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5th District: Shurs Ln. sidewalk attack fractures victim’s face

Feb. 18 9:30 a.m. Residential Burglary: 200 block of Hermitage St. $2,000 of copper tubing taken from residence.< ...

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Arts & Entertainment

Artists collectives joining forces in Philly for City Wide initiative

Nearly a dozen of Philadelphia’s artist groups are banding to together to form a collective of collectives. To be called Cit ...

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Money

Is there any property tax relief for renters?

Taxipedia is answering people’s questions about Philadelphia’s property tax reassessment. Today’s question come ...

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Wharton and Cisco unveil new ‘connected classrooms’

A floor-to-ceiling projection screen. A handful of wall-mounted TVs. That uneasy feeling of forgetting which coast you̵ ...

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Sen. Joe Vitale: New Jersey to expand Medicaid

A New Jersey lawmaker says Gov. Chris Christie has decided to extend Medicaid coverage to more low-income New Jersey adults in a decision ...

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Physicist says expanding bubbles of boring space may destroy universe. Higgs explains

Several readers of Lightning Rod have suggested we address the surprising news that surfaced earlier this month when scientists announced ...

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39th District: Where you may get sprayed with mace after fighting about a food order

Feb. 15 8 a.m. Residential Burglary: 5000 block of Erringer Pl. Three flat screen televisions taken from residenc ...

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Apple to hand out iTunes credits in settlement

Apple has agreed to give more than $100 million in iTunes store credits to settle a lawsuit alleging that the iPhone and iPad maker impro ...

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Family Fun Night at Simons Rec Center draws highest turnout in its 30-year history

Once the doors opened for Family Fun Night at Simons Recreation Center this past Friday, Aniyah Shubert, 9,  ran in line to grab a f ...

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Jefferson anesthesiologists save air passenger’s life during flight

A U.S. Airways passenger on Friday was lucky to have not one doctor onboard with her, but three. During a flight from Philadelphia t ...

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Arts & Entertainment

Wolfgang Sawallisch: An appreciation from a long-time Philadelphia Orchestra musician

I can say that, after 40 years of playing with the Philadelphia Orchestra and all of its renowned soloists, I consider Wolfgang Sawallisc ...

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Anti-‘Gasland’ documentary ‘FrackNation’ gets Congressional viewing

Following the attention on films like Josh Fox’s 2010 Oscar-nominated documentary “Gasland” and the 2012 Matt Damo ...

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National Liberty Museum hosts HerStory: An Exhibition Exploring the History of Women in Glass Art

Brought to you by Freemans Auctioneers, The Circuit, with Caroline Stewart, takes you to The National Liberty Museum for the glass art ex ...

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Revamped Germantown Special Services District scheduled to launch July 1

Last year, city Planning Commission staffers spent months conducting a study of the Chelten Avenue corridor, part of an effort to bring b ...

14 years ago

Johnson House hosts a musical ‘rare experience of living history’

On Sunday, more than 30 young singers and their Germantown audience got what conductor Christopher Windle called a rare experience of liv ...

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