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First collection of mixed race Barbie dolls hits the UK
5:08 PM on 03/17/2010
It seems Barbie has some new friends to add to her circle and they come in the shape of four mixed race girls named Jayla, Kara, Trichelle and Chandra...
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Michelle Obama talks to anti-obesity food giants
4:17 PM on 03/16/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Michelle Obama is urging the nation's largest food companies to speed up efforts to make healthier foods and reduce marketing of unhealthy foods to children...
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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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Minority births set to be the majority this year
9:00 AM on 03/10/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - This is part of a historic trend in which minorities are expected to become the U.S. majority over the next 40 years...
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First lady talks obesity with school nutritionists
5:24 PM on 03/01/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - First lady Michelle Obama says the people who prepare meals for schools have more influence over what kids eat than parents do.
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Naomi Campbell to raise money for Haiti aid
3:21 PM on 02/16/2010
LONDON (AP) - Model Naomi Campbell will host a charity gala Thursday on the eve of London Fashion Week to raise money for mothers and babies in Haiti...
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Anti-abortion billboards claim black children are an endangered species
8:27 AM on 02/09/2010
OPINION - Although they are correct, their reasoning is completely wrong...
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Haitian children need a future, not a one way ticket out
9:47 AM on 02/04/2010
OPINION - Like ebony fashion accessories, Haitian kids have suddenly come into style...
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US Baptists to appear before Haitian prosecutor
8:39 AM on 02/04/2010
CALLEBAS, Haiti (AP) -- Parents in this quake-wracked Haitian village unable to feed or clothe their children handed the youngsters over to a group of American missionaries who promised to give them a better life...
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Haitian parents willingly gave children to US Baptists
4:12 PM on 02/03/2010
CALLEBAS, Haiti (AP) - Parents in this struggling village above Haiti's capital said Wednesday they willingly handed their children to American missionaries who showed up in a bus promising to give them a better life...
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TheGrio's 100: Richard R. Buery Jr, working for the children
8:00 AM on 02/03/2010
TheGrio's 100 - Richard Buery Jr. is the president and CEO of the Children's Aid Society...
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Obama seeks $1.35 billion more for schools to "Race to the Top"
4:35 PM on 01/19/2010
From The Baltimore Sun - WASHINGTON - President Obama, delivering a schoolhouse pitch for a $1.35-billion expansion of his signature educational plan, promised to "raise the bar'' for what public schools expect of students and teachers...
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Wounded Haitians seek care in Dominican hospitals
10:58 PM on 01/15/2010
VIDEO - It's 10-year-old Galdenia's first time out of her country Haiti. However, her trip to Santo Domingo is no vacation...
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Hepatitis B and C often ignored as health threat to blacks
12:26 PM on 01/11/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - They're the overlooked viruses: Hepatitis B and C together infect three to five times more Americans than the AIDS virus does, and most don't know it...
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Officials probe Miss. apartment fire that killed nine
10:14 AM on 12/29/2009
STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) -- Investigators were working to figure out what sparked a Mississippi apartment fire that killed six children and three women...
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Blind children find the perfect Christmas tree
8:39 AM on 12/13/2009
VIDEO - In Zachary, Louisiana, the students from the Louisiana School for the Blind searched for just the right tree...
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Is African boarding school the answer for Indiana's inner-city kids?
11:15 AM on 11/17/2009
Would you send your child to school halfway across the world if it meant the chance to escape the distractions of a dangerous neighborhood...
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Ethnic pride can improve mental health in black children
8:01 AM on 11/17/2009
OPINION - A recent study has suggested that ethnic pride plays a positive role in the mental health of African-American youth...
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40 years of diversity makes Sesame Street a unique destination
8:49 AM on 11/06/2009
OPINION - There are valuable lessons for children watching Sesame Street for the first time, as much as it is for those of us who have lived around...
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Madonna promises to bring light to Malawian village
3:35 PM on 10/29/2009
MPHANDULA, Malawi (AP) -- Madonna has promised electricity to a village in Malawi, the impoverished southern African country where she runs a charity organization...
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'All black people' asked to leave Wal-Mart
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, NJ (AP) - On Sunday evening at the store, a male voice calmly announced: "Attention Wal-Mart customers: All black people leave the store now."...
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