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June 30, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) - Originally opening in an Off-Broadway production in 1987, it became a hit film two years later…
June 30, 2010
OPINION - With the growth of the charter school movement since the 1990s to offer choice and accountability in public…
June 30, 2010
VIDEO - If the clinical trial for a vaccine called Diamyd should be successful, diabetes patients may never need an…
June 30, 2010
OPINION - All of these players have become 'commodities,' where if you can sign them, you'll not only earn more…
June 30, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Congressional Democrats are inching closer to passage of a major rewrite of financial industry regulations, making fixes…
June 30, 2010
theGRIO Q&A - Shorty spent some time with theGrio to talk about his new album 'Backatown', the city of New…
June 30, 2010
BOSTON (AP) - 'Misunderstandings' and a 'certain degree of fear' each man had for the other led to the dispute,…
June 30, 2010
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - Fabulous minerals. Magnificent music. Great cuisine. And a people still mired in violence and misery...
June 29, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Under current law, homebuyers who signed purchase agreements by April 30 have until Wednesday to close on…
June 29, 2010
President Obama is slated to deliver a major address on immigration reform this week as his Department of Justice puts…
June 29, 2010
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - College sports fans searching for a coveted ticket to a sold-out game now have legitimate options…
June 29, 2010
The 27-year-old Baton Rouge, Louisiana, rapper -- already behind bars on a probation violation -- was indicted on first-degree murder…
June 29, 2010
OPINION - If a flawless rendition of the King of Pop can't serve as a career defibrillator, then redemption just…
June 29, 2010
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Bar employee Bryan White told police that once outside, Benson complained that "all these white boys…
June 29, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sens. John Kerry and Joe Lieberman made the comments after meeting at the White House with fellow…
June 29, 2010
CHICAGO (AP) - Blagojevich used Illinois Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. as political leverage to secure vacant Senate seat for himself,…
June 29, 2010
Jermaine Jackson was touched by Chris Brown's tribute to his brother Michael Jackson at the BET Awards and he now…
June 29, 2010
CHICAGO (AP) - Prosecutors have alleged Burge didn't act alone, and one witness said Burge didn't touch him but looked…
June 29, 2010
After attacking Thurgood Marshall at Kagan hearings, Republicans can't give examples of his work...
June 29, 2010
From The New York Times - New York's Bloomberg administration lags behind other cities and even the Giuliani era in…