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After saying 'I don't play the race card,' Michael Steele blames his political problems on race
2:56 PM on 02/09/2010
Steele more recently targeted the entire "left" when Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) invoked slavery in the debate over health care reform...
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UN slams Haitian hospitals for charging patients
11:25 AM on 02/09/2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) - The United Nations has warned that it will cut off shipments of free medicine beginning immediately to any Haitian hospitals that it finds are charging patients...
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Cory Booker: Black History Month promotes 'understanding'
10:51 AM on 02/09/2010
VIDEO - Mayor Cory Booker of Newark, NJ says Black History Month is part of 'what makes America so great'...
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Colorado Africans forced out of Wal-Mart jobs, claim discrimination
9:51 AM on 02/09/2010
From The NY Times - "I don't like some of the faces I see here." African Muslim employees claim Wal-Mart managers forced them out of work illegally...
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First lady launches 'Let's Move' effort against childhood obesity
9:35 AM on 02/09/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - First lady Michelle Obama says she loves burgers and fries, but she wants her daughters -- and the rest of America's children -- to learn about better nutrition and exercise....
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Rapper Lil Wayne to be sentenced in NYC gun case
9:17 AM on 02/09/2010
NEW YORK (AP) - Little more than a week ago, Lil Wayne was reinforcing his place in rap's pantheon with a commanding performance at the Grammy Awards ceremony...
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Doctor pleads not guilty in Michael Jackson death case
5:51 PM on 02/08/2010
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Dr. Conrad Murray, a Houston cardiologist who was with Jackson when he died June 25, entered his plea Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court just hours after he was charged...
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Actor Gary Coleman pleads guilty to criminal mischief charge
5:28 PM on 02/08/2010
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Former child television star Gary Coleman pleaded guilty Monday to a misdemeanor criminal mischief charge related to a domestic violence incident last April...
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African-Americans question Obama's approach to race
5:13 PM on 02/08/2010
On Capitol Hill, members of the Congressional Black Caucus are expressing irritation that Mr. Obama has failed to create programs tailored specifically to African-Americans...
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Questlove releases statement on NBC's black history menu
5:11 PM on 02/08/2010
Roots drummer Questlove sets the record straight about the truth behind his Twitter picture of NBC's cafeteria sign honoring Black History Month...
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Meghan McCain calls out Tea Party for racism, on 'The View'
4:13 PM on 02/08/2010
Racism in the "tea party" is a why young people are turned off by the movement, according to Meghan McCain...
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African-Americans major influence in tech, media and buying power
12:59 PM on 02/08/2010
According to a comprehensive BET survey of the African-American community recently released, African Americans in 2008 accounted for a 10% increase in population from 2008 versus 2000...
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Vanity Fair's all-white future Hollywood
12:53 PM on 02/08/2010
From Advertising Age - Nothing about Vanity Fair's "Young Hollywood" cover is in line with current trends, or at all an accurate portrayal of the next decade of talent, or even Hollywood's current makeup...
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First lady fights child obesity: 'That's the legacy I want'
12:42 PM on 02/08/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The first lady's goal is ambitious: to put America on track to solve the childhood obesity problem in a generation...
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Emmitt Smith, Jerry Rice become football Hall of Famers
11:58 AM on 02/08/2010
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Here's how you stop Jerry Rice and Emmitt Smith: Put them in the Hall of Fame and watch them break down and cry...
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Free early college for at-risk students brings success
10:23 AM on 02/08/2010
From The NY Times - At a new wave of early-colleges across the country, the goal is to keep at-risk students in school by eliminating the divide between high school and college...
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Bad malaria pills in Africa raise resistance fears
10:06 AM on 02/08/2010
High rates of the most effective type of malaria-fighting drugs sold in three African countries are poor quality...
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Obama to GOP: Let's talk about health care - live
9:20 AM on 02/08/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama says it's time for Republicans who have attacked his health care proposals from the sidelines to step before the cameras and present their own ideas...
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Move over Ray Nagin, New Orleans has new mayor
9:12 AM on 02/08/2010
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Four years ago, Mitch Landrieu narrowly lost to Ray Nagin in a racially divisive election for mayor of Katrina-scarred New Orleans...
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Ex-NFL star Sapp released from Fla. jail on bond
8:48 AM on 02/08/2010
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Former NFL star Warren Sapp has been released from jail on $1,500 bond after being arrested in Miami Beach on charges he choked a woman in his hotel room...
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- Colorado Africans forced out of Wal-Mart jobs, claim discrimination
- Anti-abortion billboards claim black children are an endangered species
- Doctor pleads not guilty in Michael Jackson death case
- Actor Gary Coleman pleads guilty to criminal mischief charge
- First lady fights child obesity: 'That's the legacy I want'
- Emmitt Smith, Jerry Rice become football Hall of Famers
- Obama's decline reflects the perils of democracy
- Sade's return is worth the wait
- The Super Bowl will unite people of Haiti and New Orleans
- Can fried chicken just be fried chicken?
- New jobs numbers, but same old story for black workers
- 'Soul Train' 40 years later: Appealing to Americans on both sides of the track
- Screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher is 'Precious'
- Ex-NFL star Michael Irvin accused of sexual assault
- Lawyer: Michael Jackson's doctor to surrender Friday
- Soul music legend Bill Withers shines in new documentary
- Diversity reigns in Oscar-nominated directors
- Slideshow: The 25 most influential albums by African-Americans
- Obama to GOP: Let's talk about health care - live
- Move over Ray Nagin, New Orleans has new mayor
- NY Gov. meets with fellow Dems amid scandal rumors
- Senate likely to be less diverse after elections
- Justice Thomas: Some questioning of Supreme Court 'irresponsible'
- CA National Guard gets first black, female leader
- 'The Book of Eli': A not-so-new parable of burnt-out beauty
- Obama musical set to open in Germany
- Five things you didn't know about Kwanzaa (but should)
- Kool & the Gang gives rare concert in Havana
- Africans find unlikely education at Ukraine universities
- 'Fela' brings Nigeria to Broadway
- Bad malaria pills in Africa raise resistance fears
- Denver boy, 9, died after state-benefits error denied him asthma medication
- Among black girls, challenges of fighting obesity go beyond diet
- Obese African-Americans at higher risk of stroke
- Cancer victim sheds light on bone marrow donor crisis
- Hepatitis B and C often ignored as health threat to blacks
- Questlove explains what 'Soul Train' means for black Americans
- Tea Party movement lacks diversity, but unified in anti-government fervor
- DNA evidence exonerates NY man of 1976 rape
- Texas couple sells everything they own to help Haiti
- Cook defends fried chicken choice for Black History Month menu
- US Baptists charged with kidnapping Haitian children
- Aid groups struggle to get food, water to Haitians
- Mary J. Blige's 'Stronger With Each Tear' is a gem
- The 10 most important black films of the decade
- Alicia Keys' new album proves to be under par
- Happy reading! TheGrio's holiday book wish list
- Invictus: South African story has relevance for America
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