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Graduation rates for Black basketball student-athletes is 18% and 100% for white student-athletes.)</p><p>With March Madness starting this week, The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport, at the University of Central Florida released<a href="http://www.tidesport.org/ncaagraduationrates.html"> “Keeping Score When It Counts: Graduation Rates for 2010 NCAA Men’s Divsion I Basketball Tournament Teams.”</a> This study compares the overall graduation rates of white and Black student-athletes. The study found that:</p><p><img alt="ncaa_grad_03_16_10.gif" src="http://irienews.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/f71cb_ncaa_grad_03_16_10.gif" width="640" height="469" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left;margin: 0 20px 20px 0"/></p><p>Universities need to start valuing Black athlete-students for more than just their free-throw averages.</p><div><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/racewireblog?a=0FrLt0Nzz2E:Fs4UxYnLUDk:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://irienews.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/f71cb_racewireblog?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/racewireblog?a=0FrLt0Nzz2E:Fs4UxYnLUDk:nQ_hWtDbxek"><img src="http://irienews.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/f71cb_racewireblog?d=nQ_hWtDbxek" border="0"/></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/racewireblog?a=0FrLt0Nzz2E:Fs4UxYnLUDk:JDW05zJFv9w"><img src="http://irienews.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/f71cb_racewireblog?i=0FrLt0Nzz2E:Fs4UxYnLUDk:JDW05zJFv9w" border="0"/></a></div><p><img src="http://irienews.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/f71cb_0FrLt0Nzz2E" height="1" width="1"/></p><p>Did you find this information helpful? 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Finally Gets Smart, Becomes First U.S. City To Give Out FREE Female Condoms!!!, Amber Rose Rocks Yeezy’s Gay Fish Swag In NYC, Racial Profiling: Is it a Black or White Thing, Live And Direct: Kelly Rowland Performs For The Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Down Under, Budgeting 101, Eight Teens Shot After “Waka Flocka” Concert, Unjust Deportation Stopped by Governor’s Pardon, Some Knocked Up Oscar Swirl, Who Looked More Bangin??? Little Zoe Vs. Princess Anika, Making It Rain On These Hoes: Mo’Nique Takes Home Best Supporting Actress">7</a></td><td><a href="http://irienews.com/2010/03/08" title="Mo’Nique Wins Oscar!, Honor Student Beaten By “Apple Valley Posse” Then Says He Feels Sorry For Attackers [Video], Chris Brown Takes New Girl Home To VA, 82nd Annual Academy Awards: Governors Ball, Geoffrey Fletcher Wins Oscar For “Precious” Screenplay, U.S. Troops Withdrawing From Haiti, Nigeria Sends In Troops After 500 Killed In Religious Attacks, Samuel L. Jackson After Mo’Nique’s Speech: What Is Wrong With This Picture???, Princeton’s Tilghman Supports But Does Not Endorse the DREAM Act, The Redeemed Immigrant: NY Gov. Makes Exception to Corrupt Rules, Mo’Nique’s The First Black Person To Win An Oscar For A Movie Directed And Written By Black People… What’s The Problem???, Jennifer Hudson Sets Wedding Date, OPINION: The Image Of Our Blackness Is “Precious”, Rangel And Paterson Ethics Inquiries Stun Harlem, BREAKING: Shooting Reported At Dallas Bank, Olivia Performs New Single In Front