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Associate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas

Clarence Thomas speaks for 1st time in 7 years from bench

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Justice Clarence Thomas did something at a Supreme Court argument Monday for the first time in nearly seven years — he spoke...
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Discovery crew 2006. On the left is Joan Higginbotham, the third African-American woman to go to space

Black women making their mark in space and science

Similoluwa Ojurongbe
SLIDESHOW - It is important to bring attention to some of the African-American females that have, and are still, paving the road for future scientists, astronauts or any STEM degree holders...
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Tyra Banks signs her new book as she and the Get Schooled Foundation visit 400 Students in the Bronx on October 19, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images for Get Schooled)

Tyra Banks is back! But she never really left

Veronica Miller
OPINION - Did you ever really think that Tyra Banks was going anywhere?...
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David Boone used to sleep on this bench in Artha Woods Park when he had nowhere else to go. Next fall, the senior at Cleveland's MC2STEM High School is headed to Harvard. John Kuntz, The Plain Dealer

Homeless Cleveland student earns scholarship to Harvard

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When his family split up in the summer after eighth grade, David Boone, Cleveland student from MC2STEM High School, spent many nights sleeping on park benches...
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'Understanding Obama' to be taught at Harvard

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theGRIO REPORT - Harvard Law School professor Charles Ogletree, a mentor of President Obama when he attended the school, will teach a course next year called 'Understanding Obama'...
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Man reportedly shot 28 times gets 40 year sentence

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Howard Morgan will spend a considerable amount of time in prison for his role in a police shooting during a traffic stop in 2005...
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Detroit passes consent agreement, avoids emergency manager

Jay Scott Smith
theGRIO REPORT - After weeks of legal wrangling, contentious meetings, and delays, the Detroit City Council narrowly passed a consent agreement with the state of Michigan to overhaul the beleaguered city's finances on Wednesday evening...
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Diploma of 1st black Harvard grad found

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The diploma of the first African-American Harvard graduate has been discovered in an abandoned home on the South Side of Chicago...
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Harvard study offers women endless fertility

Kunbi Tinuoye
theGRIO REPORT - A controversial new study claims it may be possible for older women or those with fertility problems to produce an unlimited supply of human eggs late in life...
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Oprah to attend Lady Gaga foundation event

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CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (AP) - Lady Gaga is expected to be joined by Oprah Winfrey and U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius at Harvard University for the launch of the singer's Born This Way Foundation...
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