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August 9, 2011
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- The U.S. State Department no longer urges American citizens to avoid all travel to Haiti...
August 9, 2011
DETROIT (AP) - Eleanor Josaitis and the Rev. William Cunningham founded Focus: HOPE in 1968 after the riots that widened…
August 9, 2011
Her pint-size creations fill nearly every inch of her living room in Compton. On her carpet slaves in chains await…
August 9, 2011
LONDON (AP) - Police said all London police holding cells were full and prisoners were being taken to surrounding communities.…
August 9, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - A Bob Marley song and the social media power of celebrities like Lady Gaga, Rihanna and…
August 9, 2011
OPINION - It's a good thing Jay-Z and Kanye West can still afford Maybach's though, right?...
August 9, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - The two-hour special will air Sept. 18 at 10 p.m. Eastern. It was executive produced by…
August 9, 2011
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - He insisted sanctions by Western nations have stalled training and modernization programs in the military...
August 8, 2011
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jackson's three children -- Prince, Paris and Blanket -- were on hand Monday to unveil the…
August 8, 2011
VIDEO - Police have a "strong lead" in the case of a 6-year-old girl who was shot and killed while…
August 8, 2011
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A federal judge has ruled that the merger between Memphis City Schools and its surrounding county…
August 8, 2011
AKRON, Ohio (AP) - LeBron James says he is so "optimistic" that the coming NBA season will be played that…
August 8, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - The lawsuit says Strauss-Kahn injured her shoulder, bruised her vagina, tore her pantyhose and violently grabbed…
August 8, 2011
CLEVELAND (AP) - "I'm sorry," Anthony Sowell, 51, said in a hushed courtroom as he leaned forward during a 30-minute…
August 8, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - White House press secretary Jay Carney says the money will help provide food, shelter, water, and sanitation…
August 8, 2011
REVIEW - Together, the two kick out perfectly pompous bars that are at times shockingly grandiose -- which for them…
August 8, 2011
DADAAB, Kenya (AP) - Hundreds of thousands of Somali children could die in East Africa's famine unless more help arrives,…
August 8, 2011
EASTNOR CASTLE DEER PARK, England (AP) - "I walk through the hotel and I walk down the street, and people…
August 8, 2011
Jesse Jackson outlined his severe disappointment with President Obama's service to the African-American community...
August 8, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - The Congressional Black Caucus launches a jobs tour to combat high unemployment rates in the black community,…