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Once-revered SC lawmaker freezes to death alone
1:17 PM on 03/11/2010
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - When Juanita Goggins became the first black woman elected to the South Carolina Legislature in 1974, she was hailed as a trailblazer and twice visited the president at the White House...
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Gabourey Sidibe lands new movie role, proves Howard Stern wrong
12:38 PM on 03/11/2010
Actress Gabourey Sidibe, who was the focus of shock jock radio host Howard Stern's racist rant on Monday, has landed a movie role and proved Stern wrong at the same time...
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Tiger Woods prepares for comeback, hires ex-Bush aide
12:05 PM on 03/11/2010
Tiger Woods has summoned someone even more significant than swing coach Hank Haney to help facilitate his wildly anticipated comeback...
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African-Americans are the fastest-growing segments in online dating
10:59 AM on 03/11/2010
Is online dating capable of doing great things for the Black community...
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Ludacris, Bill O'Reilly end eight-year feud
10:53 AM on 03/11/2010
Atlanta rapper Ludacris and Fox TV talking head Bill O'Reilly ended their feud at recent event they both attended...
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Foreclosure rates up by smallest amount in years
10:40 AM on 03/11/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The foreclosure crisis in the U.S. isn't over, but the pace of growth may finally be slowing down...
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New poll: African-Americans need less time to sleep
10:30 AM on 03/11/2010
All Americans are struggling to get more snooze time, but a new report finds that race and cultural differences play a role in sleep- related habits...
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Congressional Black Caucus: President Obama's not listening
10:12 AM on 03/11/2010
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus are headed to the White House for a meeting on jobs Thursday, and they'll have a few words to say about how President Barack Obama is doing his.
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Cash strapped Kansas City to close nearly half of its schools
8:48 AM on 03/11/2010
VIDEO - Facing potential bankruptcy, the Kansas City school district is taking the unusual and contentious step of shuttering almost half its schools...
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Why Howard Stern's attacks on Gabourey Sidibe are so wrong
5:05 PM on 03/10/2010
Not everyone had such nice things to say about Gabourey Sidibe following both Oprah and Sandra Bullock's praise of the budding actress during the Oscar ceremony on Sunday...
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Chicago woman maintains massive black history archive
4:46 PM on 03/10/2010
VIDEO - The carefully constructed, three-hour interviews open a window not only onto black America, but also onto the human condition...
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Obama renews support for Haiti, warns that 'dire' crisis isn't over
4:37 PM on 03/10/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Obama said the challenge now is "to prevent a second disaster" with the start of the rainy season...
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Wife of Rep. Conyers sentenced to 37 months in prison
4:15 PM on 03/10/2010
DETROIT (AP) - As guards cleared the packed courtroom, Monica Conyers yelled that she planned to appeal...
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Torii Hunter upset about way he's portrayed in USA Today article
4:07 PM on 03/10/2010
Torii Hunter was fuming about the way he came off in a USA Today article examining efforts to develop black talent in baseball...
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Senate passes jobless aid, business tax breaks
3:54 PM on 03/10/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate voted Wednesday to extend a host of soon-to-expire elements of last year's economic stimulus measure...
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Pit bull home invasion results in death of dog
3:08 PM on 03/10/2010
VIDEO - A New Albany, Indiana man shot and killed one of two dogs that unexpectedly attacked his dog and tried to force its way into his home on Monday...
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Muhammad Ali visits Giants clubhouse
2:55 PM on 03/10/2010
SCOTTSDALE, Arizona (AP) - Meeting Ali will be among the highlights of the spring for many of the Giants...
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Despite setbacks, Obama remains more popular than Congress
2:32 PM on 03/10/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans have come to detest Congress ever more deeply as it nears the end of a nasty fight over health care...
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New report says nearly half of all black women have Genital Herpes
2:21 PM on 03/10/2010
The Center For Disease Control has released alarming new test results that claim 48% of Black women between ages 14 and 49 have herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2)...
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LA Angels' Hunter calls black Latino players 'imposters'
1:44 PM on 03/10/2010
PHOENIX (AP) - Torii Hunter has called black Latino baseball players "impostors" when it comes to the appearance of the number of African-Americans in the major leagues...
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- Heavy rains swamp camps holding Haiti's homeless
- Prosecutor pursuing 'all black people should leave Wal-Mart' remark
- Man posing as cop sexually assaults woman
- Rangers manager: I used marijuana, amphetamines
- Obama skips Asia trip to push health care bill
- Presidential disrespect goes prime-time in Obama's Fox interview
- 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
- 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'
- Jackson estate lands largest recording deal ever
- Maryland trying to secede from the South
- Obama effigy hung at RI school with fired teachers
- Paterson claims he made initial scandal leak
- Obama signs jobs bill: 'By no means enough'
- House Dems on track for vote on $940 billion health bill
- Ed Secretary: Ban NCAA teams with low grad rates
- Ex-porn star reveals purported Tiger texts
- The 15 most memorable 'March Madness' moments
- Tiger's aura gone, probably for good
- 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
- 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
- It's 'do or die' week for health care reform - how did we get here?
- Obama delays Asia trip to deal with health care
- 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
- 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
- Congressional Black Caucus calls current jobs bill 'inadequate'
- Paterson's press secretary resigns amid scandal
- '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
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