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Philadelphia crowd turns tables on N.Y. Times art critic
In a rare move for a newspaper critic, Ken Johnson faced friends and foes at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts on Sunday, at a pa ...
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Trial involving fired Philly housing czar on hold
A former Philadelphia housing director won’t be back on the stand as planned in a trial over his firing. The trial has been ...
14 years ago
Germantown art exhibit examines pre-repeal DADT’s effects on members of the military
In the latest exhibition at Germantown’s iMPerFeCT Gallery, career documentary photographer Vincent Cianni explores how many member ...
14 years ago
Juror in courthouse during shooting describes lockdown
Cathy Sforza reported for jury duty and made it through the security line just minutes before the gunfire started. She arrived at ...
14 years ago
No love for ‘No Harm’ — brotherly or otherwise
If you’re going to make it on TV, you have to do it in a hurry. “Do No Harm,” a new ...
14 years ago
New to this year’s W-2 forms: health-care costs
If you’ve opened your W-2 form already, you may have noticed a new dollar figure on it: the total cost of your health benefits. ...
14 years ago
Philadelphians react to the Pope’s surprise announcement [VIDEO]
Philadelphia Catholics reacted to Pope Benedict XVI’s Monday morning announcement of retirement. Philadelphia Archbishop& ...
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Wilmington businesses impacted by courthouse shooting
The Christina School District put several schools on lock down. Traffic was snarled coming into Wilmington and businesses were impa ...
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Camden Children’s Garden supporters announce march on City Hall
Defenders of a Camden community garden plan to march to city hall Tuesday in an effort to save it. Two weeks ago, the state ...
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Extreme ice battles cater to a Cotton St. crowd
“Manayunk On Ice” closed late yesterday afternoon with a carnivalesque scene on Cotton Street. For over four hours, professio ...
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The Boy Scouts could learn a thing or two about tolerance from the Girl Scouts
This is commentary from political blogger and cartoonist Rob Tornoe. It’s that time again. All across the reg ...
14 years ago
Why Christie’s girth is a weighty issue
Chris Christie got laughs on the Letterman show last week when he showed up with a doughnut. I get what he was trying to do. People keep ...
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Philly school reforms hinge on the question of ‘for whom?’
Amid the turmoil over how to fix the Philadelphia schools, one core point of disagreement rarely gets voiced explicitly. It revolv ...
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Pope Benedict XVI to retire at end of the month
Pope Benedict XVI announced Monday that he would resign Feb. 28 — the first pontiff to do so in nearly 600 years. The decision sets ...
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Biden to host gun control talk at Girard College
Vice President Joe Biden is coming to Philadelphia to host a roundtable discussion on gun control. Biden will be joined today at G ...
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