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Child Abuse

Wade Robson. (Photo courtesy of 'Today')

Wade Robson: Michael Jackson abused me for 7 years

Randee Dawn, TODAY
TODAY - The 30-year-old choreographer told Matt Lauer that Jackson, who died in 2009, was "a pedophile and a child sexual abuser."
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Research has found certain coping skills are associated with inflammation in the body, which can make one more vulnerable to health conditions like fibroids. © Monkey Business - Fotolia.com

Childhood trauma, fibroids linked

Dr. Scyatta A. Wallace
theGRIO REPORT - Research conducted within the Black Women's Health Study at Boston University School of Public Health recently found a link between childhood abuse and fibroids...
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The study found that an African-American woman who suffered abuse as a child saw her chances of developing asthma later in life increase 20 percent. © tomalu - Fotolia.com

Child abuse linked to asthma in black women

Brittany Gatson, Blackdoctor.org
BLACKDOCTOR.ORG - Physical and/or sexual abuse may be potential asthma causes in black women. In fact, abuse may more than double the odds of a child having asthma...
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Lil' Poopy perform 'Pop That (Remix)' (courtesy of YouTube)

Police investigate 9-year-old rapper Lil' Poopy's music videos

Associated Press
BROCKTON, Massachusetts (AP) - A lawyer for the family of a 9-year-old Massachusetts rapper who appears in sexually suggestive videos is criticizing authorities' decision to investigate whether the boy is the victim of possible child abuse or neglect...
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Mike Tyson on 'Law & Order: SUV'

Mike Tyson plays child abuse victim on 'Law & Order: SVU'

Susan Young, TODAY contributor
NBC NEWS - In real life, the former undisputed heavyweight champ was arrested in connection with the rape of an 18-year-old beauty queen, Miss Black America hopeful Desiree Washington, in July of 1991...
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Joe Jackson leaves the courthouse adjacent to Los Angeles International Airport after the arraingment of Dr Conrad Murray on February 8, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. Dr. Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson�s personal physician, pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter of Jackson. (Photo by Toby Canham/Getty Images)

Joe Jackson complains that parents today are too 'soft'

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theGRIO REPORT - Joe Jackson, the patriarch of the infamous Jackson family of performers, argued that parents today are too 'soft' when it comes to disciplining their kids on a recent episode of CNN's 'Piers Morgan Tonight'...
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In this Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2007 photo, Rev. Creflo Dollar gives his Wednesday night service at World Changers Church International, in College Park, Ga. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Pouya Dianat)

Assault charges against Creflo Dollar dropped

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theGRIO REPORT - Atlanta-based megachurch pastor Creflo Dollar is no longer facing assault charges stemming from a domestic dispute with his daughter, according to NBC's WXIA affiliate.
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LL Cool J interviewed by Oprah Winfrey (courtesy of E!Online)

LL Cool J talks troubled youth with Oprah

Kunbi Tinuoye
theGRIO REPORT - In a sit-down with Oprah Winfrey for an upcoming episode of Oprah's Next Chapter, the rapper-turned-actor opened up about a friend of his mother savagely beating when he was a young child...
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NBC News, Graves found at ARTHUR G. DOZIER SCHOOL FOR BOYS

Secret black graveyards found at reform school

M. Alex Johnson
VIDEO - Scientists have found 19 previously unknown grave shafts on the grounds of a notorious Florida reform school, suggesting that many more boys died there amid brutal conditions than had previously been known, the researchers said Monday...
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Markiece Palmer, 34 and Dina Palmer, 27, were arrested and charged with murder, child abuse and neglect in the beating death of Roderick Arrington

Mom, stepfather allegedly beat 7-year-old son to death

Similoluwa Ojurongbe
theGRIO REPORT - In Las Vegas, Nevada, second grader Roderick 'RJ' Arrington, age 7, was allegedly beaten to death by his mother and stepfather because he didn't read his Bible and do his homework...
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