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Bernard Hopkins poses for photographs after an IBF Light Heavyweight championship boxing match against Tavoris Cloud at the Barclays Center Saturday, March 9, 2013, in New York. Hopkins won by unanimous decision. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

A champ at 48, Bernard Hopkins may stay in ring

Dan Gelston, Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Bernard Hopkins has another belt around his waist and a slice of boxing history to his name. He just might not have another bout...
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In this March, 29,1997 file photo, Tony Martin, left, of Philadelphia, punches Mexico's Julio Cesar Chavez in the second round of their Welterweight Special Attraction fight, in Las Vegas. Police say that Martin, a former welterweight, was fatally shot Friday, March 8, 2013, in an altercation with a visitor at one of his rental properties in Philadelphia. He was 52. (AP Photo/Jeff Scheid, File)

Retired boxer Tony Martin shot, killed in Philly

Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Family members say retired boxer Tony Martin was fatally shot in an altercation with a visitor at one of his rental properties in Philadelphia...
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Courtesy NBC Philadelphia

23 Philly schools slated to close

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NBC PHILADELPHIA - The Philadelphia School Reform Commission voted Thursday night to save four public schools and close more than two dozen in an effort to save the cash-strapped district about $24 million per year.
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Beanie Sigel in New York City.

Beanie Sigel gets 6 to 23 months in Pa. drug case

Associated Press
MEDIA, Pa. (AP) - Rapper Beanie Sigel has been sentenced to six to 23 months in prison after pleading guilty to a narcotics possession charge in a Philadelphia suburb...
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Zora Ball (courtesy of Harabe Institute)

7-year-old is youngest mobile game app creator

Carrie Healey
theGRIO REPORT - Seven-year-old Zora Ball has become the youngest person to create a full version mobile video game application...
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This undated photo provided by the Philadelphia Police Department shows Linda Weston (AP Photo/Philadelphia Police Department)

Hate crime, murder alleged in Philly basement case

Kathy Matheson, Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A paroled killer targeted mentally disabled adults in a scheme to steal their Social Security benefits, confining them like 'zoo animals'...
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Andray Blatche #0 of the Brooklyn Nets takes the free throw against the Charlotte Bobcats at the Barclays Center on December 28, 2012 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

Police: Nets player questioned, not a suspect in sex assault probe

Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Brooklyn Nets forward Andray Blatche was questioned by Philadelphia police, but not charged, as part of a sexual assault investigation at an upscale hotel on Tuesday...
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Police are investigating a possible sexual assault at the Four Seasons Hotel. (Video still via NBC Philadelphia)

Brooklyn Nets say player involved in sex assault probe

Todd Johnson
theGRIO REPORT - A Brooklyn Nets player is involved in an ongoing investigation of an alleged sexual assault, according to the team and multiple reports. The incident occurred before 4 a.m. early Tuesday morning, according to Philadelphia's WCAU-TV...
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Joseph A. Ferko's String Band Mummers "Bring back those minstrel

Philadelphia's Mummers parade features blackface performance

Brittany Tom
theGRIO REPORT - Although the parade's message is supposedly lighthearted , some acts featured this year may have crossed the fine line of being politically correct or even racially insensitive...
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Philadelphia school set to close in June (Courtesy of NBC10)

37 Philadelphia public schools may close in June

Brittany Tom
theGRIO REPORT - A source tells NBC10 that the closures are expected to save as much as $28 million for the district...
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