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December 9, 2011
VIDEO - The potential takeover of the city of Detroit by an 'emergency manager' under a controversial Michigan law was…
December 9, 2011
OSLO, Norway (AP) - The winners of the Nobel Peace Prize vowed Friday to work even harder to make the…
December 9, 2011
TMZ - The speculation is over, Ice Cube has finally confirmed he's resurrecting the 'Friday' franchise...
December 9, 2011
Ms. Murphy was killed on Sept. 11, in the first weekend of the school year...
December 9, 2011
San Francisco- Bonds, 47, was convicted in April of obstructing a grand jury's sports doping investigation with an evasive answer...
December 9, 2011
Rick Ross will not be caught off guard in case he suffers another medical emergency -- the rapper now travels…
December 9, 2011
THE BIG ISSUE - South Carolina's voter ID law is one of the strictest in the nation, and that could…
December 8, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - NBC is now checking the songs the Roots play on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" after…
December 8, 2011
THE BIG ISSUE - NBC News reporter Mara Schiavocampo explores the pros and cons of voting reform in the Palmetto…
December 8, 2011
NEWSONE - Plots to suppress the African American vote date back to the Reconstruction Era...
December 8, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - Jay-Z didn't graduate from high school, but he's encouraging others to value their education...
December 8, 2011
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- New Orleans rapper B.G., an original member of the late-1990s rap group Hot Boys that included…
December 8, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - New York will pay $3.5 million to a Bronx mother whose son was violently restrained by prison…
December 8, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - An online advocacy group wants corporations that market to African Americans to stop giving money to a…
December 8, 2011
OPINION - Seriously, how many R & B songs with heavy rotation on the radio right now will you still…
December 8, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - Adele dominated music this year, and iTunes was no exception...
December 8, 2011
MIAMI (AP) - The half-brother of reggae legend Bob Marley says he will fight a lawsuit seeking to stop him…
December 8, 2011
Of all the challenges facing the city of New Orleans, none is as urgent or as relentlessly grim as the…
December 8, 2011
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Florida A&M University's Board of Trustees voted Thursday to publicly reprimand the school's president rather than…
December 8, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - 50 Cent has rapped about getting rich. Now he's focusing on getting fit...