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Kiera Wilmot (File)

Charges dropped in teen science experiment

Ned Resnikoff, NBC News
NBC News - The 16-year-old high school student who was arrested after causing a small explosion on school grounds will not be charged with a crime...
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Rapper Tyga arrives at the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards at Staples Center on September 6, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

Tyga to perform at Harvard show despite opposition

Associated Press
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (AP) - Tyga is set to perform at Harvard University despite opposition from critics who've signed a petition seeking to keep him away...
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Dr. Noelle Hunter's five-year-old daughter, Muna, was illegally taken to the Republic of Mali, West Africa, in December 2011. She continues to fight to get her back.

Mom petitions Obama to return child from Africa

Kunbi Tinuoye
theGRIO REPORT - A distraught mother whose daughter has been abducted has launched a campaign on the White House petition website in a last-ditch attempt to encourage the federal government to take action...
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R. Kelly performing at the pre-Grammy gala & salute to industry icons with Clive Davis honoring David Geffen in Beverly Hills, Calif. Kelly is up for the Ashford & Simpson songwriter's award and album of the year, at this year's Soul Train Awards, bringing his career total to 21. He's the most nominated act ever, but he'll have to battle Usher, who leads with five. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, file)

Should the National Anthem become R. Kelly's 'Ignition (Remix)'?

Carrie Healey
theGRIO REPORT - A recent White House petition is asking President Obama to change the national anthem to R.Kelly's hit 'Ignition (Remix).'
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Shawty Lo, Phaedra Parks, and Shaunie O'Neal

Are blacks to blame for reality TV's popularity?

Sil Lai Abrams
OPINION - The onus is on the viewers to help shape the type of programming that we’re being sold and that we’re buying into...
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Shawty Lo set to star in a reality show, "All My Baby Mamas"

'All My Babies' Mamas' slammed

David Bauder, Associated Press
PASADENA, California (AP) - Oxygen television executives weren't talking Monday as negative attention grew about 'All My Babies' Mamas'...
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Rapper Shawty Lo (L) and his daughter attend The 2008 Dirty Awards at Georgia International Convention Center on November 24, 2008 in Atlanta (Photo by Ben Rose/WireImage for Radio One Inc.)

'All My Babies' Mamas' prompts online petition

Marquise Francis
theGRIO REPORT - A new reality show about his life, children and all of his baby mamas is slated to be released in spring of this year on Oxygen TV, but thousands are already protesting the show's production...
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Business mogul/TV personality Donald Trump attends the Success by Trump fragrance launch at Macy's Herald Square on April 18, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images)

Man behind 'Dump Trump' petition to Macy's hails 'persistence'

Ugonna Okpalaoka
theGRIO REPORT - Angelo Carusone, the organizer behind the 'Dump Trump' petition speaks with theGrio about what he wants from Macy's and about his inspiration behind his successful StopBeck campaign...
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Donald Trump attends the Success by Trump fragrance launch at Macy's Herald Square on April 18, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images)

Petition urges Macy's to 'dump Trump'

Similoluwa Ojurongbe
theGRIO REPORT - A petition on SignOn.org asks the retail giant Macy's to end their relationship with Donald Trump...
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Tony Dungy asks Obama and Romney to talk about fatherhood

Ugonna Okpalaoka
theGRIO REPORT - Tony Dungy started an online petition calling on President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney to make fatherhood a more important issue in the campaign...
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