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Memo from Ramsey confirms legality of filming police officers

A memo issued late last month by Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey confirms: “officers have no authority to confiscat ...

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Occupy Philly convenes general assembly, baseball gets muddy

Good morning, Feeders, and happy Friday! Occupy Philly is still at City Hall, and today at noon marks the protesters’ general assem ...

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McCann sisters approach end of first season at Gorgas Park farm stand

Each Friday at Gorgas Park, the McCann Farm’s farmers market brings fresh produce to the Roxborough area. Anita McCann-Hepler, a th ...

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Interview archives: Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee on Radio Times

It was announced today th ...

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Atlantic City police resume casino parking garage patrols after prosecutor overrides mayor

Police patrols at Atlantic City casino parking garages have already resumed despite Mayor Lorenzo Langford’s effort to ban them. ...

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NBC10 extends equal air time to Karen Brown, Diop Olugbala

NBC10 and GOP mayoral candidate Karen Brown have come to an agreement about Brown’s appearance on the network to get her equal air ...

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Philly schools, union advance 1-year extension

The Philadelphia School District and its largest union have tentatively agreed to extend the contract of 15,000 district employees for a ...

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Philly priest-abuse case back in court today

Update, 11:40 a.m. The judge ruled on a few motions this morning regarding the progress of the case. The gag order remai ...

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Dreaming big pays off for two Olney area men

“This is a permission slip to fail.” Yes, you are reading this correctly. In the current issue of  ...

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Some N.J. news absent from N.J. news show

When New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announced earlier this week that he would not seek the presidency, it was carried live on almost ever ...

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Disgruntled gym bans noisy weightlifter; ‘Daily Show’ gets the story

Did you hear the one about the guy from Clifton Heights, Pa., who got kicked out of his local gym for setting off the “lunk alarm ...

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Philadelphia toy store O’Doodles adds workshops for children with autism

O’Doodle’s, a Chestnut Hill toy store since 1997, is not your typical children’s store with video games and electronics ...

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Harvest Festival will highlight North Light’s 75th anniversary with old-fashioned games

This Sunday, North Light Community Center will celebrate its 75th anniversary at the Friends of Gorgas Park’s annual harvest festiv ...

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Ice cream truck sells toy guns outside Holme Circle school

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