Of Intimate Crowd [Video], Obama, Schumer, and Graham Talk Immigration Reform, File a Tax Extension Instead of an Amended Return, Minority Business Receiving Fewer Stimulus Contracts, Lil Wayne Begins Year-Long N.Y. Jail Sentence, Michael Steele Stars In RNC TV Ad, Weezy F. “I Got A Lot Of Babies” Sentenced To Jail, Ward Connerly Questions Validity Of UCSD Agreement With Black Student Union, Gabourey Sidibe on How to Awkwardly Get Your Interracial Swag on Oscar Red Carpet, Bow Wow & Angela Sitting In A Tree… K-I-S-S-I-N-G!!!, DR. BOYCE: A Three Point Plan for a Black Agenda, Dan Rather Says Obama “Couldn’t Sell Watermelons”, Beyonce Opens Cosmetology School in Brooklyn, Nicki Minaj On The Cover Of Right On! Magazine… It’s Fake A$$ Barbie B*tch">8</a></td><td><a href="http://irienews.com/2010/03/09" title="Trey Songz Shuts Down Gay, Homewrecker Rumors, International Women’s Day: A Time to Protect Immigrant Women, Mariah & Nick Hit Up The Oscars, Lady Gaga Talks Drugs, Family & Her Vagina, Usher Looking Lost, Lonely, And Like He Needs A Friend…, 11 Money Saving Tips for Parents with Babies, B.O.B. Ft. Bruno Mars “Nothing On You” [Video], ICE Puts Son of U.S. Navy Officer Incommunicado from Press, Attorney Outraged, Senate To Argue Over Unemployment Insurance Extension, Allen Iverson Says He’s “Going Through Rough Times”, Gabourey Sidibe Loves The White Boys… Guess Who She Wants Now, Why Are There So Few Black Female Politicians?, CEO Fired For Racist Email Likening Michelle Obama To Chimp, First Same-Sex Weddings Take Place In D.C., Michael Jackson’s Bodyguards Speak Out!!! [Video], Judge Joe Brown Goes In On Cougar Supposedly Using “Prey” [Video], Minorities At Greater Risk For Alzheimer’s, Nearly Half Of All Black Women Have Herpes, Wal-Mart Sells Black Barbie For Half Price Of Same White Doll, Kimora’s Ready for More Kids!, Drake Stays Reppin His Set… Can Somebody Please Tell Us Why Rich Azz Rappers Are Throwin’ Up Signs???, Vanessa Williams Explains Hollywood White Knight Syndrome to Barbara Walters, OPINION: Celebrating Remarkable Women During Women’s History Month, **Exclusive** Big Boi Tweets It Up About His Boom Boom Room and His Upcoming Projects">9</a></td><td><a href="http://irienews.com/2010/03/10" title="It’s Official: Women of Color Feel Impact of Racial Wealth Gap The Worst, Neffe Breaks Up with Soullow?, POLL: Obama More Popular Than Congress, Senate To Pass Unemployment Aid, AUDIO: Limbaugh Calls Gov. Paterson A “Massa”, The Anniversary of the Recent Market Rally, WHOA!!!!: New Report Says Nearly 1/2 Of All Black Women Have Genital Herpes, More Minority Babies Will Be Born Than White Babies This Year, OPINION: Is It OK When White People Pull “Kanye” Moments?, Study Shows Single Black Women’s Median Wealth $5, White Women’s $42,000, Jennifer Hudson Looks Rough And Stuff With A Nice Size Rock On Her Finger, What Was The Deal With The Lady Who Pulled A “Kanye” At The Oscars?, Obama Renews U.S. Commitment To Haiti’s Recovery, Black Couple Will Have The Longest Marriage Of All Time, VIDEO: NYU Professor Says “Precious” Bad For Black Culture, Slim Thug On Why He & LeToya Broke Up, Immigration Reform in 2010? Here’s What’s on The Table Right Now., Even Nativist Restrictionists Admit to Economic Benefits of Legalization, Is Nicki Minaj The Music Biz’s Hottest Accessory??? Rapper Hops On “In My Head”, Beyonce Opens Cosmetology Center, Actor Corey Haim Dies At 38, Today