Madison Gray

There's always something new in the news business to keep us journalists busy, but the new trends never cease to amaze me. Looking at my years in this craft, you could call me a jack-of-all trades, but I'm really a student. Beginning in my hometown of Detroit, first writing business, then doing radio, transitioning to a major daily and finally finding my way to the East Coast to find a place in Internet news, the surprises keep on coming. Here at TIME.com, where I produce what you see on our homepage every single day, it's my job to make sure you get the experience you're looking for from our excellent content.

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The Bodega: A Brief History of an Urban Institution

The Internet wants to know: what’s a bodega? Any New Yorker can answer that question. But first we’re going around the corner, you want anything?

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Etan Patz: After 33 Years, an Arrest in the Disappearance of the ‘Milk-Carton Boy’

Pedro Hernandez, a 51-year-old New Jersey man, has been arrested in the case of a missing New York City boy whose disappearance captivated a nation

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Trayvon Martin Case: Four Witnesses Change Their Stories

Four witnesses — all unnamed — in the Trayvon Martin second-degree murder case are changing their accounts of what they saw on the night he was shot to death by George Zimmerman, according to reports in the Orlando Sentinel.

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Grandmother Shoots, Kills Grandson

Police are trying to figure out why 74-year-old Sandra Layne shot and killed her 17-year-old grandson Jonathan Hoffman last Friday, just weeks before his high school graduation.

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Mexican Political Candidate Goes Topless

Natalia Juarez, running for office in Guadalajara, proves she has nothing to hide.

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Dharun Ravi: Tyler Clementi’s Roommate Sentenced to 30 Days in Jail

Convicted of bias crime and invasion of privacy following the suicide of his roommate, Rutgers University student Tyler Clementi, Ravi faced up to 10 years in prison. A New Jersey judge ruled Monday his crimes did not warrant a stiff sentence.

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New Trayvon Martin Evidence: 10 Things You Should Know

The most relevant new pieces of information in the trial of George Zimmerman from the the Florida special prosecutor’s new 183-page report.

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New Evidence: Trayvon Martin Had Drugs in His System

New evidence includes a report that Trayvon Martin had traces of THC in his system and an eyewitness statement that substantiates part of George Zimmerman’s version of events. But a police report calls the teen’s killing “avoidable”

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Chuck Brown, ‘Godfather of Go-Go,’ Dies at 75

Brown, the architect of Washington, D.C.’s most identifiable music genre, leaves behind a unique soul music legacy.

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Report Details Zimmerman’s Injuries on Night of Trayvon Martin Shooting

According to a medical examiner’s report, a doctor diagnosed Zimmerman with a fractured nose, two black eyes and cuts on his head the day after the fatal encounter.