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Daily News sports columnist retires, Deadspin says it’s over molestation allegations

Deadspin is reporting longtime Daily News columnist Bill Conlin has resigned from his ...

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Orchestra, ‘American Idol’ finalist will perform Sixers National Anthem

Considering the owners are new and a month of the season was lopped off during labor negotiations, the Sixers have an awful lot going on. ...

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Corbett signs Pennsylvania Megan’s Law expansion

More than a month after former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was arrested on child molestation charges, a new law is ...

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Nicetown CDC: Historical designation at Wayne Junction could spur growth

The name of the company is escaping her at the moment, but Nettie Boykin can still remember the sequence of steps involved in the job she ...

14 years ago

Judge overturns ‘sex for tickets’ conviction

Susan Finkelstein is not an attempted prostitute. So says her lawyer, who announced today a judge has overturned Finkelstein’ ...

14 years ago

Former Phillies GM returns to the team as a consultant

Last year it was Cliff Lee, now it’s Ed Wade. The Phillies are welcoming back another former teammate, and this time its a p ...

14 years ago

Artist seeks more community input for Chelten Avenue mural inspiration

A new community mural at 310 W. Chelten Ave., which is currently the site of a Christian bookstore, is one step closer to a design after ...

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Parental postmortems on the rehearsal, and dread for a snowy dawn

About midnight that night, the Levys and O’Mearas each lay in their hotel rooms in Old City. Each husband and wife stared into the ...

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New York anti-fracking activists put Dimock, Pa. on national map

The little Pennsylvania town of Dimock has become the symbolic front line of the fightover natural gas drilling. It’s known far and ...

14 years ago

Rittenhouse menorah to be lit at 6:30 p.m.

The menorah at the Independence Visitor Center is already up and ready to go, and tonight, ...

14 years ago

Would a cell phone ban for all drivers adhere to the Constitution?

The National Transportation Safety Board has recommended that all states pass legislation banning any type of cell phone use by drivers. ...

14 years ago

Pa. budget secretary plans spending freezes to combat $500 million deficit

Pennsylvania is facing some harsh realities. Budget Secretary Charles Zogby said today the state has a projected $500 million defi ...

14 years ago

Seamen find holiday hospitality at Port of Wilmington

Many crew members onboard ships docking at the Port of Wilmington will be thousands of miles from home during the holidays. Staff and vo ...

14 years ago

More community meetings scheduled following Upper Darby burglaries

A second community meeting has been scheduled for this week in Upper Darby following several burglaries in Drexel Hill and Drexel Park, a ...

14 years ago

Distilling “Germantown Neighborhoods” into a mural

“What does the Germantown neighborhood mean to you?” It’s a generalized start to designing a mural, but one that ...

14 years ago

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