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Black Eyed Peas' 'I Gotta Feeling' hits 6M downloads
10:21 AM on 07/30/2010
NEW YORK (AP) - The milestone was announced Friday and confirmed by Nielsen SoundScan. For the group's leader, will.i.am, the moment is about much more than the song...
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Doctors: More blacks must participate in medical trials
9:24 AM on 07/30/2010
VIDEO - Medical oncologist Dr. Sandra Swain is leading a new initiative at Washington Hospital Center to recruit more African American patients in trials...
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Slideshow: Stars who should run for political office
7:37 AM on 07/30/2010
SLIDESHOW - Inspired by Wyclef's potential presidential run, here are theGrio's picks for performers who should give politics a try...
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Urban artwork takes center stage in NYC
7:26 AM on 07/30/2010
VIDEO - Off the beaten path, there is another art scene -- one where many up-and-coming artists are thriving, just waiting to make it big...
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Mother's death in NYC fire is ruled a murder-suicide
4:14 PM on 07/29/2010
NEW YORK (AP) - A single mother apparently slit the throats of her three children, then sat with them and her toddler in their burning home until she died from smoke inhalation last week...
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Caught on tape:Store clerk disarms would-be robber
4:05 PM on 07/29/2010
VIDEO - The manager of a Chicago cell phone store says it was just instinct that prompted him to spring into action and fight off an armed robber Tuesday evening...
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Florida tax collector makes calls more pleasant
3:34 PM on 07/29/2010
VIDEO - You pick up the phone to call a business or government office and you're stuck listening to a pre-recorded message, but Darlene Spence was tasked with creating a new greeting...
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Black journalists react to Sherrod vs. Brietbart
3:04 PM on 07/29/2010
theGRIO REPORT - Some African-American journalists and public relations professionals expressed mixed feelings over Shirley Sherrod's plans to sue...
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Ethics panel accuses Rangel of 13 violations
2:40 PM on 07/29/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - "Sixty years ago I survived a Chinese attack in North Korea and as a result I haven't had a bad day since," Rangel told reporters earlier Thursday...
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Convicted DC sniper claims conspirators in interview
2:00 PM on 07/29/2010
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Convicted DC sniper Lee Boyd Malvo tells actor William Shatner on a cable TV special that he and his partner tried to recruit fellow shooters for their 2002 spree...
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Mom, kids rescued after near-drowning in pond
1:25 PM on 07/29/2010
VIDEO - A Minnesota mother and her two children are alive and well today after the vehicle they were in crashed into a pond...
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Police officer runs over homeless woman with car
1:12 PM on 07/29/2010
VIDEO - She's identified as 48-year-old Joann Burton. Her family doesn't know how long she had been sleeping in the park but says the bad economy had been tough on her...
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Barbershop Buzz: Is Rangel's reputation ruined?
12:17 PM on 07/29/2010
VIDEO - As the ethics controversy evolves, has the 80-year-old congressman's legacy been irrevocably damaged?...
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Kanye West performs for Facebook, joins Twitter
11:39 AM on 07/29/2010
NEW YORK (AP) - With the release of a new album approaching, Kanye West is making sure he's up to date with the social networking sites...
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Obama defends education policies at Urban League
11:03 AM on 07/29/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama said the goal isn't to fire or admonish teachers but to create a culture of accountability...
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Obama talks race, pop culture on 'The View'
10:53 AM on 07/29/2010
NEW YORK (AP) - In an interview on ABC's daytime talk show 'The View,' Obama said the forced resignation of Shirley Sherrod shows racial tensions still exist in America...
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Police: Ohio marriage counselor killed by husband
10:38 AM on 07/29/2010
CLEVELAND (AP) - After years as a successful couples counselor, Tonya Hunter was credited with saving many marriages from breaking up...
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Sean Bell plaintiffs: $7 million settlement is fair
10:02 AM on 07/29/2010
NEW YORK (AP) - The Bell estate payout will benefit two young daughters he had with Nicole Paultre Bell, who legally took his name after his death...
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Fan in LeBron's Heat jersey draws ire in Cleveland
9:45 AM on 07/29/2010
CLEVELAND (AP) - Fans in the left-field bleachers chanted obscenities and pointed at the man Wednesday night during the sixth inning of the game between the Indians and New York Yankees...
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No charges filed in probe of other Jackson doctors
9:40 AM on 07/29/2010
LOS ANGELES (AP) - "I am very disappointed," said attorney Brian Oxman, who represents Michael Jackson's father Joe Jackson in a wrongful death lawsuit against Conrad Murray. ...
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Black Eyed Peas' 'I Gotta Feeling' hits 6M downloads
NEW YORK (AP) - The milestone was announced Friday and confirmed by Nielsen SoundScan. For the group's leader, will.i.am, the moment is about much more than the song...
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