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Philly PD step up checks on mosques, synagogues
Police in Philadelphia say they’re stepping up security checks on religious buildings in the wake of the death of al-Qaida chief Os ...
15 years ago
Amiri Baraka and Sonia Sanchez join many in Poetry Marathon
The 8-year-old had 10 autographs in her spiral notebook by 6 p.m., though Nailah Phillip was determined to get more by the time she left ...
15 years ago
Ridge: Never doubted Bin Laden would face justice
Former Secretary of Homeland Security and Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge says he never doubted that someday Osama Bin Laden would be bro ...
15 years ago
More local coverage of the killing of bin Laden
President Obama called it “a good day for America” after a team of U.S. Navy SEALs killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden dur ...
15 years ago
Port Authority to add police at airports, WTC site
Osama bin Laden is dead, and spontaneous celebrations have been erupting everywhere, including ...
15 years ago
Impact fee will not benefit Pa. towns that zone against drilling
Municipalities in Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale formation have the right to pass zoning laws keeping drillers from extracting gas ...
15 years ago
Open Mic Night at the Grape Room tonight
When Forest Glen moved to Philadelphia in 1998 and started a band, one of the first venues he played at was the Grape Room – then k ...
15 years ago
Hundreds turnout for Home and Garden Festival in Northwest Philadelphia
Traffic was blocked off for most of the day for a large portion of Germantown Avenue in Chestnut Hill today. Hundreds of people turned ou ...
15 years ago