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Obama enlists governors to raise the education bar
9:16 AM on 02/22/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Obama wants academic standards for America's high school students raised to make U.S. students more competitive...
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Michelle Obama thinks doubts about her have eased
9:16 AM on 02/22/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Michelle Obama wears blinders, of sorts. That helps her to see the real America...
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Why minority students don't graduate from college
9:10 AM on 02/22/2010
The picture of diversity--black, white, and brown students cavorting or studying together out on the quad--is a stock shot in college catalogs. The picture on graduation day is a good deal more monochromatic...
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Parents angry at 'American Idol' contestant
8:17 AM on 02/22/2010
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Parents are complaining they never got refunds for performance fees in a failed musical production Todrick Hall wrote and directed...
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Obama to propose limits on health insurance rates
8:11 AM on 02/22/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Obama is making a fresh attempt to rescue his health care overhaul by proposing a measure that would allow the government to deny or roll back egregious insurance premium increases...
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TheGrio's 100: Tracy Reese, designer for the first lady and the American woman
8:04 AM on 02/22/2010
TheGrio's 100 - One look at Tracy Reese's spring 2010 collection proves why the designer's style,continues to turn heads on and off the runway...
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Colin Powell backs Obama on national security record
8:00 AM on 02/22/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Secretary of State Colin Powell is rejecting charges that the country is less safe because of the way President Obama has handled national security matters....
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Calif.'s Negrohead Mountain renamed in honor of black pioneer
9:01 AM on 02/21/2010
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A peak previously known as Negrohead Mountain in Southern California's Santa Monica range was officially renamed Saturday...
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Shani Davis takes home silver in speedskating 1,500
12:41 AM on 02/21/2010
RICHMOND, British Columbia (AP) - Davis already has his sights on tackling the sport's toughest test of stamina and speed at the 2014 Olympics in Russia...
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Ole Miss football player collapes in workout, dies
2:00 PM on 02/20/2010
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) - A University of Mississippi football player has died after collapsing during the first day of team workouts...
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Tiger's mom tells him: 'I'm so proud of you'
5:01 PM on 02/19/2010
What did Kultida Woods whisper as she hugged her son Tiger after his public apology Friday?...
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Obama to offer health bill to ease impasse as bipartisan meeting approaches
4:50 PM on 02/19/2010
WASHINGTON -- President Obama will put forward comprehensive health care legislation intended to bridge differences between Senate and House Democrats...
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Haiti PM: Gov't to take land for temporary camps
4:43 PM on 02/19/2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) - Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive says the Haitian government will appropriate land to build temporary camps for earthquake victims...
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Slideshow: theGrio's week in review 2/14 - 2/20
4:22 PM on 02/19/2010
The one year anniversary of the stimulus, the 'We Are the World' remake, Tiger Woods' mea culpa -- these are the highlights of the week that was...
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Depardieu says he's not too white to play Dumas
3:54 PM on 02/19/2010
BERLIN (AP) - Gerard Depardieu has rejected the discussion over his right to play mixed-race author Alexandre Dumas because he is a blue-eyed blonde...
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Mayor backs fed probe of Ore. police in shooting
3:54 PM on 02/19/2010
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Portland Mayor Sam Adams joined black leaders Friday to support a federal civil rights investigation into the shooting death of a black man by a white police officer...
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Mom caught on tape teaching daughter to shoplift at Chuck E. Cheese
3:13 PM on 02/19/2010
VIDEO Indianapolis Metro Police are searching for a woman who they say used a child to commit a crime...
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Gloria Allred: Tiger Woods apology 'a staged stunt'
2:58 PM on 02/19/2010
Gloria Allred, the prominent lawyer who has represented a range of high-profile clients, called the Tiger Woods' Friday apology a "staged public relations stunt."...
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TheGrio Reflects: Malcolm X rails against complacent civil rights activists
2:34 PM on 02/19/2010
VIDEO - At a June 1964 rally, Malcolm X criticizes the Civil Rights Bill emerging from Congress...
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Rap star says Romney got physical with him on plane
1:14 PM on 02/19/2010
BOSTON (AP) - A rap star says former Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney first touched him -- and not the other way around...
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- Obama signs jobs bill: 'By no means enough'
- Children help mother deliver fourth child
- Presidential disrespect goes prime-time in Obama's Fox interview
- An 'Immortal Life': How one woman's cells helped cure a generation
- Sainthood sought for African-American priest
- House Dems on track for vote on $940 billion health bill
- Baller-in-chief: Obama's 'March Madness' bracket scores well
- Conservatives use abortion issue to court African-Americans
- Will Michael Jackson's new music be a thriller for fans?
- Could 2010 be the year of the black Republican?
- Five reasons Tiger will come roaring back
- Clarence Thomas' wife's Tea Party ties are supremely disturbing
- 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'
- Jackson estate lands largest recording deal ever
- Ray Charles musical heading for Broadway
- Ed Secretary: Ban NCAA teams with low grad rates
- Senate votes to change cocaine sentencing rules
- Lawmakers fight to finish health reform
- Congressional Black Caucus calls current jobs bill 'inadequate'
- Paterson's press secretary resigns amid scandal
- Senate OKs jobs bill for Obama's signature
- Coach on coke: Rangers' Ron Washington tests positive for drugs
- Tiger's return may be most watched golf event ever
- Arenas: 'I deserve to be punished' for gun prank
- Tiger will return to golf at the Masters
- Heavyweight to featherweight: Tyson races pigeons
- NCAA graduation rates between blacks and whites widening
- 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
- Kucinich switches vote, will back health reform
- Late-innings hardball in health care push
- Michelle Obama talks to anti-obesity food giants
- It's 'do or die' week for health care reform - how did we get here?
- Obama delays Asia trip to deal with health care
- Too many Tigers, not enough Trojans
- Made in America: Black-owned businesses blaze trails on our soil
- GOP questions Boys & Girls Clubs' executive salaries
- Is the average single black woman really worth just $5?
- 'March Madness' isn't amateur, it's big league exploitation
- Why African-Americans are more optimistic despite fewer jobs
- Wealth gap greatest for black and Latino women
- Missing woman's body found stuffed into bedframe
- Is FEMA forcing people to buy flood insurance?
- Holder: Osama bin Laden will never face US trial
- Ugandan children capture their own stories with Project Focus
- House Dems defend 'deem and pass' health care plan
- Parents abondon 3-year-old at his birthday party
- 'Brooklyn's Finest' is flawed but fiercely entertaining
- Why audiences should opt-out of 'Cop Out'
- Black music without borders: Five artists you need to hear
- 'Ameriville': Stories of Hurricane Katrina still alive onstage
- Sade's return is worth the wait
- Aid groups struggle to get food, water to Haitians
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