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Harlem grandmother indicted on drug conspiracy charges

Harlem granny indicted for abetting million-dollar drug ring

Alexis Garrett Stodghill
theGRIO REPORT - Doris Smith, 72, walks with a cane, yet provided solid assistance and a stable home to her son-in-law as he ran a million-dollar drug ring out of her Harlem apartment...
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Rapper Azealia Banks' magazine cover banned in 7 nations

Alexis Garrett Stodghill
A few governments have found her Dazed & Confused cover to be beyond the limits of decency -- and Banks has generated a ton of press.
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Sylvia Woods: The soul food queen's life in pictures

Suzanne Rust
The reigning Queen of Soul Food for 50 years, Ms. Woods presided over her namesake Harlem restaurant feeding dignitaries, tourists, and locals alike with recipes perfected over time and always served with a generous side of kindness and warmth.
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5 shot during Harlem basketball tournament

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NBC New York - Basketball games planned for Thursday night as part of an annual tournament in Harlem's famed Rucker Park were canceled, the day after five people were shot during Wednesday's games.
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Murderer who stuffed woman’s body in a suitcase sentenced

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Hassan Malik has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the 2010 murder of a woman in Harlem...
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Melba Wilson (C), niece of famed restaurateur Sylvia Woods, hugs a well wisher outside Sylvia's restaurant in Harlem after Sylvia died yesterday on July 20, 2012 in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City. The Harlem soul food restaurant is a cultural icon and has been visited by dignitaries including U.S. Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Harlem residents reflect on beloved soul food queen Sylvia Woods

Karen Matthews, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - Sylvia Woods, the founder of the famed Harlem soul food restaurant that bears her name, was remembered Tuesday by her patrons and friends as a warm and welcoming trailblazer who turned her small eatery into a bustling city gem...
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Chapter closes on a Harlem literary landmark

Melissa Noel and Jonathan Radford
theGRIO VIDEO - One of the largest independent black-owned bookstores is closing it's doors after serving the Harlem community for 10 years...
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Roblé honors 'Queen of Soul Food'

Roblé
OPINION - Yesterday we lost the 'Queen of Soul Food,' Ms. Sylvia Woods. Sylvia was nothing short of an inspiration to me...
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In this 1996 file photo, Sylvia Woods, right, greets patron Carrie Haynes-Madsen at her restaurant, Sylvia's, in Harlem.

Sylvia Woods, of Harlem's Sylvia's Soul Food, is dead at 86

Associated Press
NEW YORK - The founder of the famed Harlem soul food restaurant Sylvia's has died. Sylvia Woods was 86...
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Noah Stewart as Radames in Verdi's Aida, Glimmerglass Festival - Photo Credit - Karli Cadel

Young black man goes from Harlem to the opera

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Noah Stewart first joined the school choir as something to do after school until his mother got home from work...
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