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Low turnout at Manayunk and Roxborough polls – is voter apathy or construction to blame?
Philadelphia voters in Manayunk and Roxborough had a difficult time getting to the polls on Tuesday morning as construction and venue cha ...
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Philly votes Old City’s Khyber Pass as best bar in the city
What’s the best bar in the city? Old City’s Khyber Pass, according to the bloggers, writers and drinkers Foobooz polled. ...
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Fracking on the ballot box in three Pa. Communities
Voters in three Pennsylvania communities will decide whether or not to allow drilling in the Marcellus Shale. The ref ...
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Brian Rudnick: ‘I’m going to win by a little’
Brian Rudnick’s bid for Philadelphia City Council has come down to its final day. “I feel great,” Rudnick, an in ...
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Bernard Hopkins discusses the impact Joe Frazier had both in and out of the ring
Just days after it was publicly announced that legendary hometown boxer Smokin’ Joe Frazier was receiving hospice care for advanced ...
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Karen Brown says car was vandalized election morning
Not a great start to Election Day for Republican mayoral candidate Karen Brown. She says she found paint splattered on her car ear ...
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Nutter, Montco Dems and sports betting big winners
12:15 a.m. WHYY’s Tom McDonald has filed this report on ...
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Bicycle Coalition wants volunteers for bike counts
Whether you love bikes or hate them, boy does the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia have a job for you. ...
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Pa. corruption trial defendants guilty on all counts
Update, 1:25 p.m. Feese and Seaman have been convicted on all counts. Original report Though not ...
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More pleas, no death penalty in Piazza double-murder trial
More guilty pleas have come through in the 2009 double-murder at Norther Liberties’ Piazza, bringing the grand total of defendants ...
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Appellate court sides with DuPont employee in whistleblower suit
The New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division yesterday upheld a $500,000 settlement awarded by a lower court to a former DuPont Chamb ...
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Occupy Delaware tries to stop sheriff sale
Members of Occupy Delaware briefly interrupted this morning’s sheriff sale in Wilmington, but they were unsuccessful in their effor ...
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Carper to speak as Senate votes on Cross-State Air Pollution Rule
Del. Sen. Tom Carper will be on the Senate floor this week to argue against blocking the Cross State Air Pollution Rule. The EPA rule goe ...
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Upper Darby says last week’s ‘Don’t Get Angry’ Day was a success
Upper Darby took a different approach to anger last week, as Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood, Mayor Thomas Micozzie and Chief Admi ...
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