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April 4, 2012
The show featured more than a dozen performances of Richie's hit songs, and saw collaborations with some of country music's…
April 4, 2012
PINE BLUFF, Ark. (AP) - Police obtained a warrant to search an Arkansas man's home for clues into the 1994…
April 4, 2012
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A case that became the centerpiece of the Justice Department's push to clean up the troubled…
April 4, 2012
Sarah Palin is back in the media spotlight this week, and she's openly campaigning her a 'rogue' vice presidential pick…
April 4, 2012
DETROIT (AP) - A 101-year-old Detroit woman who was evicted from her foreclosed house is expected to move back home…
April 4, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - If the shock jocks haven't learned, perhaps that wasn't the point. Perhaps it was what the Rutgers…
April 4, 2012
DETROIT (AP) - Plans are moving forward for a Detroit statue of the fictional crime-fighting cyborg RoboCop...
April 4, 2012
Researchers drew the conclusion after observing first-graders' reactions to photos depicting children on a playground...
April 4, 2012
According to police, Morgan opened fire with his service weapon when officers tried to arrest him, which caused them to…
April 4, 2012
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Sculptor and printmaker Elizabeth Catlett, a U.S. expatriate renowned for her dignified portrayals of African-American and…
April 4, 2012
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Prosecutors tentatively rejected a request by Pasadena police Monday to file an involuntary manslaughter charge against…
April 4, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) - A Burger King commercial featuring Mary J. Blige singing about chicken has been pulled. But the…
April 4, 2012
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - Detroit Lions defensive tackle Nick Fairley was arrested Tuesday in Alabama on a charge of possessing…
April 4, 2012
VIDEO - David Wilson, founder and executive editor of TheGrio.com, a division of NBC News, recently spoke with 'Rock Center'…
April 4, 2012
DENVER (AP) - The school's trio of senior starters went out with a whimper Tuesday night in an 80-61 loss…
April 3, 2012
President Barack Obama will celebrate the film before it airs on the USA network...
April 3, 2012
Van Jones, activist and former member of the Obama administration, is pretty confident about the president's popularity with black voters...
April 3, 2012
NBA legend Shaquille O'Neal recently defended one of his most critically reviled movie roles -- the genie in 'Kazaam'...
April 3, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - The voices demanding that Congress stop the brutality of African warlord Joseph Kony and his Lord's Resistance…
April 3, 2012
George Zimmerman has hired Hal Uhrig, an attorney best known for offering commentary during the Casey Anthony trial...