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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…
July 9, 2010
OPINION - All communities, including communities of color along the Gulf Coast must be fully restored and receive needed support…
July 9, 2010
Blacks' ratings on Gallup's Standard of Living Index continue to exceed those for whites, a pattern that has persisted since…
July 9, 2010
ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) - The Raiders issued a statement two days after Russell was charged with possession of a controlled…
July 9, 2010
CLEVELAND (AP) - 'He has gotten a free pass,' Dan Gilbert said in a phone interview with The AP. 'People…
July 9, 2010
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The U.S. Department of Justice say the review will be conducted by its Civil Rights Division,…
July 9, 2010
She's not from Detroit and neither are her cohorts but through the internet they have galvanized to form the International…
July 9, 2010
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The attorney, once a member of O.J. Simpson's defense team, successfully kept Lohan out of trouble,…