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Lesbian sgt. discharged after police outed her to Air Force
8:04 AM on 03/14/2010
OMAHA, Nebraska (AP) - Jene Newsome played by the rules as an Air Force sergeant: She never told anyone in the military she was a lesbian...
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African-American named nation's only female HS football coach
7:28 AM on 03/13/2010
VIDEO - A petite, unassuming young science teacher made history when she became what's believed to be the only female high school head football coach in the country ...
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Democrats look to resurrect ambitious college aid plan
6:49 PM on 03/12/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Congressional Democrats want a stalled overhaul of college aid programs to get strapped onto a fast-track health care bill ...
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Pelosi promises swift passage of health care reform
4:46 PM on 03/12/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - At the White House, officials worked to maximize Obama's influence over lawmakers who control the fate of legislation that has spawned a yearlong struggle...
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Singer Diana Ross announces new summer tour
4:23 PM on 03/12/2010
Watch out, Beyonce the original R&B diva has returned!
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Yemen terror suspect worked at five US nuke sites
3:15 PM on 03/12/2010
HADDONFIELD, NJ (AP) - Before he was rounded up in a sweep of suspected al-Qaida terrorists in Yemen, Sharif Mobley was a laborer at five nuclear plant complexes...
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Rev. Jeremiah Wright discusses Obama controversy, history of his church
2:21 PM on 03/12/2010
President Obama's former pastor Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. on Wednesday compared the president to a son who was being treated unfairly...
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Director of Fugees video 'Killing Me Softly,' charged with impregnating daughters
1:38 PM on 03/12/2010
An award-winning video director was unmasked Thursday as a brutal, bizarre serial breeder who repeatedly raped his daughters to create a "pure" bloodline...
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Abandoned 6-year-old escapes locked school bus
12:50 PM on 03/12/2010
VIDEO - First-grader Tevin Smith said he fell asleep during the ride home from Estabrook Elementary in Ypsilanti, Michigan and woke up to find the bus parked in a bus yard...
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Ray Charles musical heading for Broadway
12:41 PM on 03/12/2010
NEW YORK (AP) - A musical celebrating Ray Charles is headed for Broadway later this year...
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Tempe students scrap walkout over Obama essay contest
12:24 PM on 03/12/2010
The Marcos de Niza seniors, who wrote essays and made a video for the Race to the Top Commencement Challenge...
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Man breaks into church, beats up nun
12:16 PM on 03/12/2010
VIDEO - Police are searching for the heinous individual who heartlessly beat a nun at St. Lucy's Church in Newark, N.J. Thursday morning...
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White teachers behind black history prank to be transferred
11:26 AM on 03/12/2010
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Three Los Angeles school teachers who were suspended for honoring O.J. Simpson, Dennis Rodman and RuPaul in a Black History Month parade will be transferred...
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GOP questions Boys & Girls Clubs' executive salaries
10:47 AM on 03/12/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - A group of Republican senators raise issues that could jeopardize millions in federal funding for the national charity...
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Desirée Rogers ran into sharp elbows at White House
10:25 AM on 03/12/2010
Desirée Rogers began to understand she was in trouble when David Axelrod summoned her to his office last spring to scold her...
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Obama delays Asia trip to deal with health care
10:06 AM on 03/12/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama has delayed his first international trip of the year to focus attention on the final push to salvage his health care legislation...
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Man convicted in slaying of NFL cornerback
9:23 AM on 03/12/2010
DENVER (AP) - It took prosecutors and police nearly two years to build their case against Clark, partly because those who witnessed the shooting were part of a gang under federal investigation...
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AP sources: Woods likely to return at Masters
9:01 AM on 03/12/2010
DORAL, Fla. (AP) - Tiger Woods intends to remain out of golf at least until the Masters, two people with knowledge of his plans told The Associated Press...
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Black Caucus wants more from Obama
5:09 PM on 03/11/2010
VIDEO - Several caucus members feel strongly that the president is not listening to their concerns...
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NY attorney general recuses self in Paterson probe
4:18 PM on 03/11/2010
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Andrew Cuomo, who is widely expected to run for governor, had been criticized for investigating Paterson...
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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
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- 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
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- 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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