Is National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, Black Baseball Player Calls Afro-Latino Players “Imposters”, VIDEO: Atlanta Dance Studio Keeps Black Ballet Tradition Alive, A Mid Day Banger For The Fellas, Could Common Be Any Sexier Onscreen???, Howard Stern: Gabourey Sidibe is ‘Enormous,’ ‘Will Never Work Again’, Fighting Discrimination While on Duty">10</a></td><td><a href="http://irienews.com/2010/03/11" title="Kelly Ripa Gets “Looooow” With Ludacris’ Backup Dancers [Video], Does a National ID Card Spell Doom For CIR?, Shocker: Someone Calls Superhead A Liar, Some Morning Spandex, Monica Conyers Sentenced To 3 Years In Prison For Bribery, Obama And Democratic Leaders Close In On Final Health Care Vote, Formerly Embattled Olympian Marion Jones Joins WNBA, Out Of Pocket: Party Promoters Overcharged B.I.G Fans For Tribute Party… Diddy Claims He Wasn’t Involved, How to File a Federal Tax Extension, A Fat Tax on Thin Wallets: Soda Politics Fizzle in NY, Bobby V. Swears He’s Not the Source of Leak, Once-Revered S.C. Lawmaker Freezes To Death Alone, Mexican Is World’s Richest Man, Father Accused Of Beating, Raping And Impregnating Daughters, Jay-Z Backs Out Of Casino/Racetrack Deal, Jihad Jane: Pa. Woman Arrested For Being Terrorist And Recruiter [Video], After Mother Dies, Eleven-Year-Old Tells Senate “Get The Health Care Bill Passed”, Congress’ Decision To Cut ACORN’s Funding Ruled Unconstitutional, Man Arrested For Breaking Into Church And Watching Porn, Diggy (Simmons) – “Made you look Freestyle” (Flow Stoopid) Video, Conservatives: Immigration’s Bad for the Environment, Obama Donates Nobel Peace Prize Money To Charities, Kimora’s Looking Like She Got Her Happily Ever After!, Lil’ Wayne’s First Days in Jail, Illuminati Hov Doesn’t Mind Getting His Hands Dirty… BeyBey Attends Groundbreaking Ceremony With Hubby, Democrats Who Oppose Student Loan Reform Love Banks More Than They Care About Students, Vanessa Williams Says “Another White Family Saaaaves The Day!” In Blindside 2 [Video]">11</a></td><td><a href="http://irienews.com/2010/03/12" title="*Premiere* Lady Gaga & Beyonce In “Telephone” Video, Swizz Beatz Talks Divorce, Naomi Campbell – Best Of Jamaica, History Of Jamaica’s Emancipation, Some Morning Tranny, The Inside Scoop On . . . JAMAICA, Fugees Director Accused Of Beating, Raping And Impregnating Daughters, Suspected Al-Qaeda New Jersey Man Accused Of Killing Guard In Yemen, Conflict Surrounded Desiree Rogers Even Before State Dinner Incident, Monica Sings Mariah’s Jawn to Rocko… “IT’S A WRAP!!!”, Does Investment Portfolio Diversification Still Work?, You Ain’t All That: Black, *BOSSIP Exclusive* Guess Which Former Ray J Rat Popped A Threesome With This D-Lister Last Weekend?, Can A White Person Be A Pro-Black Revolutionary?, OPINION: Is This As Good As It Gets For Mo’Nique & Gabourey?, Rev. Wright Says He Has “Not Stopped Loving Obama Because Of The Press”, Obama, You Lie! "Comprehensive" Immigration Reform Is Dead, Janet Jackson Is A Tranny Loving FREAK!!! Singer Lets The World Know She’s Exploring The LGBT Community, Jay-Z & Nets Break Ground In Brooklyn, OPINION: Ron Paul And Glenn Beck Promote White Right Wing Terrorism, Monica and Rocko Call it Quits, Weezy Banned From Being A Star Behind Bars, Jamaica’s Original Flag, Immigrants Stuck in Limbo With Courts’ Backlog at All-Time High, Build a Financial Safety Net, Jay-Z Premiers Nets’ New