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Malcolm Shabazz (Photo by Xiomara Michel)

Funeral program for Malcolm Shabazz released

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theGRIO REPORT - Malcolm Shabazz, grandson of Malcolm X, was buried in New York on Tuesday, and now, theGrio has obtained the funeral program....
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Malcolm Shabazz in an unknown location. Shabazz, the 28-year-old grandson of political activist Malcolm X, died in Mexico, U.S. officials confirmed Friday, May 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Courtesy of the Shabazz family Xiomara Michel)/Malcolm X (FIle Photo)

New details in Malcolm Shabazz's death

Adriana Gomez Licon, E. Eduardo Castillo, Associated Press
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Malcolm Shabazz, grandson of political activist Malcolm X, died in Mexico City after a violent dispute in a bar, Mexican authorities said Friday. He was 28...
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Malcolm Shabazz, the 14-year-old grandson of Malcolm X, is led in handcuffs from Family Court in Yonkers, N.Y., Thursday July 29, 1999.  (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)

Malcolm X's grandson reportedly slain in Mexico

Joy-Ann Reid
theGRIO REPORT - Malcolm Shabazz, the 27-year-old grandson of the late Malcolm X, is dead, the Amsterdam News reported Thursday...
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The prescription medicine OxyContin is displayed August 21, 2001 at a Walgreens drugstore in Brookline, MA. The powerful painkiller, manufactured to relieve the pain of seriously ill people, is being used by some addicts to achieve a high similar to a heroin rush. (Photo by Darren McCollester/Getty Images)

OxyContin: Available, and abused

Dr. Tyeese Gaines
theGRIO REPORT - Millions of OxyContin prescriptions are written each year and is an oft-abused medication. But, OxyContin is not alone. Nearly 1.8 million Americans were addicted to some form of prescription pain reliever...
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Anton Watson (C) and other children participate in a peace vigil in the Washington Park neighborhood on November 30, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. About 75 children, teachers, and parents were joined by area residents and religious leaders as they marched in the streets to draw attention to the violence that plagues their Southside neighborhood. Through the end of October 436 people were murdered in Chicago, surpassing the 435 murders for all of 2011. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Chicago may reach 500 homicide mark in 2012

Associated Press
(AP) - The last time the city reached the 500-homicide mark was in 2008, when the year ended with 512 killings. Last year, city records show Chicago had 435 homicides...
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theGrio remembers black icons we lost in 2012

Marquise Francis
theGRIO SLIDESHOW - As we look ahead to 2013, we remember the black icons lost in 2012 and remember them in all of their greatness; for all their many accomplishments...
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Perkins, Belcher

On Facebook, Belcher and Perkins appear happy

Joy-Ann Reid
theGRIO REPORT - If there were problems between Kansas City Chiefs player Jovan Belcher and his girlfriend, Kassandra Michelle Perkins, they were not obvious on Facebook, where they were the picture of a happy family. Clearly, the reality was different...
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Chiefs GM and Coach

Belcher ended his life in front of coach, GM

Dave Skretta, Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — It began like any other Saturday for the Kansas City Chiefs during the NFL season, their general manager and coach at work early to put final touches on this weekend's gameplan. Then they got a call to hurry to the parking lot...
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Kansas City Chiefs' Jovan Belcher (59) stands on the sidelines during an NFL football game against the Buffalo Bills in Orchard Park, N.Y. Police say Belcher fatally shot his girlfriend early Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012, in Kansas City, Mo., then drove to Arrowhead Stadium and committed suicide in front of his coach and general manager. (AP Photo/Bill Wippert, File)

NFL's Belcher dead in alleged murder-suicide

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KANSAS CITY, MO - Police says NFL player Jovan Belcher killed himself Saturday morning in an apparent suicide at Arrowhead Stadium...
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A soldier looks out from his personelle carrier during the landfall of Hurricane Sandy, on October 29, 2012, in the Financial District of New York, United States. Hurricane Sandy, which threatens 50 million people in the eastern third of the U.S., is expected to bring days of rain, high winds and possibly heavy snow. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the closure of all New York City will bus, subway and commuter rail service as of Sunday evening (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

Sandy leaves deaths, damp and darkness in US

Allen G. Breed and Tom Hays, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - As Superstorm Sandy marched slowly inland, millions along the U.S. East Coast awoke Tuesday without power or mass transit, with huge swaths of New York City unusually dark and abandoned...
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