Friday, February 26, 2010

Your Black World – 2/26/10


  • Step show prize to be shared after controversy over white sorority's win

    Step show prize to be shared after controversy over white sorority's win

    By theGrio

    8:44 AM on 02/26/2010

    ATLANTA (AP) -- After days of controversy over a white group's win in a step competition, sponsor Coca-Cola said Thursday the second-place team will share top...

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  • Shooting victim says love handles saved her life

    Shooting victim says love handles saved her life

    By theGrio

    3:50 PM on 02/25/2010

    ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - A Florida woman said her love handles saved her life when she was shot entering an Atlantic City bar...

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  • Brawl-greens! Vigilantes pound hit-and-run car thief

    Brawl-greens! Vigilantes pound hit-and-run car thief

    By theGrio

    3:47 PM on 02/25/2010

    VIDEO - Florida police say they're hot on the trail of the man behind an unbelievable crime spree...

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  • Health care summit fact check: Obama has edge in premiums debate

    Health care summit fact check: Obama has edge in premiums debate

    By theGrio

    2:59 PM on 02/25/2010

    WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama and a Republican lawmaker sparred Thursday over what might happen to health insurance premiums in an overhauled system...

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  • Obama, Republicans clash at heated health summit

    Obama, Republicans clash at heated health summit

    By theGrio

    2:20 PM on 02/25/2010

    WASHINGTON (AP) - With tempers flaring, President Obama and congressional Republicans clashed in an extraordinary live-on-TV summit...

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  • Florida suspects dial 911 while allegedly stealing cars

    Florida suspects dial 911 while allegedly stealing cars

    By theGrio

    2:01 PM on 02/25/2010

    VIDEO - Police say two Florida teenagers are facing charges after 911 dispatchers heard them talking about breaking into cars when one teen's cell phone...

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  • Nike sticking by Tiger despite off-course problems

    Nike sticking by Tiger despite off-course problems

    By theGrio

    1:49 PM on 02/25/2010

    LONDON (AP) - Nike will continue to support Tiger Woods even though the world's best player has taken an indefinite leave from golf to deal with personal issues...

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  • Former Katrina officer brought to justice, may face prison time

    Former Katrina officer brought to justice, may face prison time

    By theGrio

    1:48 PM on 02/25/2010

    NEW ORLEANS (AP) - In Hurricane Katrina's chaotic aftermath, police shot six people -- killing two -- as they crossed a bridge in search of food...

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  • NJ man charged in case of toddler abandoned at gas station

    NJ man charged in case of toddler abandoned at gas station

    By theGrio

    11:52 AM on 02/25/2010

    NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) - Authorities in New Jersey charged a man Thursday with kidnapping in the case of a 20-month-old child found abandoned at a gas station...

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  • Caribbeans urged to write in ancestry on Census

    Caribbeans urged to write in ancestry on Census

    By theGrio

    11:12 AM on 02/25/2010

    MIAMI (AP) -- Black people of Caribbean descent are being asked by their community's leaders to write in their nationalities on the upcoming U.S. Census...

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  • Student party prompts anti-racism school campaign

    Student party prompts anti-racism school campaign

    By theGrio

    11:09 AM on 02/25/2010

    SAN DIEGO (AP) - The University of California, San Diego has initiated a campus-wide campaign against racism in the wake of a student party that used a ghetto theme to mockingly commemorate Black History Month...

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  • New security company hired in bus tunnel beating fallout

    New security company hired in bus tunnel beating fallout

    By theGrio

    10:56 AM on 02/25/2010

    SEATTLE (AP) - King County will find a new company to handle security in Seattle's downtown transit tunnel...

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