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Lamonta Stroud, 18, left, stands outside his home across the street from the scene of a house fire that killed four children, including an infant, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013, in Conyers, Ga. Stroud said he ran into the duplex, smashing windows and pleading with the children to come to a bathroom and escape. "I just started hitting windows, breaking windows, screaming 'come to the bathroom, I can get you all out,'" Stroud recalled. "There really wasn't that much I could do. I tried." (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Smoke alarm crisis: Conyers fire a wake-up call

Kunbi Tinuoye
theGRIO REPORT - The tragic deaths of four African-American children who lost their lives in a house fire last week should be a wake-up call for families to have working smoke alarms, says a group of fire and public safety experts....
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Inside linebacker Jovan Belcher #59 of the Kansas City Chiefs wathces from the sideliens during his final game against the Denver Broncos at Arrowhead Stadium on November 25, 2012 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

Autopsy: Belcher drunk during murder-suicide

Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - An autopsy shows that Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher was legally drunk when he shot his girlfriend nine times and then killed himself...
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Grandmother calls driver "wicked" for not turning himself in.

6-year-old killed in hit and run

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VIDEO - The family of a 6-year-old boy who was killed in a hit and run crash in Miramar pleaded for the driver to turn himself in Thursday, just hours after the child died...
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David R. Ellis and Samuel L. Jackson share a laugh during the arrivals for the premiere of New Line Cinema's 'Snakes On A Plane' at Grauman's Chinese Theatre on August 17, 2006 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Samuel L. Jackson reacts to death of ‘Snakes on a Plane’ director

Chris Witherspoon
theGRIO REPORT - Samuel L. Jackson recently took to Twitter to express his sadness over the death of 'Snakes on a Plane' director David R. Ellis...
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Shaniesha Forbes

Teen whose body was found on Brooklyn beach ID'd

Alexis Garrett Stodghill
theGRIO REPORT - The body of a young, African-American woman that was found on a beach in Brooklyn over the weekend was identified by New York City police on Tuesday...
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Marla Gibbs and Ned Wertimer on 'The Jeffersons'

Ned Wertimer, doorman on 'Jeffersons,' dies at 89

Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Ned Wertimer, who played Ralph the Doorman on all 11 seasons of the CBS comedy 'The Jeffersons', has died...
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In this July 4, 2008 file photo, singer Amy Winehouse performs during the Rock in Rio music festival in Arganda del Rey, on the outskirts of Madrid. A second coroner's inquest confirmed Tuesday Jan. 8, 2013, that Amy Winehouse died of accidental alcohol poisoning when she resumed drinking after a period of abstinence. The second inquest was held after the original coroner was found to lack the proper qualifications for the job. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano, File)

2nd Winehouse inquest confirms alcohol death

Jill Lawless, Associated Press
LONDON (AP) - Amy Winehouse died from accidental alcohol poisoning when she resumed drinking after a period of abstinence, a second coroner's inquest confirmed Tuesday...
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In this handout image provided by the NFL, Chandler Williams of the Kansas City Chiefs poses for his NFL headshot circa 2011 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by NFL via Getty Images)

AFL player dies during flag football

Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) - The AFL said Sunday that Williams died while playing in a local flag football tournament in South Florida. The league did not release a cause of death...
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Oldest living American dies at 114

Emery P. Dalesio, Associated Press
(AP) - A 114-year-old South Carolina woman who was the oldest living U.S. citizen has died, two of her daughters said Saturday...
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Yung Teddy (thatraw)

Atlanta rapper Yung Teddy killed

Marquise Francis
theGRIO REPORT - Atlanta rapper Yung Teddy was found shot to death on Wednesday evening in a home in Austell, Georgia, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution...
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