Monday, April 4, 2011

Black News from thegrio – 4/4/11


  • MLK invoked as Ohio union fight moves to cities

    MLK invoked as Ohio union fight moves to cities

    By theGrio

    2:16 PM on 04/01/2011

    COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The AFL-CIO is planning 20 protest rallies in 14 Ohio cities. The union umbrella group notes in promotional materials that April marks the anniversary of King's assassination...

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  • Pedaling gunman arrested for bicycle drive-by

    Pedaling gunman arrested for bicycle drive-by

    By theGrio

    1:09 PM on 04/01/2011

    VIDEO - Diron Percy Andrew couldn't pedal fast enough to get away from the law and was arrested Thursday for allegedly firing the gun that injured a mom and her 8-year-old son...

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  • Man allegedly carves warning in girlfriend's chest

    Man allegedly carves warning in girlfriend's chest

    By theGrio

    12:43 PM on 04/01/2011

    VIDEO - When deputies arrived they found Simon's girlfriend with the words "Do Not Resuscitate" carved into her chest...

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  • Upstate NY man convicted in shooting that killed 4

    Upstate NY man convicted in shooting that killed 4

    By theGrio

    11:23 AM on 04/01/2011

    BUFFALO, New York (AP) - Riccardo McCray, 24, showed no visible emotion as an Erie County jury found him guilty of three counts of first-degree murder...

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  • Shakira helps rebuild historic Haiti school

    Shakira helps rebuild historic Haiti school

    By theGrio

    10:12 AM on 04/01/2011

    PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Her Barefoot Foundation, which helps child victims of violence and disasters, and the Inter-American Development Bank each donated $400,000...

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  • Domino's deliveryman killed for food, not money

    Domino's deliveryman killed for food, not money

    By theGrio

    10:05 AM on 04/01/2011

    WASHINGTON - A Domino's deliveryman killed Sunday night was shot for pizza and chicken wings -- not money, sources told NBC Washington...

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  • Man rapes, robs woman at Philly coffee shop

    Man rapes, robs woman at Philly coffee shop

    By theGrio

    9:52 AM on 04/01/2011

    VIDEO - Philadelphia police are looking for a man who allegedly raped a woman after robbing a Bella Vista coffee shop early Thursday morning...

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  • Young woman goes from Chicago projects to Yale

    Young woman goes from Chicago projects to Yale

    By Samantha Behrooj

    9:19 AM on 04/01/2011

    VIDEO - Only 3 years old when her mother became sick, she and her siblings were left at her grandmother's apartment in Chicago's Leclaire Courts projects...

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  • Rally aims to sway Barbour on pardon for sisters

    Rally aims to sway Barbour on pardon for sisters

    By theGrio

    9:09 AM on 04/01/2011

    JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - An attorney says he hopes a rally Friday will put public pressure on Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour to pardon two sisters..

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  • Beautyshop Buzz: Do black women have it worse in the workplace?

    Beautyshop Buzz: Do black women have it worse in the workplace?

    By Terrence Romney

    8:17 AM on 04/01/2011

    VIDEO - Are African-American women more prone to discrimination in the work place than women of other ethnic groups?...

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