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Culture clash: Philly vs. Brooklyn
There’s a Brooklyn-Philly throwdown planned in Philadelphia — a cultural competition set to take place this weekend.Rafik Abd ...
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Curtain coming down on Olympics, gloves coming off in campaign
Just three months and three days out from the presidential election, the campaigns will take their message to another level as the curtai ...
14 years ago
Report cites voter ID shortfalls at PennDOT centers
Volunteers recently visited 43 PennDOT bureaus in 28 Pennsylvania counties. They reported what anyone who’s ever visited such facil ...
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N.J. to delete names of former inmates from state website
The New Jersey Corrections Department is removing the names of some former inmates from its website. The site will no longer inclu ...
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Ruling delayed on N.J. license ID requirements
It will be at least September before a judge will decide whether New Jersey motorists will face tougher ID requirements for driver̵ ...
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Memorial service honors Philly highway patrol officer
Philadelphia police officers gathered Friday to remember one of their own recently killed in a highway accident. A memorial servic ...
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National Night Out event in Germantown focuses on emergency preparation
In observance of National Town Watch Night Out, which was designed to heighten crime-fighting and drug-prevention awareness while strengt ...
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Photo gallery: Olympic gymnast Gabrielle Douglas wins all-around gold for the U.S.
She’s 16 and already has a gold medal under her belt with the help of her teammates. But ...
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Chestnut Hill could get pedestrian crossing countdown lights
Six intersections along Germantown Avenue in Chestnut Hill could see repainted crosswalk lines and new pedestrian signals with countdown ...
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A nationwide protest Friday was designed to counter the comments of Chick-fil-A’s president against same-sex marriage. Chick ...
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Doylestown advances public breastfeeding ordinance
A unanimous committee vote last night advanced Doylestown’s ordinance to give women the right to breastfeed in public in the boroug ...
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Old-time baseball exhibition game showcases how the game looked in 1864
Green grass, four bases ninety feet apart, scurrying fielders and runners: yes, it was unmistakably baseball that was being played on the ...
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Delaware governor signs bills to help hearing impaired
People of all ages from across the state of Delaware who suffer from hearing loss or anything related to it could soon benefit from two b ...
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A 32-year-old East Germantown man who allegedly shot and killed his neighbor in February could potentially be convicted of first-degree m ...
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It has been a great week for wild and crazy quotes – from Mitt Romney’s clueless sliming of Palestinian culture, to Harry Rei ...
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