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Ryan Seacrest opens media center at Children’s Hospital
Come summer, kids at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia will be able to act as DJ and conduct celebrity interviews thanks to an un
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14 years ago
Philadelphia Nobel Prize winner dies
The Philadelphia researcher, and Nobel Prize winner, who discovered the hepatitis B virus died this week.
Baruch Blumberg isolated
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14 years ago
Shutdown would shut doors to tourists
The looming possibility of a federal government shutdown could bring many daily operations to a halt.
It could also throw a wrench
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14 years ago
Corbett floats Medicaid changes
Gov. Tom Corbett has proposed changes designed to make Pennsylvania’s Medicaid health-care program less expensive.
One in si
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14 years ago
Nutter makes changes to Redevelopment Authority board
Mayor Michael Nutter has resigned from the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority board made some changes in his wake. His resignation is e
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14 years ago
Police arrest one suspect in Manayunk jewelry robbery
One arrest has been made in connection with last week’s jewelry heist on Main Street in Manayunk.
Raheem Hankerson, 30, turn
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14 years ago
The struggle of one Philadelphia neighborhood to battle an unsightly “abandoned” lot
For close to a decade, a small vacant lot in Mt. Airy has been a thorn in the collective side of a number of nearby neighbors.
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14 years ago
Police arrest man for Manayunk jewelry store robbery
Police have arrested Raheem Hankerson in connection with last week’s robbery of a Manayunk jewelry store. Hankerson turned himself
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14 years ago
Gun control is one of those tricky political subjects that is rarely debated honestly and most often used as a wedge issue to divide vote
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14 years ago
What great fun it is to behold hypocrisy in action. This is one of those times. As the federal crisis grows more dire, with Republicans t
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14 years ago
Latest lists confirm Philadelphia’s reputation as a food town
Let’s face it, we’re a town with a narrow reputation: food, sandwiches, baseball. Cue the credits.
We know we have goo
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14 years ago
Forty-foot oak trees spruce up Race Street Pier
Thirty-eight White Swamp Oak trees rolled into Philadelphia from a New Jersey nursery on Thursday to be planted at the base of Race Stree
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14 years ago
I hate to be the one guy sounding a sour note as we trade high-fives over Philly Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey choosing us over Chic
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14 years ago
Rendell joins wind energy development company board
Ed Rendell’s got a full plate. And it’s wind-powered. The former Pennsylvania governor is now on the board at New York City
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14 years ago