Home, Lady Gaga & Beyonce In "Telephone", Crazy Guy Throws Iron At Mamasun Then Tosses Her Down Stairs [Video]">12</a></td><td><a href="http://irienews.com/2010/03/13" title="Arne Duncan to Investigate Civil Rights Failures in Schools, Some Saturday Morning Chocolate Sexy: Lance Gross, D.C. Woman Named Head Coach Of Varsity Football Team, N.J. Al-Qaeda Suspect Previously Worked At Five Nuclear Power Plants, Haiti’s Poor And Elderly Suffer Most After Earthquake, Hell Has Frozen Over: Bill O’ Reilly And Ludacris Squash Their Beef, Really Now Kanye? Rapper Fuels Illuminati Flames With Blog Homage To Photographer Marc LaGrange, "But He Is an Illegal Immigrant…" Ruled Inadmissible and Prejudicial, Some Gay Swirl, Elin Lets Tiger Out Of The Doghouse, Golfer Spent The Last Week Living With Wife And Kids">13</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://irienews.com/2010/03/14" title="Rewriting History in Texas, BP Member Spotlight: Ed Young, Obama Plans To Overhaul No Child Left Behind, James Brown’s Body Missing From Crypt, Says Daughter, King Latifah Gets Drunk And Freaky In Miami!!, When The Checks Stop Coming In: Ja Rule And Lil Cheetah Ho To Star In New Flick, Clarence Thomas’s Wife Launches Tea Party Group, Catch Fade: 50 Cent’s Bodyguard Whipping Pap A*ss [Video], Got Immigration Reform? Dairy Farmers Count on Immigrant Labor, LADY GAGA ON THAT SKAG AND COLLAPSES AT SHOW?!?! [Video], Getting Married? Plan Ahead to Make the Most of Your Wedding Budget">14</a></td><td><a href="http://irienews.com/2010/03/15" title="Trina Ft. Diddy & Keri Hilson – “Million Dollar Girl” [Video], Neffe, Elite Respond To Keyshia Cole, Introductions: The New Guy at Racewire, Lesbian Discharged From Military After Police Tell Her Orientation, Neffe And Her Man Asking Bloggers For Favor [Video], Archdiocese Begins Sainthood Process For First Black Priest, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty Surpasses 2006 Fundraising Record, How Happy Are These Bhutanese?, The Morning Browse: Big Stuff in Today’s News, White Folks And Their Dogs: Dog Dry Humps Guys Girlfriend In Bed While He… Cheerleads??[Video], Drug Gangs Accused Of Killing U.S. Consulate Employees In Mexico, Haitians Fleeing Port-au-Prince Strain Countryside Towns, VIDEO: Emmitt Smith Finds Out His Ancestors Were Bred Like Horses, Oops… VOGUE Can’t Keep Up With All Diddy’s Hoes!!! Mistakes Cassie For Faith Evans, Compares Her To J.Lo, Best Places to Purchase Textbooks for Students, Working the Lettuce Fields: The Jobs (Most) Americans Won’t Do, Solange?: Baby Daniel’s Top 5 Uses For Rihanna’s Forhead [Video], How U.S. Drug Policies Destroy Our Inner Cities And The Third World, Obama: “We Need Courage” To Pass Health Care Reform, Gilbert Arenas Calls Gun Incident “Some Fun That Got Out Of Control”, Senate Financial Reform Bill Leaves Communities at Lenders’ Mercy, Pure Comedy: Tiger Woods Marked For Mockery… Sex Addicted Golf Pro Is South Park’s Next Target!!!, Biggie’s First Baby Mama Speaks Up About the Movie, ‘Lil Kim and Faith, OPINION: Should Barack Have Offered Dave A Job?, Black-White Graduation Rate Widens Between NCAA Players, OPINION: Are U.S. Drug Laws The New Jim Crow Laws?, USCIS: Chilean Nationals Can Apply for Immigration Benefits, Nicki Minaj Gets Dissed: “Them Raps You Got… That Sh*zzz Sounds Faker Than That Azz You Got!!!”, Parsing the Details of Dodd’s Not-Independent Consumer Watchdog, Community