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September 26, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Cincinnati Reds manager Dusty Baker could rejoin his team in time for the start of the MLB…
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September 21, 2012
DETROIT - Countless millions of people have spent hours on Google Maps checking out its unique Street View function for…
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September 13, 2012
CHICAGO - As the Chicago Teacher’s Union strike enters its fourth day, the nearly 400,000 students, and their parents, have…
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September 6, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Rodney Harrison admits that years of hard hits are starting to take their toll on his health…
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September 4, 2012
DETROIT - A 61-year-old Detroit immigrant has fought for over 30 years to be officially recognized as a black man...
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August 22, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - For the last 10 days, whenever Olympic Gold Medalist Claressa Shields enters a room, she’s greeted like…
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August 13, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Now, after a highly publicized domestic abuse incident with his reality star wife, Johnson is out of…
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August 10, 2012
DETROIT – For Dave Bing, a pro basketball hall of famer and successful business owner, his time as the Detroit’s…
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August 9, 2012
DETROIT – Days after his internationally known lemonade stand closed, 9-year-old Joshua Smith’s idea to help cash-strapped Detroit netted close…
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August 6, 2012
DETROIT – With Friday’s 4-3 ruling by the Michigan Supreme Court that Public Act 4, the state’s controversial Emergency Manager…
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August 3, 2012
DETROIT - What started off as a seemingly innocent way for a young man to help the city he loves,…
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July 25, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Little did Quintin Berry know in April that he would be come the X-factor for a team…
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July 23, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Aaron Berry was arrested on Saturday in his hometown of Harrisburg, Pa. and charged with three counts…
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July 23, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Today, 45 years later, the 1967 Riots are seen as more than four days of destruction and…
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July 14, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - Michelle Obama said the nation's top designers in fashion, architecture, landscapes and technology were making life better…
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July 13, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Wednesday’s disclosure that Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. is being treated for an undisclosed 'mood disorder' left numerous…
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July 10, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - For the second time in three months, a prominent Detroiter was robbed at gunpoint in the city…
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July 1, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The robocalls question whether Clarke and his late mother, Thelma Hashim, are black. Ron Scott, a media…
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June 28, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Detroit will receive a $22.5 million grant from the Department of Homeland Security's Staffing for Adequate Fire…
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June 26, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Detroit Lions cornerback Aaron Berry was arrested in Harrisburg, PA this past Saturday on suspicion of driving…