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A man lights up a marijuana joint at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, Tuesday, April 20, 2010. Marijuana legalization advocates lit up across the country during the annual observance of 4/20, the celebration-cum-mass civil disobedience derived from "420" - insider shorthand for cannabis consumption. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Will we see marijuana legalized in our lifetime?

David A. Love
OPINION - A new poll finds that for the first time in over forty years, a clear majority of people are now in favor of the legalization of marijuana. But will we see legalization in our lifetime?...
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ATF agents walk into the home of Kaufman District Attorney Mike McLelland Monday, April 1, 2013, near Forney, Texas. McLelland and his wife were murdered on Saturday at their home. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

White supremacist gangs in national spotlight

David A. Love
theGRIO REPORT - Who would have known that white supremacist prison gangs are a problem in America?...
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Rick Ross performs onstage at the 2012 BET Hip Hop Awards at Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center on September 29, 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Chris McKay/Getty Images for BET)

Rick Ross date rape lyric causes uproar

Veronica Miller
OPINION - a verse on the song 'You Don’t Even Know,' Ross raps about drugging a woman, and then raping her while she is incoherent...
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Kendrick Lamar performs during the BET Music Matters Showcase at Brazos Hall on March 14, 2013 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images for BET)

Is mainstream hip-hop a threat to our children?

Chuck Creekmur
OPINION - Sometimes I think rappers are deliberately trying to get kids killed out here...
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Tony Butler, 28, of Flint, poses for a portrait on Tuesday, March 19, 2013, in his store "The Green Oasis", a medical marijuana dispensary, in Otisville, Mich. The Michigan medical marijuana facility is partnering with Stanley "Flesh-N-Bone" Howse , a member of the Grammy-winning rap group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, to cultivate and distribute a new strain of medical marijuana. Michigan voters approved marijuana for some chronic medical conditions in 2008. (AP Photo/The Flint Journal, )

Medical marijuana facility partners with rapper 'Flesh-N-Bone'

Associated Press
OTISVILLE, Mich. (AP) - A Michigan medical marijuana facility is partnering with a member of the Grammy-winning rap group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony to cultivate and distribute a new strain of medical marijuana...
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Puppeteer Kevin Clash during the 'Independent Lens - Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey' panel during the PBS portion of the 2011 Summer TCA Tour held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on July 31, 2011 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

Kevin Clash faces new allegations

Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - The former voice of the 'Sesame Street' character Elmo is being sued by a man who claims the entertainer lured him into drug-fueled sex when he was 16...
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Beanie Sigel in New York City.

Beanie Sigel gets 6 to 23 months in Pa. drug case

Associated Press
MEDIA, Pa. (AP) - Rapper Beanie Sigel has been sentenced to six to 23 months in prison after pleading guilty to a narcotics possession charge in a Philadelphia suburb...
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Recording artist Snoop Dogg attends The Hollywood Reporter Nominees' Night 2013 Celebrating The 85th Annual Academy Award Nominees at Spago on February 4, 2013 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

Snoop Dogg smokes weed during songwriting panel

Chris Talbott, Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Music fans who turned out to BMI's annual pre-Grammy Awards 'How I Wrote That Song' discussion got a little more than they expected thanks to Snoop Dogg — a contact high.
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A man lights up a marijuana joint at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, Tuesday, April 20, 2010. Marijuana legalization advocates lit up across the country during the annual observance of 4/20, the celebration-cum-mass civil disobedience derived from "420" - insider shorthand for cannabis consumption. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Washington vows to try to keep weed in state -- but how?

Gene Johnson, Associated Press
SEATTLE (AP) - So far, no one is suggesting checkpoints or fences to keep Washington state's legal pot within its borders...
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This Jan. 22, 2013 photo shows American gospel singer and author Cissy Houston posing for a portrait in New York. Houston, mother of the late singer Whitney Houston, is releasing a book, "Remembering Whitney," on Tuesday, Jan. 29. (Photo by Dan Hallman/Invision/AP)

Cissy 'thanked God' when Whitney left Bobby

Hillel Italie, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - Cissy Houston has a few words, and a few more, for Bobby Brown...
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