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Kitty Hiccups captures 2011 Miss’d America crown
While you were watching the Golden Globes: Kitty Hiccup, also known as 32-year-old David Hyland, was crowned the 2011 Miss’d ...
15 years ago
Revelers, bands, protesters to mark Corbett’s inauguration
There won’t be a parade to mark Tom Corbett’s inauguration as Pennsylvania’s 46th governor, but the capital city will s ...
15 years ago
Martin Luther King Day of Service
Morning, folks. It’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the holiday celebrating the birth of the activist. That means it ...
15 years ago
Philly launches campaign targeting smoking, sugar
The Philadelphia Department of Public Health is unveiling a new media campaign targeting smoking and sugary drinks. The ads will c ...
15 years ago
Nursing homes in poor and minority neighborhoods closing faster
Nursing homes in urban poor and minority communities are twice as likely to close down as those in areas with low minority populations, a ...
15 years ago
Camden, N.J., already ranks high in crime and poverty. Tomorrow, city officials plan to implement significant layoffs. They’ll cut ...
15 years ago
Borders building likely to remain empty for another year
This week marks the one-year anniversary since Borders Books closed its doors in Chestnut Hill. While no one expected another business to ...
15 years ago
‘Mosque’ co-founder makes pitch for dialogue
A co-founder of the so-called “Ground Zero mosque” stopped in Philadelphia Sunday to discuss the negative effects Islamic ext ...
15 years ago
Social justice power Sunday – FUMCOG, Church of the Advocate, Martin and Malcolm
Years ago, Dick Cox marched with Martin Luther King Jr. and even had the opportunity to sit and talk with him for an hour. “I ha ...
15 years ago
Police reel in two cars out of Schuylkill
A car was found sunk in the water near the Columbia Bridge grandstand on Saturday. It took five tow trucks the greater part of the after ...
15 years ago
Nonprofit that helps terminally ill to plan weddings coming to Philly
A non-profit that helps the terminally ill find wedded bliss is coming to Philadelphia. ...
15 years ago