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December 10, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Singer BeyoncĂ© Knowles and Pepsi have agreed to a $50 million deal, according to the New York…
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December 10, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Morehouse College has launched a new LGBT course that will focus on LGBT pop culture, politics and…
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December 7, 2012
NBC Chicago - Today is the day Bennie Starks has been waiting for...
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December 7, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Talk show host Wendy Williams declared herself a fan of singer BeyoncĂ©, but then slammed the Grammy-award…
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December 7, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Just four days after announcing his retirement from stand up comedy on a street corner in Seattle,…
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December 6, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Invisible Warriors: African American Women in World War II is a documentary film, currently in production, about…
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December 6, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick's birth mother is trying to reconnect with her son after she…
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December 6, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - By a wide margin of 53 percent to 36 percent, American voters trust President Obama and Democrats…
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December 6, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The daughter of Jovan Belcher and Kasandra Perkins, three-month-old Zoey, will receive at least $1 million from…
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December 6, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) — While New York City straphangers pondered what they would do in a similar nightmare situation, authorities…
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December 5, 2012
AUSTIN (KXAN) - An Austin woman is in a host of trouble after a less-than-amicable breakup, according to police...
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December 5, 2012
NBC Southern California - The U.S. Postal Service on Tuesday kicked off its annual 'Letters to Santa' campaign with a…
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December 5, 2012
Rapper Trina has been sued for $50 million in damages after allegedly pulling out of an agreement to appear as…
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December 5, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - In an exclusive interview with 'Entertainment Tonight' correspondent, Nancy O'Dell, Jamie Foxx confirmed that he will be…
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December 5, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Houston Texans star wide receiver Andre Johnson spent $19,521 Tuesday afternoon at a Toys 'R' Us purchasing…
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December 5, 2012
CHRISTIANSTED, St. Croix (AP) - Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan has sought medical care in the U.S. Virgin Islands...
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December 4, 2012
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - He and one of his Twitter followers each plan to live for a week on the…
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December 4, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Nick Gordon, Bobbi Kristina's on-again, off-again boyfriend, was arrested after he was going 82 mph in a…
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December 4, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Retired heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson admits that he was high on cocaine while shooting his role…
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December 4, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The newest issue of Jet magazine, which hits newsstands today, features its first black male couple in…