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This Feb. 25, 2002 file photo shows members of the hip hop group RUN-DMC, from left, Jason "Jam Master Jay" Mizell, Darryl "DMC" McDaniels and Joseph "DJ Run" Simmons creating handprints in cement as they are inducted into Hollywood's RockWalk in Los Angeles. It was announced Tuesday, July 10, 2012, that McDaniels and Simmons, the surviving members of Run-DMC, will reunite at the Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin, Texas on Nov. 2-4. Simmons retired from the group after Mizell was shot to death in 2002. (AP Photo/Krista Niles, file)

Run-DMC announces reunion

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NEW YORK (AP) — They haven't performed together in over a decade, but the surviving members of Run-DMC are set to reunite this fall at the Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin, Texas...
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#2 Nevada – Nevada  ties with Florida for the second highest rate of children lacking health insurance in the U.S. – 16 percent. And with just 22 percent of Nevada kids currently receiving Medicaid, federal help could begin to close the gap. (Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images)

States with a lot to lose in Medicaid expansion fight

Joy-Ann Reid
SLIDESHOW - Which states stand to lose the most if their governors say 'thanks, but no thanks,' to the Medicaid funds?...
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Texas GOP: 'Repeal the Voting Rights Act'

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theGRIO REPORT - The Texas Republican Party has a plank in their 2012 platform that could take the country back to 1964: it calls for the repeal of the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act...
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Pastor and wife accused of gambling $430,000 of church's money.

Ex-pastor, wife allegedly gamble away church's money

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A Houston pastor and wife were jailed for allegedly swindling their congregation out of approximately $430,000 for gambling trips to Louisiana...
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'Don't judge me': Verna McClain, 30, has spoken out from jail for the first time. She is accused of shooting dead a new mother and snatching her three-day-old child to raise as her own. (AP)

Houston woman indicted in slaying, baby abduction

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CONROE, Texas (AP) - A Houston woman accused of killing a mother and snatching her newborn son has been indicted on a capital murder charge.
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Texas woman gets monstrous $1.4 million utility bill

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DALLAS - A lot of people gripe when they get high summertime electric bills. But Kristin Harriger's bill was nearly $1.4 million.
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Courtesy Brookdale Senior Living

One woman's wish 65 years in the making

Melissa Noel
theGRIO REPORT - The last time Dorothy Flood took a train to visit family in the South she was not allowed to sit in the dining car because of the color of her skin...
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HOLLYWOOD, FL - JULY 23: Dave Chappelle performs at Zo Summer Groove Benefit Dinner and Gala at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel on July 23, 2011 in Hollywood, Florida. (Photo by Larry Marano/WireImage)

Hecklers mess-up Chappelle stand-up

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Tuesday legendary comedian Dave Chappelle took the stage in Austin, TX, and much to his and the crowd's surprise he could not finish his stand-up act...
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Naked mom found eating ice cream after car wreck

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CHICAGO - Bad day? A Texas mom was found naked and eating ice cream at a drug store after having crashed her car into a bus and abandoned her three kids at the scene, according to police...
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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney shakes hands with people during a campaign event in front of the Bavarian Inn Lodge on June 19, 2012 in Frankenmuth, Michigan. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Romney to attend NAACP convention

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The Hill is reporting that Mitt Romey's campaign has announced that the presidential hopeful will address the crowd at the NAACP annual convention in Houston Texas...
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