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February 17, 2011
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (AP) - "It's a very exciting day for me knowing I'll be here this year and next…
February 17, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - The producers and playwright behind the Broadway play "Lombardi" aren't done with sports just yet...
February 17, 2011
A courtroom technicality has cost a wrongly convicted Texas man the compensation that would otherwise be due him for the…
February 17, 2011
theGRIO VIDEO - If anyone is waiting on Superman, it may be the president...
February 17, 2011
theGRIO VIDEO - Keisher "Fire" McLeod-Wells' journey with the oldest active boxing gym in the U.S. began in 2002 when…
February 17, 2011
CHICAGO (AP) - The interview was to cover Vick's time in prison, his work with the Humane Society and his…
February 17, 2011
OPINION - The economic recovery is still taking root, and African-Americans still face unemployment at a rate far above the…
February 17, 2011
VIDEO - Union is also working on a new film about love, but says nothing can really top working with…
February 17, 2011
PHILADELPHIA - Police say that two other children under the age of 8 witnessed the incident...
February 17, 2011
Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee compared abortion to slavery while speaking at a fundraiser for an anti-abortion group on Monday…
February 17, 2011
In recent months, Carlson who has come under fire for his "Mike Vick should be executed" comments, along with others…
February 17, 2011
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - He endorsed his longtime friend because he's technologically savvy and has a charismatic personality that will…
February 17, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - The newly recreated Conference of National Black Churches (CNBC) has made health one of their four key…
February 17, 2011
OPINION - The birthers won't go quietly into the night, facts, or no facts. The Public Policy Survey is ample…
February 16, 2011
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Rapper Waka Flocka Flame and three other men were questioned Wednesday after a shootout at a…
February 16, 2011
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - 'Treme' is set in New Orleans in fall 2005, three months after Hurricane Katrina...
February 16, 2011
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The 17th annual New Orleans festival will celebrate the roots of rhythm and blues...
February 16, 2011
Haley Barbour just demonstrated that he doesn't know how to address racially sensitive subjects in a way that will resonate…
February 16, 2011
After hearing arguments this morning from both sides -- as Halle looked on -- the judge gave her the green…
February 16, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - Aretha Franklin says she's back at "150 percent" and plans her first post-surgery concert in May...