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Super Bowl-winning coach Bill Cowher speaks tonight at the University of Delaware

Long-time Pittsburgh Steelers coach and NFL analyst Bill Cowher talks about a “blueprint for a winning team” tonight at the U ...

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New Castle County Police sponsor Tuesday Hispanic Parent and Child Safety Academy

A four-week program is underway sponsored by New Castle County Police inviting Hispanic families to learn more about child safety issues. ...

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New Castle mayor-elect injured in car accident just before swear-in

Donald Reese will not be sworn in today at New Castle, Del., mayor, as he’s tending to his injuries after a car accident. Th ...

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Arts & Entertainment

Philadelphia Orchestra is most prominent to seek bankruptcy

Over the weekend the Philadelphia Orchestra decided to file for bankruptcy. Considered one of the best orchestras in the world, the organ ...

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SEPTA’s Market-Frankford Line running with a 15-minute delay

Condolences to those who also got booted from SEPTA’s Market-Frankford Line this morning. Things got sticky at the Spring Garden st ...

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Mason-Dixon mystery solved by Pa. college students

Few people realize that surveying for the Mason-Dixon Line started at a tiny house on the southern edge of Philadelphia, the AP reports. ...

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Senate bill to ban animal shoots in Pa. advances

Animal welfare advocates are celebrating a state Senate committee vote on a measure that would outlaw pigeon shoots and other target shoo ...

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Rain doesn’t dampen the Harlem Renaissance of Germantown

The rain wouldn’t have stopped her from coming. But as Patricia Smith walked by Vernon Park on the way to the store, she was dis ...

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Poll: over half in NJ favor legalized sports betting

A new poll finds that 53 percent of New Jersey voters favor legalized sports betting at Atlantic City’s casinos and the state’ ...

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Politics & Policy

Cluster bombs: the least of Libyan dictator Gaddafi’s crimes

Saturday’s newspapers carried reports that ...

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Cindy Bass: An insider hones her grass-roots appeal

Cindy Bass walks across Thelma Gorham’s East Germantown living room wearing two hats – City Council candidate and congressional s ...

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Expansion and relocation plans for Green Woods in limbo

Spring is in bloom all around the Roxborough campus of the Green Woods Charter School, but the fate of the school and its proposed new ho ...

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Law will bar employers from asking about criminal past

Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter is expected to sign legislation Monday prohibiting employers from asking prospective workers about crim ...

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Ethics board ready to enforce new limit on PAC contributions

The Philadelphia Board of Ethics will soon develop regulations clarifying a new restriction on political contributions enacted by City ...

14 years ago

Are we overtaxing parking lot owners?

If we say the words “Philadelphia” and “parking fight,” you probably picture a ruthlessly efficient Philadelphia ...

14 years ago

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