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Community organizers focus on Camden layoffs
Church and community members in Camden, N.J., gathered for a day of social organizing to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day Monday. On the e ...
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A man is in critical condition after a fight over food turned into a shooting in Old City. According to MyFoxPhilly, four friends ...
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MLK Day of Service: A school library damaged by water gets renovated
More than a hundred people turned out for a MLK Day of Service event in Mt. Airy. In a single day an army of volunteers renovated the li ...
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Haiti waiting to find out why ‘Baby Doc’ returned
Jean-Claude Duvalier’s return after 25 years in exile creates more uncertainty in a country where international observers called t ...
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When Martin Luther took the podium at the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963, he held a carefully prepared speech, but the words “ ...
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Pat Toomey takes first trip abroad as U.S. Senator
Pat Toomey and three other freshman Republicans joined Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on the trip. They spent the past few days m ...
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Germantown High MLK Day projects
The 125 volunteers that converged on Germantown High School this morning truly had “One Vision. One Voice” as they did commun ...
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Protesters march against foreclosures in Philadelphia
Two dozen people braved the cold to march around Center City to protest mortgage foreclosures. Chanting save our homes, Members o ...
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Officials to rally for safer city, higher wages for private officers
Clergy, elected officials and anti-poverty leaders will mark Martin Luther King Day by kick-starting a new effort to win higher safety ...
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Woman sought in assault at Delaware mall
Delaware State Police are seeking a Pennsylvania woman in connection with an assault at a Claymont-area mall. Troopers allege 21-y ...
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More J&J recalls from Fort Washington plant
Johnson and Johnson has issued yet another round of recalls for drugs produced at its shuttered plant in Fort Washington, Montgomery Coun ...
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MLK Day of Service in Northwest Philadelphia
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75,000 volunteers for MLK day of service
Philadelphia is again celebrating the birthday of Martin Luther King with a day of service. Philadelphia is again celebr ...
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In a farewell address 50 years ago tonight, President Dwight Eisenhower ...
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Cities around the country are in big financial trouble, and Philly is no exception. Are we destined for municipal failure? Is it time to ...
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