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April 18, 2012
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Nearly two dozen companies that manufactured government-issued trailers for storm victims after Hurricane Katrina have agreed…
March 29, 2012
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) - An elderly couple who reported being forced to leave their Florida home when a Twitter posting…
March 22, 2012
BAY AREA - Two Oakland men who were strip-searched in public in 2005 -- a former Oakland cop pulled down…
February 22, 2012
A Manhattan jury of four women and two men took 81/2 hours deliberating before tossing fistfuls of money at Miss…
February 14, 2012
BOSSIP - Court files show that lawyers representing plaintiff Mark McHenry and Landmark Steakhouse of Corona del Mar agreed to…
February 10, 2012
After filing for divorce (following just 72 days of marriage to Kris Humphries), Kim Kardashian offered the NBA star a…
February 9, 2012
A white firefighter, Richard D. Zarbo, is being awarded $110,000 in settlement case for a racial discrimination lawsuit that was…
January 27, 2012
MADAME NOIRE - Last year, Russell Dickerson, III, 20, filed a lawsuit against the Aberdeen School District, charging they did…
January 25, 2012
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A jury awarded $465,000 to a Muslim security guard who says his co-workers and supervisors called…
January 20, 2012
Kobe Bryant will reportedly have to fork over at least half of his assets -- totaling $75 million -- to…
January 11, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - Pepsi Beverages Co. will pay $3.1 million to settle federal charges of race discrimination for using criminal…
January 11, 2012
In addition to the monetary relief, a three-year consent decree bars Matrix from engaging in further race discrimination, and they…
December 21, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - Bank of America has agreed to pay $335 million to resolve allegations that its Countrywide unit…
November 16, 2011
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - The woman, who works for one of New Jersey's largest lobbying firms, has deliberately made herself…
November 3, 2011
OPINION - Your biggest fear as a potential complainant is that you will be professionally black-balled and isolated, or worse…
November 2, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - The New York Times reported Tuesday night that the National Restaurant Association gave a female employee a…
October 28, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge has given final approval to a $1.2 billion government settlement with black farmers...
October 25, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - The 23-year-old Bell was killed and two friends seriously injured outside a topless bar where police…
October 13, 2011
MIAMI (AP) - Grammy-winning OutKast rapper Big Boi has reached a deal on drug charges that allows him to avoid…
October 4, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Bishop Eddie Long has told his accusers that he wants his money back...