sexually assaults woman
- Barbershop Buzz: Should 'No Child Left Behind' be left behind?
- Teen dies after being pushed into traffic
- Children help mother deliver fourth child
- Missing woman's body found stuffed into bedframe
- TheGrio Reflects: Malcolm X rails against complacent civil rights activists
- TheGrio Reflects: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul
- TheGrio Reflects: Muhammad Ali on Vietnam
- theGrio Reflects: The Story Of Emmett Till
- theGrio Reflects: the Underground Railroad
- theGrio Reflects: The 14th Amendment is adopted
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