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Good morning, Feeders, and welcome to another week! We’d like to welcome back Health & Science reporter Maiken Scott from mater ...
15 years ago
Nearly 3,100 “bears” braved the chilly Atlantic Ocean water to raise money for Special Olympics. This year’s Pol ...
15 years ago
Doron’s big idea: Tracking city performance
On this week’s It’s Our Money podcast, Doron Taussig has a brilliant idea that will revolutionize public accountability in th ...
15 years ago
Philadelphia officers accused in drug plot will appear in court today
Two former police officers will appear in court today for a change-of-plea hearing in charges stemming from a plot to steal heroin from a ...
15 years ago
Bullied boy returns to ‘View,’ heading to Disney World
Less than a week after his first appearance, Nadin Khoury will return to The View today. The 13-year-old made national headlines ...
15 years ago
The word that dares speak its name
“Forget” it! I give in. For the first time in F****ing decades, I intend to watch the frickin’ Grammy awards. ...
15 years ago
New Jersey bill could lower fines for drivers who forget their licenses
A bill under review by a New Jersey Senate committee this morning aims to lower the fines for drivers who get caught cruising without a l ...
15 years ago
Michael Vick wins the AP’s NFL Comeback Player of the Year award
Michael Vick took a most unusual path to win the AP’s 2010 NFL Comeback Player of the Year award: no player has returned from jail ...
15 years ago
Today is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
Today’s awareness day is designed to bring attention to the disproportionate HIV/AIDS infection rates in the African American commu ...
15 years ago
The play’s the thing to spark a dialogue
This just in: It’s hard to talk about race. But a hopeful update: It can be done. Particularly when you get an assist fro ...
15 years ago
Beat poet uses ballpoints, not drum machines
Julius Wright is taking hip-hop down to its bones. The South Philadelphian, calling himself the Lyrical God, uses ballpoint pens to bang ...
15 years ago
Coping with Haiti’s long-term post-quake problems
Last year’s Haitian earthquake killed more than 200,000 people and left more than a million homeless. A hurricane, a cholera epidem ...
15 years ago
Fundraiser brings in nearly $3,000 for community greening
Volunteers from East Falls, Manayunk, Roxborough, Shawmont and Lower Merion all gathered at Bourbon Blue in Manayunk on Saturday night fo ...
15 years ago
Green Bay Packers win Super Bowl XLV
In the end, there could be only one. Turnovers and great defense propelled Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers to a 31-25 Supe ...
15 years ago