College Funds, Pell Grants Getting Cut In Last Days of Student Loan Reform Fight, Tiny Victories: Target Makes Commercials That Don’t Make Asian Americans Cringe, Michael Jackson’s New $250 Million Deal With Sony">15</a></td><td><a href="http://irienews.com/2010/03/16" title="Weight Loss Company Wants Gabby, Obama Pressures Wavering Dems Days Before Health Vote, Michael Jackson Estate Signs Historic Contract With Sony, STUDY: African-Americans Less Likely To Receive Heart-Protecting Meds, Coming Out Undocumented: An Evolution, Fill In The Blank, Is Justin Timberlake Dumping Jessica Biel To Get Back With Cameron Diaz?, Tiger Woods Announces He’ll Return To Golf At Next Month’s Masters, Racist N-Word Easter Eggs Found On Michigan Lawn, BIZARRE: Mike Tyson To Star In Animal Planet Show On Pigeon Racing, What Is Cash Flow And How To Improve It, Passover to Fight Hate, Celebrate Immigration, Drake Has A Threesome With LaLa And Ciara, RUMOR: Angela Simmons and Rob Kardashian an Item?, DR. BOYCE: Why I’m Saying “I Told You So” About Tiger’s Return, Woman Charged With Hitting Sister With Toilet Lid, Teenage African King Leads Dual Life, Temporary Worker Program Could Threaten Immigration Reform, Parents Abandon 3-Year Old At OWN BIRTHDAY PARTY! [Video], Damian Marley Speaks About Lil Wayne’s Distant Relatives Feature, For Discussion: Is Jay-Z Overrated, Pure Poison Or Just Another Cog In The Capitalist Machine???, Desiree Rogers Allegedly Dumped For Forgetting Xmas Cards, Ron Paul’s Racist Newsletters Revealed, Three-Year-Old Abandoned At His Own Birthday Party, Tiger Woods: “My Personal Life Is Still Fu*ked But I’m Ready To Kick Some Old White Azzzz ”, NCAA Champions But College Dropouts? 80 Percent of Black B-Ball Athletes Won’t Graduate, Obama’s No Child Left Behind: New Name, Same Sketchy Policies">16</a></td><td><a href="http://irienews.com/2010/03/17" title="Death by Birth: Race and Maternal Mortality, We’ll Be Back, “Precious” Director Hires British Actor To Play MLK, Al Sharpton Is Obama’s Newest Ally, Cost Deters Haitians from Applying for Protected Status, Put On Blast: Wendy Williams Says Stacey Dash Lied About Her Show [Video], Haitian Women Fear Violence In Post-Earthquake Shelters, Todd Bridges Says He Was Sexually Molested By His Male Publicist At 11, BIZARRE: Drunken Sixth Grade Teacher Bites Off Man’s Ear, Ciara Says “A.ll D.ay I. D.ream A.bout S.ex”, Kelis Flips Out on Twitter, Nebraska Bill Aids Pregnant Immigrant Women, Utah Law Criminalizes Them, Is President Obama Taking Advice From This Permed Out Pimp???, Understanding the Roth IRA, OPINION: Is Abortion A Racist Plot? Of Course Not, Ethiopia Is Bridal-Kidnapping Capital Of The World, REPORT: One In Eight Black Men Denied The Right To Vote, CNN, Fearing a ‘Dobbs Gap,’ Hires RedState’s Erick Erickson, Michelle’s Got Data on Her Side: Food Deserts are Vast, Kwedit: Training Wheels For A Real World Debt Ridden Lifestyle?, Senator Graham Questions Obama’s "Unwavering" Support for CIR, Guess How Much Rihanna Spends To Keep Her Body On Point??, Senate Passes Jobs Bill, Sends It To Obama For Signature, VIDEO: Obama Accuses FOX Reporter Of Interrupting Him, Insurance Company Targeted HIV Patients To Revoke Coverage, Waka Flocka Flames Out, Rapper Gets Locked Up For Parole Violation, What the Broadband Debate Says About Race, Help Pass the Refugee Protection Act!, Kimora Lee’s “Life In The Fab Lane” Season 3 Exclusive