Frank Thomas announces retirement from baseball after 19 seasons
By theGrio
2:43 PM on 02/12/2010
CHICAGO (AP) - Frank Thomas has announced his retirement following a 19-season career in which he hit 521 homers and won two American League MVP awards with the Chicago White Sox...
Tennessee diver becomes first black national champion
By theGrio
2:29 PM on 02/12/2010
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Michael Wright, a 22-year-old senior at Tennessee, won the title Monday at the USA Diving Winter National Championships...
Holder may abandon civilian trial for 9/11 mastermind
By theGrio
1:14 PM on 02/12/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorney General Eric Holder is leaving open the possibility of trying professed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed before a military commission...
Jamie Foxx delivers music, instruments to kids
By theGrio
10:20 AM on 02/12/2010
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Jamie Foxx wanted to entertain a group of musically inclined high school students with a few bars from his Grammy winning hit, "Blame It"...
Haitians hold day of mourning on quake anniversary
By theGrio
9:19 AM on 02/12/2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE(AP) - In many of the outdoor camps, trucks with loudspeakers blast evangelical music while missionaries talk to families under tarps...
Army discharging single mom who refused deployment
By theGrio
8:12 AM on 02/12/2010
SAVANNAH, Georgia (AP) - Spc. Alexis Hutchinson, an Army cook stationed at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, was arrested in November after skipping her unit's deployment flight...
Bill Clinton hospitalized; undergoes heart surgery
By theGrio
3:26 PM on 02/11/2010
NEW YORK (AP) - Former President Bill Clinton had two stents inserted Thursday to prop open a clogged heart artery...
Holyfield's wife says boxer hit her several times
By theGrio
2:40 PM on 02/11/2010
FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. (AP) - Evander Holyfield's wife claims the boxing great hit her after an argument. She now has a temporary protective order against him...
Haiti's differing death counts add to confusion
By theGrio
10:16 AM on 02/11/2010
TITANYEN, Haiti (AP) - Wildly conflicting death tolls from Haitian officials have raised suspicions that no one really knows how many people died in the Jan. 12 earthquake...
Caught on tape: High school soccer brawl
By theGrio
9:58 AM on 02/11/2010
VIDEO - Mississippi's two top 6-A soccer teams went head to head in a championship match that ended in a vicious attack on a player...
Bus tunnel beating spurs criticism of 'observe and report' security
By theGrio
9:42 AM on 02/11/2010
VIDEO - Three unarmed security guards were following orders last month when they stood by without intervening as a 15-year-old girl was badly beaten...
South Africans celebrate 20 years of change
9:23 AM on 02/11/2010
JOHANNESBURG - The meaning of Mandela's release doesn't only resonate with South Africans of color. It hits home to white South Africans as well...
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Your African American News from TheGrio – 2/14/10
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