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July 12, 2010
RIPON, California (AP) - Hawkins, who was battling pancreatic cancer, passed away at his home in Ripon, Calif..
July 12, 2010
OPINION - Our nation's children -- from the Gulf Coast to the Iron City -- deserve for all of us…
July 12, 2010
VIDEO - This week, investors await the start of the second quarter earnings season and expect reports on small business…
July 11, 2010
CHICAGO (AP) - The Rev. Jesse Jackson says Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert sees LeBron James as a 'runaway slave'...
July 10, 2010
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The two-minute clip of Mel Gibson using a racial slur and calling his ex-girlfriend a "whore"…
July 10, 2010
SLIDESHOW - As the NAACP hosts its 101st Convention this week, the organization is looking to a younger generation of…
July 10, 2010
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - The unemployed military veteran will face no state charges over the $10,440 filing fee for his…
July 10, 2010
VIDEO - It's the end of another Essence Music Festival weekend, sixteen to be exact. What a weekend...
July 10, 2010
SLIDESHOW - Riots, looting and violence erupt in Oakland as many protesters feel that justice was averted in the Oscar…
July 10, 2010
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Mel Gibson is heard using a racial epithet and calling his ex-girlfriend a 'whore' in a…
July 9, 2010
theGRIO REPORT - This new tax, which is part of the new health care overhaul bill would charge tanning salon…
July 9, 2010
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The name "Grim Sleeper" came about because of a 14-year gap in slayings linked to the…
July 9, 2010
The boxing legend is scheduled to tour Saudi until this weekend and is expected to visit Jeddah, Riyadh and Abha...
July 9, 2010
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - The NAACP convention, set to start Saturday, also will focus on education and the mounting…
July 9, 2010
OPINION - Our work is just beginning to make this situation more than just a moment of reflection; but rather,…
July 9, 2010
LAS VEGAS (AP) - 'If an American company wants to create jobs and grow, we should be there to help…
July 9, 2010
Lebron James's televised announcement of where he plans to spend the next phase of his basketball career has people asking…
July 9, 2010
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) says he was right "on target" when he accused President Obama of maintaining "a default mechanism"…
July 9, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) - Dennis Haysbert, who played the President of the United States on "24," makes his Broadway debut,…
July 9, 2010
Tom Tancredo, long a favorite of conservative Republicans argues that Obama constitutes a greater threat to the American way of…