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Student party prompts anti-racism school campaign
11:09 AM on 02/25/2010
SAN DIEGO (AP) - The University of California, San Diego has initiated a campus-wide campaign against racism in the wake of a student party that used a ghetto theme to mockingly commemorate Black History Month...
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New security company hired in bus tunnel beating fallout
10:56 AM on 02/25/2010
SEATTLE (AP) - King County will find a new company to handle security in Seattle's downtown transit tunnel...
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PETA features Tiger Woods on billboard in his own backyard
10:47 AM on 02/25/2010
PETA, never an organization to shy away from controversy or defer to taste, plans to unveil a billboard featuring fallen golf hero Tiger Woods...
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Fitness trainers sue Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Studios for breach of contract
10:19 AM on 02/25/2010
Fitness trainers Dina Castillo and Frank Nunez were riding a wave after they were asked to create a customized fitness program just for employees of Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Inc. in summer 2008...
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Chris Brown: 'My hat is off to Tiger Woods'
10:14 AM on 02/25/2010
Chris Brown compared himself to Tiger Woods in a radio interview Wednesday, saying both him and the golf icon deserve second chances from the public for their mistakes...
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NY gov suspends aide, seeks investigation into domestic violence allegations
8:26 AM on 02/25/2010
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Gov. David Paterson has suspended a close aide and is asking for an investigation by the attorney general after a published report linked the aide to a claim of domestic violence...
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Black woman refused service for being a 'bad tipper'
7:00 PM on 02/24/2010
VIDEO - A woman who says Kampai Japanese Steak and Seafood House, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina refused her service has started a petition to boycott the establishment...
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Local activists responsible for 'Negrohead' Mountain name change
5:53 PM on 02/24/2010
VIDEO - Local Santa Monica residents convinced Los Angeles County and the U.S. Geological Survey to change that name...
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Ex-cop pleads guilty in Katrina killings probe
5:46 PM on 02/24/2010
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A former police lieutenant pleaded guilty to conspiring to obstruct justice after federal officials say he helped cover for officers who killed two people in the chaos following Hurricane Katrina...
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Limbaugh's 'reparations' crowing hits a new, racist low
4:03 PM on 02/24/2010
Once in a while, the dog-whistle messages from the far-right are enough to make one's ears bleed...
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Sade fends off Lady Antebellum to rule the albums chart again
3:36 PM on 02/24/2010
It was a close match, but in the end Sade took the No. 1 spot again, selling 190,000 copies of their 'Soldier of Love'...
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NYPD officers acquitted in sodomy case
3:16 PM on 02/24/2010
NEW YORK (AP) - A New York City police officer accused of sodomizing a drug suspect in a subway station was acquitted after defense attorneys spent weeks chipping away at the credibility of the accuser...
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Entire teaching staff fired at underperforming US school
2:02 PM on 02/24/2010
VIDEO - Tthe Central Falls School Committee voted Tuesday evening to fire every educator at Central Falls High School at the end of the school year...
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Ex-sportscaster Marvell Scott pleads not guilty to rape in NYC
12:36 PM on 02/24/2010
NEW YORK (AP) - A former New York City sportscaster was indicted Tuesday on charges he raped a 14-year-old runaway working as a prostitute...
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Is 'Twilight' star Robert Pattinson a racist?
11:59 AM on 02/24/2010
Robert Pattinson, the heartthrob from the "Twilight" series, has upset a few people...
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Former White House adviser Van Jones resurfaces at Princeton
11:35 AM on 02/24/2010
Van Jones has been appointed distinguished visiting fellow at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University...
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Senate approves jobs bill with tax breaks for new hires
11:25 AM on 02/24/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The 70-28 vote sends the bill back to the House, which passed a far more costly measure in December...
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University TV show mocking blacks sparks freeze
10:35 AM on 02/24/2010
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- The University of California, San Diego has halted funding for student media after a TV segment ridiculed black students outraged by a party mocking Black History Month...
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Emergency doctors leave Haiti
10:20 AM on 02/24/2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE - Doctors here are bracing for another onslaught of patients, as emergency workers leave the country and thousands of surgeries done after the January 12 earthquake need to be redone...
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Mo'Nique prepares for comedy tour
9:23 AM on 02/24/2010
NEW YORK (AP) -- Mo'Nique won the Golden Globe. She also picked up a SAG Award. And don't forgot about her most recent honor this week at the BAFTA's...
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- Van Jones returns: 'I'm more committed to the politics of hope now'
- Todd Bridges buries troubled past in 'Killing Willis'
- Lee Daniels: We need to get out of 'Huxtable' mode
- Slideshow: 20 films that uplifted black America
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- 'High School Musical' star Corbin Bleu talks to theGrio about new Broadway role
- Slideshow: The 25 most influential albums by African-Americans
- Obama proposes $900 million in grants to stop school drop outs
- Charles Rangel should resign in light of ethics panel ruling
- Obama, Republicans clash at heated health summit
- Fox News contributor Angela McGlowan to run for Congress in Mississippi
- NY Gov. Paterson has mere $620G to battle $12 million-man Andrew Cuomo
- The new Obama is the old Obama
- AP sources: Woods likely to return at Masters
- Michael Jordan to buy NBA's Bobcats
- First black figure skating pair leaps over color barriers & national borders
- Slideshow: The 15 best dunkers in NBA history
- Where's the diversity at the Winter Olympics?
- Slideshow: African-Americans at the Winter games
- Certain carnival dances said to come from the days of slavery
- 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
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