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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
Churches promote black HIV awareness
National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day draws awareness to the African American community which is disproportionately affected by the ...
15 years ago
Councilman Jones announces re-election bid
Fourth District Councilman Curtis Jones Jr. announced his campaign for re-election yesterday at the Crowne Plaza Hotel on City Avenue in ...
15 years ago
Car flips over guardrail on Schuylkill Expressway
An early-morning incident might have been a lot worse if not for some fortunately placed trees. ...
15 years ago