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Obesity rates in the United States remain unacceptably high, and the epidemic persists in affecting Blacks and Hispanics disproportionately.

Obesity epidemic: 20 years from now

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Man survives slam into 7-11 window after hit and run

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VIDEO - A dramatic hit and run accident sent a convenience store employee through a window at the front of the store...and it was all caught on tape...
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Pa. kidnap hoax mom pleads guilty in fraud case

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A white suburban woman who staged a hoax kidnapping of her and her daughter and blamed it on two black men before flying to Disney World...
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Philly reaches settlement in 'stop and frisk' suit

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A court-appointed monitor will oversee the use of "stop and frisk" searches by city police...
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Pa. kidnap hoax mom set to plead in $700k fraud

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Bonnie Sweeten, of Feasterville, has been incarcerated for two years since calling 911 and reporting that two black men had kidnapped her and a 9-year-old daughter...
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Parents of NJ Ferris wheel victim may sue

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VIDEO - They've taken time to grieve since a Ferris wheel accident claimed their daughter's life. Now, Abiah Jones' parents are looking to take some action...
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Woman hires Facebook hitman to kill father of child

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PHILADELPHIA - 20-year-old London Eley allegedly tried to pay 18-year-old Tim Bynum $1,000 to kill her baby's father...
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Man arrested in murder of Philly mayor's neighbor

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PHILADELPHIA - 43-year-old Edward Gause was arrested Saturday night for fatally beating an elderly neighbor of Philadelphia's mayor...
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Vick surprises 2 grads with $5,000 scholarships

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - In the minutes before giving his first commencement speech, Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick professed to be more nervous than before a football game...
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Boy survivor of Strawberry Mansion fire dies

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PHILADELPHIA - Albert Blassengale, 10, had been in critical condition at Children's Hospital since June 7, when a fire tore through his house on North 27th Street...
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Police shoot alleged break-in suspect 3 times

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VIDEO - The man ran from police until he collapsed from his injures. He was transported to Temple Hospital where he remains in critical condition...
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