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July 16, 2010
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Roland Bourgeois Jr., a 47-year-old white man, is charged in a five-count indictment with firing a…
July 16, 2010
R&B romantics the world over were dealt a blow when singer-songwriter The-Dream announced his separation from singer Christina Milian this…
July 16, 2010
From HipHopWired.com - California rapper Too $hort has been arrested in Idaho on charges of assault...
July 16, 2010
LAPPEENRANTA, Finland (AP) - Caster Semenya won her first race since being cleared to return to competition after underdoing gender…
July 16, 2010
OPINION - The conversation on race should begin in the streets of America, where working class people of color sometimes…
July 16, 2010
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Kenya beefed up its security along its porous border with Somalia after al-Shabab claimed responsibility for…
July 16, 2010
OPINION - As police departments downsize in order to meet budgetary needs, perhaps it's time for police departments to reconsider…
July 16, 2010
LOS ANGELES (AP) - In hindsight, the investigation into the Grim Sleeper serial killings could have led to suspect Lonnie…
July 16, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) - Paterson signed the law over vehement objections of New York City's mayor and police commissioner, who…
July 16, 2010
OPINION - The sentencing delay is part of the strategy to buy time to come up a plausible ground for…
July 16, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama acknowledges that the fall elections could amount to a referendum on his stewardship of the…
July 16, 2010
VIDEO - Burton stopped by theGrio to discuss his latest role, his acting legacy and what he plans to do…
July 16, 2010
VIDEO - One year later, long after the so-called beer summit at the White House, where are we now?...
July 16, 2010
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - BP finally gained control over one of America's biggest environmental catastrophes by placing a carefully fitted…
July 15, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - More than 2 million workers who have been laid off for long stretches could get their unemployment…
July 15, 2010
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The Negro Leagues Grave Marker Project seeks out former Negro League players buried without headstones and…
July 15, 2010
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - Savannah State's attorney, Joe Steffen, says the school has no record of scholarship offers to any…
July 15, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) - BP says oil from its broken well has stopped gushing into the Gulf of Mexico for…
July 15, 2010
McGee was no fan of the "blaxploitation" label that was attached to many of the films featuring black casts in…
July 15, 2010
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Integration came relatively peacefully to the North Carolina capital. There was no "stand in the schoolhouse…