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Use of informant in Arizona white supremacist trial 'necessary'
5:32 PM on 02/22/2012
PHOENIX (AP) - A government informant whom defense attorneys have dubbed a 'trailer park Mata Hari' didn't use sex to obtain evidence against two white supremacist brothers accused of bombing a city official in Arizona, a federal prosecutor said Tuesday...
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Austin police release surveillance video of 'baby-sitting while white' incident
2:44 PM on 02/22/2012
theGRIO REPORT - It you watch the surveillance video carefully, you'll also see that Austin officers did not use excessive force.
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Readers, theGrio needs your help...
4:07 PM on 02/21/2012
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Woman steals from nursing home residents
2:40 PM on 02/21/2012
PHILADELPHIA - Police say a computer inquiry revealed Sims had several outstanding cases issued by the New Castle County Court of Common Pleas...
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Treme, New Orleans: Oldest black neighborhood in the USA
1:25 PM on 02/21/2012
Treme is not only the namesake of the HBO show which depicts life in New Orleans after Katrina. It is also the the oldest African-American neighborhood in existence in the United States...
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Robert Mugabe: 'I have beaten Christ'
11:50 AM on 02/21/2012
Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe recently celebrated his 88th birthday by stating that he had 'beaten Christ'...
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Maya Angelou cancels appearance, cites illness
10:30 AM on 02/21/2012
DENTON, Texas (AP) - The 83-year-old poet is hosting a radio special on the civil rights era airing on public radio stations across the U.S...
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Nubian Empire Ski Club wants to break stereotype that blacks don't ski
10:21 AM on 02/21/2012
The Nubian Empire Ski Club in New York is attempting to break the stereotype that African-Americans do not ski...
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Study: For most women under 30, most births happen outside of marriage
9:26 AM on 02/21/2012
CLUTCH - While out-of-wedlock births used to pertain to mostly to minority and/or poor women, the study found that white women in their 20s are leading the trend...
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Man held for robbing Supreme Court Justice Breyer with machete
9:04 AM on 02/21/2012
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts (AP) - A police spokesman in the Caribbean nation of St. Kitts and Nevis says a 'person of interest' is in custody in the robbery of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer...
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Southern Baptist panel suggests name change option
8:35 AM on 02/21/2012
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) - A panel of Southern Baptists recommended Monday that its leadership endorse a new description, offering an official option to those who don't embrace the 'Southern' name...
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Whitney Houston buried in private ceremony
2:55 PM on 02/19/2012
WESTFIELD, New Jersey (AP) - Whitney Houston was laid to rest Sunday at a brief private ceremony in New Jersey, the end of a weekend that saw the pop star's family and friends gather at a star-studded funeral to mourn her loss while celebrating her career...
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New Snapple 'Half & Half' commercial draws criticism, but is it racist? (VIDEO)
2:06 PM on 02/17/2012
VIDEO - A new Snapple commercial advertising their Diet Half & Half drink has drawn numerous negative comments on its YouTube and Facebook pages, as well as at least a few letters to the company...
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McDonald's advertises brown-skinned girl dreaming of being blond Barbie
2:05 PM on 02/17/2012
McDonald's is embroiled in controversy because of an ad in which a brown-skinned girl is shown daydreaming of looking like a blonde-haired, blue-eyed Barbie...
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Denied jobs, blacks test new bias theory
1:36 PM on 02/17/2012
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - A judge will soon decide whether to grant thousands of black employees and job applicants monetary damages for hiring practices throughout Iowa's state government they say have disadvantaged them for decades...
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Black ministers who support gay marriage are in vocal minority
11:40 AM on 02/17/2012
theGRIO REPORT - As legislators in New Jersey and Maryland consider whether or not to allow gay and lesbian to legally marry, a few African-American preachers and pastors are expressing views on the issue that break with the status quo of the black church...
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Man steals almost 400k from 2 fiancees
9:07 AM on 02/17/2012
MIAMI - Paul Francois was convicted of two counts of grand theft and one count of organized crime...
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300-pound naked man walks into Wal-Mart, steals socks
3:30 PM on 02/16/2012
From NBC Philadelphia-- Employees at Walmart called police at about 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, saying that there was a naked man walking around the store, authorities say.
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White couple told they can't foster black child
2:15 PM on 02/16/2012
theGRIO REPORT - A pair of Norfolk social workers visited their home and said because their foster baby is black, the child would be better off with African-American foster parents...
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Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab: Nigerian underwear bomber gets life in prison
11:29 AM on 02/16/2012
DETROIT (AP) - At least five passengers were expected to speak Thursday at the sentencing of a Nigerian man who admits trying to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner at Christmas 2009...
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