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Reports: African-American homicide rates rising in Midwest states

info@thegrio.com (Ashley Michelle Williams) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:00:00 -0500

theGRIO REPORT - Studies are revealing that more Midwest states have had significant increases in African-American homicide victims within the past few years...

Brown University student discovers Malcolm X speech from 1961

info@thegrio.com (theGrio) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:27:03 -0500

The audiotape of Malcolm X's 1961 address in Providence might never have surfaced at all if 22-year-old Brown University student Malcolm Burnley hadn't stumbled across a reference to it in an old student newspaper...

Registered sex offender pastor back at the pulpit

info@thegrio.com (theGrio) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:15:09 -0500

VIDEO - A Jacksonville pastor who confessed to sexual crimes against two young girls is once again preaching. Former Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church pastor Darrell Gilyard was just released from prison in December...

Rev. Luter seeks to be first black man to lead Southern Baptist Convention

info@thegrio.com (theGrio) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:09:35 -0500

Reverend Fred Luter announced to his African-American church that he will seek to become the first black man to lead the Southern Baptist Convention, a predominantly white ..

Love lessons I learned from 'Brown Sugar'

info@thegrio.com (Madame Noire) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:08:00 -0500

Taking cues from romantic comedies like 'Brown Sugar' and applying them to your real love life is always a risky proposition.

Happy birthday to the late, great, Bob Marley!

info@thegrio.com (theGrio) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:59:36 -0500

Today iconic Reggae singer Bob Marley would have turned 67 years-old...

Corporal punishment legal in Georgia schools

info@thegrio.com (theGrio) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:14:38 -0500

VIDEO - Thirty states have outlawed corporal punishment in schools since the first state in the union made it illegal 150 years ago. Georgia is still not one of those schools...

Some blacks insist: 'I'm not African-American'

info@thegrio.com (theGrio) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:00:47 -0500

(AP) - The labels used to describe Americans of African descent mark the movement of a people from the slave house to the White House. Today, many are resisting this progression by holding on to a name from the past: 'black'...

Viola Davis stuns in LA Times mag photo spread

info@thegrio.com (theGrio) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:46:47 -0500

Oscar nominee Viola Davis strikes a pose with an eye-catching new hairdo for the February 2012 LA TImes Magazine issue. In the spread, Davis sports different designers...

Naketa Leiba: The search for missing Florida teen continues

info@thegrio.com (theGrio) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:40:08 -0500

VIDEO - The search for a 17-year-old girl from Miramar, Florida who went missing last Wednesday afternoon continues...

TheGrio's 100: Deanna Sutton, Founder of Clutch magazine

info@thegrio.com (Keosha Johnson) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:34:39 -0500

theGRIOs 100 - Deanna Sutton is the founder of Clutch Magazine. Since its online launch, Clutch has experienced exponential growth and has become one of the leading websites for multicultural women ages 18 to 34...

Mary J. Blige on 'Wendy Williams': My marriage is 'not on the rocks'

info@thegrio.com (theGrio) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:22:52 -0500

R&B icon Mary J. Blige went on 'The Wendy Williams Show' this week to defend her marriage to record producer Kendu Isaacs...

Obama, Romney look towards general election

info@thegrio.com (Perry Bacon Jr.) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:00:32 -0500

theGRIO REPORT - President Obama and Mitt Romney are sounding more and more like they are already in the midst of the general election against one another, even as three other GOP candidates continue running for the party's nomination...

Jhessye Shockley missing: Ariz. police begin searching landfill for girl

info@thegrio.com (theGrio) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:27:23 -0500

PHOENIX (AP) - Police have started methodically searching a landfill south of Phoenix for the body of a 5-year-old Arizona girl who has been missing for more than four months...

Oakland names first black woman to lead major US fire department

info@thegrio.com (Donovan X. Ramsey) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:04:36 -0500

theGRIO REPORT - Theresa Deloach-Reed, 52, was named chief of the Oakland city fire department. Reed has been fighting fires for nearly 30 years, has seen many changes on the job and calls her appointment 'exciting'...

New survey finds: black women struggle to pay bills more than white women

info@thegrio.com (theGrio) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:57:55 -0500

Across the country, black women are bearing a heavier responsibility for family and friends than their white counterparts...

Seattle woman awarded $975K in civil suit after giving birth in jail

info@thegrio.com (theGrio) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:51:26 -0500

SEATTLE (AP) - A woman has won $975,000 in a federal jury trial, 14 years after giving birth in a jail cell in Washington state...

Eddie Long apologizes to Jewish community for 'crowning' ceremony

info@thegrio.com (Donovan X. Ramsey) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:37:04 -0500

theGRIO REPORT - Embattled church leader Eddie Long has apologized for participating in a ceremony at his church where he was declared a king and wrapped in a 'Holocaust Torah'...

Amare Stoudemire's brother dies in Florida car crash

info@thegrio.com (theGrio) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:31:48 -0500

LAKE WALES, Florida (AP) - Officials say the brother of New York Knicks player Amare Stoudemire has died in a car crash...

Teen claims transvestite tricked him into thinking he was a woman

info@thegrio.com (Nakita Austin) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:20:59 -0500

VIDEO - A transvestite rape suspect named Jeron Winston is accused of tricking a 14-year-old into believing he was a woman. The two initially met online and the teenager claimed to be...