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Ann Pettway: NYC woman to plead guilty to 1987 kidnapping

By theGrio

4:14 PM on 02/09/2012

NEW YORK - A woman charged with stealing a baby from a hospital more than 24 years ago is expected to plead guilty in federal court in Manhattan on Friday, according to a court document...
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Times Square vendor who spotted bomb running for Congress

By theGrio

12:29 PM on 02/07/2012

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) - A Times Square street vendor who alerted police to an attempted car bombing in 2010 said Tuesday that he is running for Congress...
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Selita Ebanks, former Victoria's Secret angel, launches sexy new swimwear line

By theGrio

9:24 AM on 02/06/2012

Model Selita Ebanks has announced that she will be launching her very own swimsuit line. The Huffington Post reports that the former Victoria's Secret Angel revealed that her
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'Soul Train' fans pay tribute to Don Cornelius on Broadway

By theGrio

11:17 PM on 02/04/2012

NEW YORK (AP) - About 100 dancers descended on Times Square in a 'flash mob' organized through the Internet. As startled tourists looked on, they recreated one of the show's 'Soul Train lines'...
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Ja Rule gets advice on stocks, education in prison

By theGrio

12:36 PM on 02/02/2012

NEW YORK (AP) - Rapper Ja Rule has been getting advice behind bars from two once high-powered men: ex-Tyco International CEO Dennis Kozlowski and ex-New York State Comptroller Alan Hevesi...
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Good Samaritan offers to pay for burned NY woman's burial, never did

By theGrio

3:13 PM on 01/30/2012

The tragic death of a New York woman, burned in an elevator, has been compounded further by a good Samaritan who has yet to make good on his offer to cover her burial expenses.
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Jay-Z's 40/40 club shut down and re-opened for health code violation

By theGrio

9:11 AM on 01/26/2012

Just a day after the lavish re-opening of Jay-Z's 40/40 club, an inspector from the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene shut it down. With 69 violation...
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Harlem drug ring relied on 8-year-old as a lookout

By theGrio

4:36 PM on 01/19/2012

A Wednesday raid on the ring in East Harlem also turned up some surprises, such as 2 1/2 gallons of liquid PCP in Hawaiian Punch bottles and $39,000 in cash, New York police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said at a news conference...
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Beyoncé baby complaints at NY hospital dismissed

By theGrio

9:00 PM on 01/11/2012

NEW YORK (AP) - New York health officials have reviewed and dismissed complaints patients in a hospital neonatal unit were mistreated while Beyonce was giving birth there to her and Jay-Z's daughter...
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Beyoncé baby: Blue Ivy Carter arrives in opulence

By Chris Witherspoon

2:17 PM on 01/09/2012

theGRIO REPORT - Jay-Z and Beyoncé welcomed their daughter Blue Ivy Carter in one of the most high profile deliveries in the recent history of celebrity childbirths...
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NYC police investigate possible bias crimes

By theGrio

11:42 AM on 01/03/2012

NEW YORK (AP) - Police kept watch over a globally prominent Islamic cultural center in New York that was firebombed as they investigated other attacks that also could be bias crimes...
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Suspect in NYC woman's burning appears in court

By theGrio

1:37 PM on 12/19/2011

NEW YORK (AP) - As Deloris Gillespie went up the elevator to her fifth-floor Brooklyn apartment, carrying groceries, a man was waiting...
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Homeless children an unintended casualty of economic downturn

By Chelsea-Lyn Rudder

8:52 AM on 12/14/2011

theGRIO REPORT - The Child Trends Data Bank determined "Black children are disproportionately represented among homeless families. Approximately, 47 percent of children in homeless families are black'....
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NY agrees to pay $3.5 million for Bronx boy's prison death

By Ashley Michelle Williams

4:39 PM on 12/08/2011

theGRIO REPORT - New York will pay $3.5 million to a Bronx mother whose son was violently restrained by prison workers until he stopped breathing, according to court papers...
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NYPD in trouble over racist rants on Facebook page

By Kunbi Tinuoye

8:24 AM on 12/07/2011

theGRIO REPORT - An investigation has been launched following racist rants on a Facebook page which appears to have been set up by NYPD officers assigned to the West Indian American Day Parade in Brooklyn...
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New York City man makes $55K a year selling candy on train

By Alexis Garrett Stodghill

11:36 AM on 12/06/2011

theGRIO REPORT - Outlets on both sides of the Atlantic are reporting on a New York City man who makes $55,000 a year selling candy on the train...
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Bravo's Chef Roblé caters to our need for drama

By Chris Witherspoon

2:00 PM on 12/01/2011

theGRIO VIDEO - The upcoming show for Bravo, 'Chef Roblé & Co,' is sure to serve up a healthy dose of drama...
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Giants WR Cruz hit floor during NYC club shooting

By theGrio

4:50 PM on 11/16/2011

NEW YORK (AP) - New York Giants receiver Victor Cruz says he quickly got under a table and stayed down after hearing gunshots at a New York City supper club while celebrating his birthday with teammate Chris Canty and friends...
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Occupy Wall Street crackdown has consequences

By Mychal Denzel Smith

8:36 AM on 11/15/2011

OPINION - They were trying to kill the movement. They've only set themselves up for an incredibly long fight...
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Black chess masters lead by example

By theGrio

9:06 AM on 11/14/2011

NY Times - Among that select group of prodigies are three black players from the New York City area -- Justus Williams, Joshua Colas and James Black Jr. -- who each became masters before their 13th birthdays...
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