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Major expansion ‘unlikely’ on Drexel’s Queen Lane campus

For East Falls residents, the biggest news to come out of Tuesday night’s meeting with Drexel University officials on the school ...

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Enterprise relocates to busy intersection in Manayunk

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Mayor Michael Nutter will sign Philadelphia’s Fair Practices Ordinance Thursday.  The law expands protections for gays and les ...

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Play’s the thing to bring Japanese moms together

There is a Japanese version of Facebook called Mixi.com, where Japanese mothers in Philadelphia found each other to form playgroups for t ...

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Common Pleas Court Judge James M. Lynn has decided that Philadelphia City Council members Marian B. Tasco and Frank Rizzo and City Commis ...

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A year after the federal health-care overhaul became law, the measure remains a partisan lighting rod. On the legislation’s ...

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