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Jason Zielinski shows a customer a selection of AR-15 style rifles being offered for sale at Freddie Bear Sports sporting goods store on December 17, 2012 in Tinley Park, Illinois. Americans purchased a record number of guns of guns in 2012. Gun sales have surged recently with people buy guns for personal protection following the mass shooting in Connecticut and gun enthusiasts buying guns because they fear a reinstatement of the assault weapons ban. About 47 percent of Americans own guns. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

What it takes to buy an assault rifle in Pennslyvania

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VIDEO - NBC10 Philadelphia investigators and Harry Hairston uncover the process it takes to purchase an AR-15 rifle like the one used in the Connecticut shooting...
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Meek Mill performs onstage at the 2012 BET Hip Hop Awards at Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center on September 29, 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images for BET)

Judge puts rapper Meek Mill's tour plans on hold

Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Philadelphia rapper Meek Mill has been barred from touring for a month after a judge found he violated probation restrictions...
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In this Feb. 13, 2012 file photo, people participate in the Soul Train dance line record attempt in Philadelphia. Guinness World Records has certified February's Soul Train line outside the Philadelphia Museum of Art as the world's longest. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports organizers Sheila Simmons received confirmation of the record from Guinness on Monday, Dec. 10. (AP Photo/Joseph Kaczmarek, File)

Dancers set 'Soul Train' line record

Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Almost 300 dancers who strutted, shimmied and shook their way down a Soul Train line set a world record earlier this year in Philadelphia...
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Mayor Cory Booker (City of Newark, New Jersey) speaks at the Tech:Crunch Disrupt SF 2012 Conference on September 10, 2012 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by C Flanigan/Getty Images)

Why Cory Booker has hunger pains

Ugonna Okpalaoka
theGRIO REPORT - Cory Booker is on day three of his food stamp challenge, which, so far, has resulted in hunger pains and a caffeine withdrawal.
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Let's start with who lost (besides Mitt Romney)

Romney reportedly got 0 votes in 59 Philadelphia districts

Similoluwa Ojurongbe
theGRIO REPORT - Fifty-nine of the city's voting districts came up with results that if proven to be without fault, are outstanding...
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Major Harris from 1975's 'My Way' album cover

'Philly sound' R&B singer Major Harris, dies at 65

Michael Felberbaum, Associated Press
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Major Harris, a former member of the 'Philadelphia sound' soul group the Delfonics and singer of the 1975 hit 'Love Won't Let Me Wait,' has died...
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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

Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
OPINION - Obesity rates in the United States remain unacceptably high, and the epidemic persists in affecting Blacks and Hispanics disproportionately. For the first time, this year’s report examined how the obesity epidemic could impact our future 20 years from now...
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(courtesy of NBC Philadelphia)

Obama mural ordered covered at Philadelphia polling place

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PHILADELPHIA - A Philadelphia court judge ordered poll workers to cover up a mural of President Barack Obama that was inside a polling place at a local school...
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Meek Mill performs onstage at the 2012 BET Hip Hop Awards at Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center on September 29, 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images for BET)

Meek Mill vs. the Philadelphia curse

Brandon Neasman
theGRIO REPORT - It’s ironic that Philadelphia emcee Meek Mill is releasing his debut album, 'Dreams & Nightmares', the same week as Halloween...
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Bryant Jennings is at an age when many boxers are already on the down-slide of their career but for this handyman-by-day, boxer-by-night his career is on the rise up the heavyweight ranks after finding boxing in his mid-20s. (Video still via NBC Philadelphia)

Man rises from handyman to heavyweight contender

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PHILADELPHIA - Bryant Jennings might not be a household name right now, but if the undefeated boxer keeps climbing the heavyweight ranks he could one day be mentioned with Philadelphia’s greatest fighters -- guys like Joe Frazier, Bernard Hopkins and Meldrick Taylor...
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