Clip Of Bath Renovation Gone Wrong [Video], PETA Slams Mike Tyson for Upcoming Animal Planet Show">17</a></td><td><a href="http://irienews.com/2010/03/18" title="45 Detroit Schools to Close: Where Have All The Students Gone?, Oops!: Bumbling Cops Send Coke, Meth & Weed to Surplus Store [Video], Mashonda: Swizz Beatz & Alicia Keys Belong Together, For The Stans: Beyonce Shows Some Leg For Alicia Keys’ Fans, Haitian “Orphans” Taken By Missionaries Return To Families, Rep. Cummings: Jobs Bill Will Not Help Black People, Todd Bridges: You Know You Have Hit Rock Bottom When You’re Rocked Out And Rocking A Diaper, Undocumented Youth in Washington Come Out of the Shadows, 10 Ways To Avoid A Lover’s Spat, New Jobless Claims Drop Slightly, Admissions Director At Bronx School Claims Toxic Campus Left Son Brain-Damaged, CALL TO ACTION: Change The Crack Vs. Cocaine Sentencing Guidelines, Nativist Politician Steve Levy Goes Republican to Run for NY Governor, Talk About Being Prisoner To Your Name, Akon Launches Konvict Fragrance (Handcuffs Included), How To Write A Check And Other Checkbook Basics, The Amistad Travels To Cuba As A Reminder Of Slavery, UPDATE: MSNBC Makes Mash-Up Of Obama Being Interrupted By FOX Reporter, UPDATE: Obama Signs Jobs Bill, Says There’s More To Be Done, Fate of Health Reform Reconciliation Bill May Lie With Immigration, Raise Your Incense In The Air… Erykah Badu Got A New Album Let Me Hear Ya Say Oh YEA, Lt. Dan Choi Arrested at White House, Protesting Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, South Carolina’s AIDS Crisis Shows Health System’s Worn Patches, Breaking News: Real Story on Chris Rock’s Mystery Child, March Sunday to Change Immoral Laws, Texas Set To Whitewash Black History From Textbooks, NYTimes Paying Execs To Hire More Women & Minorities, Young Basketball Prodigy Finds Success After Facing Public Doubt, What’s That Smell??? Oh It’s Just The Body Decomposing Under The Hotel Bed…, Criminal Flaws in Obama’s Immigration Reform Vision, One in Four Black Men in Kentucky Can’t Vote, But DRA Could Change That">18</a></td><td><a href="http://irienews.com/2010/03/19" title="Americas Next Top Model Failure: Double Fall On Catwalk [Video], Tiny Talks T.I. & Their Pending Wedding, Whitney Houston Talks Young Entertainers “Dark”(Lady Gaga) Outfits And A Bunch More [Video], Taye Taye Must Read Bossip, Tells Ellen He Calls His 6 Month-Old Baby “Swirl”, Obama Effigy Hung At School That Fired All Of Its Teachers, GOOD NEWS: 9 & 11-Year Old Siblings Help Mom Deliver Baby Brother, Man Who Murdered Malcolm X Will Be Released Next Month, Man Arrested for Crossing the Street, Americas Next Top Model Failure: Model Busts Her Thick Cakes On Catwalk In Front Of Rachel Roy… TWICE!!, The Morning Browse: Immigration Reform Rollout; ‘Zero-Tolerance’ Racism; Cutting Kids off Health Insurance, Some Friday Smut: More Info On Jesse James’ Alleged Lover, Leprechaun Robs Bank On St. Patrick’s Day, LISTEN LIVE AT 1PM: NewsOne On “Keeping It Real” With Al Sharpton, VIDEO: Conservatives Attack Eleven-Year-Old For Supporting Health Insurance, Hispanic Caucus Announces Support for Health Care Reconciliation Bill, Whitney Houston Criticizes Today’s Entertainers for Being ‘Dark’ and ‘Characters’, Police Pop Two Men For Shooting At Tranny Ho, How Long Do You Have To Live In A Home To Justify Buying It?, Brooklyn Man Kills Wife, Then Hangs Himself, Times Square Mural Draws “Racist” Criticism, Lawyer Says Feds Created Terror Plot To Entrap Defendants, In Skanky News: Sandra Bullock’s Husband’s Tattoo Whore Explains Her “WP” Ink Job, Immigration Bill Arrives, Here’s What We Know Right Now, Blacks and Latinos Using Twitter to Sound Off, Organize [SXSW VIDEO], National Council of La Raza Opposes Healthcare Bill As Is, Nativist Leader Tells Minutemen to Come to Border "Locked and Loaded", Neon Magazine Fesses Up And Apologizes For BeyBey Marriage Contract Story, Cops From Philly Beating Video Get Jobs Back, Free Beer">19</a></td><td><a href="http://irienews.com/2010/03/20" title="Schumer-Graham Announce Wrong Way to Deal With Immigration Reform, The NBA’s Favorite Tranny Is Caught Swirlin’ And Lookin’ Busted At Event In His Honor, Senate Approves Bill To Reduce Crack-Cocaine Sentencing Disparity, Earthquake Exposes Problems With Mental Health Care In Haiti, Adviser To Accused Haiti Kidnapping Missionaries Is Arrested, Justin Bieber Drops Freestyle “ATL Baby, Is Where I Reside…I’m A Young White Rapper And Don’t Get High [Video], (Warning) Graphic Footage Of Nanny Caught On Camera Beating Down 11-Month Old Baby [Video], Is Race Behind Tiger Woods’ Sex Addiction? Ask David Mura., Update: 16-Year-Old Boy Popped By One-Time Over Out Of Pocket Walmart Announcement, Nativist Hayworth Edges Closer to McCain in Senatorial Race">20</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://irienews.com/2010/03/21" title="Pay as They Go: The Cruel Calculus of Deportation, Remember Me??? Vida Guerra And Her Cleavage Celebrate Her 35th Birthday, Oprah And Schoolgirls To Testify At Defamation Lawsuit Trial, OPINION: Black Americans Must Do More To Combat Inequality, House Prepares To Make Historic Health Care Vote, Over 200,000 March FOR America, President Obama Promises to Do "Everything in His Power" for Immigration Reform in 2010, 500,000-Strong March FOR America: Keep Families Together, The Difference Between First Lover and Last Lover, How to Get Next Year’s Tax Refund Now, HOUSE PASSES HISTORIC HEALTH CARE REFORM, 219-212, Scenes from ‘March of America’ Immigration Rally [VIDEO]">21</a></td><td><a href="http://irienews.com/2010/03/22" title="When Kim’s Away Will Reggie Play?, Rihanna’s Sunday Shoot(Behind The Scenes) And Charity Performance Of “Redemption Song”[Video], First Tiger Woods Interview Since A*s Kickin’ By Elin [Video], Tiger Woods “A Little Nervous” To Return To Masters, UPDATE: Teenager Arrested For Racist Wal-Mart Announcement, African Nations To Meet To Discuss Water Supply, Tiger Woods First Interview Since He Got Caught Creepin!!! “I’ve Hurt So Many People”, Man Threatens Obama’s Life On Twitter, House Approves Massive Overhaul Of Student Loans Program, OPINION: We Need A Health Food Bill Now That Health Care Has Passed, $285 Billion: The Price Tag for Enforcement-Only Policy, Ludacris Will Show But Not Tell About The Panties He’s Soaking Up!!!, What Happens When a Bank Fails?, Who Is My Daddy??, India.Arie Slams Lady Gaga & Beyonce’s ‘Telephone’ Video, Obama May Sign Health Care Bill Tomorrow, Bush And Clinton Head To Haiti For Earthquake Relief, NFL Dad Gets Prison Sentence Extended For Watching Heisman Son’s Game, The Morning Browse: Health Care Passes; Immigration March; Military Prisons, Obama’s Address to Immigration Rally [VIDEO], The Moment Obama Learned Healthcare Reform Bill Passed [PICTURE], Roy Beck’s Bodyguard Assaults Female