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Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 at 12:56 pm - by Alan Tu
THAT Eugene Varshavsky sure is talented.
Over the weekend a man using that name placed third in the Philadelphia Inquirer’s National Sudoku Championship taking home $3000. In 2006, a Eugene Varshavsky was beating top chess champions in an event also in Philadelphia. That is until he was asked to remove his hat. He initially resisted then [...]
Light rail plan announced for Philadelphia’s Market Street
Monday, October 26th, 2009 at 6:33 pm - by Alan Tu
A plan announced today calls for bringing light rail on Market Street to connect City Hall and the Delaware River waterfront within six years.
That’s the plan. The reality is that the plan still must undergo environmental impact studies and it has to be paid for. The price tag is $500 million.
The good [...]
Rendell: “We had to manipulate the bid documents”
Friday, October 23rd, 2009 at 3:59 pm - by Alan Tu
You have to give it to Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell. Not only does he deny any wrong-doing in handing out no-bid contracts in Harrisburg, he defends himself by telling WHYY’s Marty Moss-Coane that his administration steered a contract to a bidder he preferred while he was Philadelphia’s mayor.
Here’s what he said on Radio Times:
When I [...]
Hudson river mid-air collision air controller audio released
Thursday, October 8th, 2009 at 12:42 pm - by Alan Tu
The Associated Press has forced the release of the recorded audio of a Teterboro air controller bantering about a dead cat minutes before a small plane collided with a tour helicopter near New York City. The Aug. 8 crash killed nine people aboard the two aircraft, including pilot Steven Altman, of Ambler, Pa.
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Steven Spielberg to be awarded Philadelphia’s Liberty Medal today
Thursday, October 8th, 2009 at 12:05 pm - by Alan Tu
Filmmaker Steven Spielberg is set to receive the 2009 Liberty Medal for his artistic and humanitarian achievements. Former President Bill Clinton will present the medal to Spielberg at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia tonight at 6:30 p.m.
The event will be broadcast live by local ABC television station WPVI Channel 6, and a live Internet [...]
The first of two planned casinos for Philadelphia breaks ground tomorrow
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009 at 11:48 am - by Alan Tu
Sugarhouse is planning a Thursday, Oct 8th 3:00 pm official ground breaking ceremony for what will likely be the first of two major casinos in Philadelphia. The other planned casino Foxwoods has a license to build along the Delaware River in South Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, Councilmen Frank DiCicco and Darrell Clarke, and other elected [...]