Mimes, Pops Their Balloons, R.I.P. Mother Of NBA Player Gilbert Arenas Passes Away, Black Americans Support Obama’s Race-Neutral Agenda, Gilbert Arenas’s Mother Dies, ACORN Disbands Amid Financial Problems, Mary J. Blige And Degree Give Fans Free Concert, Tea Partiers Bring Best Epithets for House Democrats, Health Care Passes, Immigrants Trying Not to Feel Ill, Columbus Short May Look Innocent But He Will Knock You The F**k Out… Ask Jason Hill!!!">22</a></td><td><a href="http://irienews.com/2010/03/23" title="*Bossip Exclusive* Choppin It Up With “Sweetness” aka Wesley Jonathan About New Obama Movie Starring Who???, The Final Tally On Student Aid Reform Marks A Win for Students, ACORN Set To Close Operations by April 1st, In Race for California Governor, Who Will Alienate Immigrants The Most?, Monica Speaks Out More On Break-Up, Ludacris And Nicki Minaj Perform “My Chick Bad” For Springbreak [Video], Hear Winter Springs High Student and Teacher Arguing, Jesus Take The Wheel: 3-Year Old Shot And Killed In Carjacking By AK47 [Video], Concern Over Racism & Social Networking Grows, Couples Renew Their Vows For Black Marriage Day, Black Congressman Recieved Faxes Of Noose After Health Care Vote, Sheriff Arpaio Launches Yet Another Crackdown, 60 Year-Old Banger!! Rebbie Jackson Is Lookin’ Damn Good…, The Morning Browse: Noose Faxes, GOP’s Immigration Rhetoric, and More, Lance Gross on Getting Back at Ex-Flames, Some Morning Handsome, 3 Power Tips To Take Control Of Your Finances, PRESIDENT OBAMA SIGNS HEALTH CARE REFORM INTO LAW, OPINION: The GOP Is The Party Of Fear, Ignorance And Divisiveness, Dolphins Running Back, Ronnie Brown, Arrested In Atlanta For DUI, Immigrant Detainees Especially Vulnerable to Sexual Abuse, Movie Premieres “Why Did I Get Married Too?” & “Malice In Wonderland”, 13 Red State Attorney Generals File Lawsuits Over Health Care, Obama’s Health Care Lesson: Lead, Follow or Get Out of the Way, Who Was That Cute Kid at The Health Care Bill Signing?, Is the Health Care Bill Good For People of Color?, WANTED!!! Suge Knight Beats Down And Robs Yukmouth Of Luniz — Warrant Issued For Suge’s Arrest!!!, Shook Ones… Convict Tries To Break Back Into Jail To Avoid Retaliation, Ex-Inmate Gets 15 Years For Breaking Into Jail, Traffic Stop Charges Against Sharpton’s Ex-Wife And Daughter Dropped, VIDEO: Tavis Smiley Asks Farrakhan About Obama Criticism, Adam, 8 Years Old, Loses Mother to Iraq War and Father, a Marine, to ICE, It’s a Wrap for Reggie Bush and Kim Kardashian…Again, Watch "The Senators’ Bargain" Tomorrow Night">23</a></td><td><a href="http://irienews.com/2010/03/24" title="Trey Sonz Wants You To Sense His Heterosexual “VIBE”, Karrine Steffans Is Ready To Teach, Oprah Settles Defamation Suit, OPINION: Why “No Child Left Behind” Fails Under Obama, Too, Obama To Sign Executive Order Reaffirming Abortion Funding Limits, New Music: Jamie Foxx, Justin Timberlake And T.I. May Have A “WINNER”!!!, Fathers Face Discriminatory Obstacles in Gaining Citizenship for Kids, Do You Agree?!?!: Toya Thinks Women Should Wait 8 Months Before They Let A Guy Soak Up The Panties…, Google Suggests “Why Are Black People So Ugly?” Search After Hack, New Black Political Elite Arises In Harlem, George Bush Wipes Hand On Bill Clinton’s Shirt After Shaking Haitian’s Hand, Woman Swaps Sex With Her 10-Yr Old Girl for Cocaine To This Pedo!! 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