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 Tourists visit the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia. From January through June, hotels sold 416,000 room nights to leisure travelers -- up nearly 4 percent from a year ago. With Pope Francis and the World Meeting of Families coming to town, tourism officials predict a record-breaking year for city hotels. (AP file photo)
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Philly leisure hotel bookings looking to break record

The summer is lodging good numbers for Philadelphia’s tourism industry.  From January through June, hotels sold 416,000 ...

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A pizzeria that Pope Francis would appreciate finds itself in the papal weekend-security zone

Rosa’s Fresh Pizza in Center City has garnered a lot of attention for the pay-it-forward spirit of customers who use extra dollar b ...

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 Pennsylvania state roads that will be closed during papal visit to Philadelphia. (Image via Governor Tom Wolf's office)
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Road closings planned during papal visit leave suburban businesses in quandary

About 40 percent of those filtering into Philadelphia for Pope Francis’ visit will be c ...

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 Antennas such as this will sprout at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and Logan Square during Philadelphia's papal weekend. (AT&T)
Philadelphia

Great reception awaits pope in Philly; cell phone companies work to provide crowd with same

The pope’s September visit to Philadelphia is pushing major cell phone providers to install dozens of extra antennas around the cit ...

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 Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter discuses  plans for Pope Francis' scheduled visit to the city. (AP photo/Matt Rourke)
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Business help for papal visit is on the way

The late-September visit of Pope Francis has a lot of Philadelphia businesses worried about how — and if — they’ll be a ...

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 NJ Transit Executive Director Ronnie Hakim (center) crosses the Ben Franklin Bridge while walking the route she expects riders to take from Camden to the Ben Franklin Parkway, wher Pope Francis will celebrate Mass with up to 1.5 million people. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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NJ officials announce Papal visit transportation plans [maps]

When Pope Francis comes to town, the Garden State will look like anything but the Garden of Eden. More than 100,000 private vehicl ...

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 At a press conference held Thursday, Mayor Michael Nutter releases new details about the security perimeter during the papal visit (Courtesy of the Mayor's office)
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More details of papal visit restrictions announced

Philadelphia officials have filled in some more blanks about the papal visit. A week ago, the city released its plan for a three-s ...

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 Pope Francis blesses the faithful as he arrives for his weekly general audience he held in the Pope Paul VI hall, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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Ex-WMF event consultant makes the case for chilling out about the papal visit

With so much incomplete information out there about the papal visit security plans, lots of people and groups have been hitting the panic ...

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 Mayoral candidates Jim Kenney and Melissa Murray Bailey stood side-by-side outside a polling place during May's primary election. (Brian Hickey/WHYY)

NBC10 nixes Philly mayoral debate after Kenney campaign objects to reaction-shot camera angle

Travel with NinetyNine back to the year 1960. That September, John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon faced off in the nation’s fi ...

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Passing as a transsexual black man, and the revolutionary courage to continue

I was finally "passing" as a black man. I also came to realize that the duties of the police to "protect and serve" did not necessarily apply to someone like me.

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Sister Mary Scullion hands out leaflets in Rittenhouse Square promoting Project HOME's 'Mercy and Justice' campaign. Scullion is working with city officials to accommodate the homeless along the Ben Franklin Parkway during the papal visit. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Making sure Philly’s homeless, poor aren’t ‘swept away’ during papal weekend

On summer nights, more than 100 people sleep on benches and under trees that line the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. But when Pope Fra ...

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This Atlantic City showgirl has always brought his full humanity to work

Robert Hitchen, better known in Philly and South Jersey as Sandy Beach, got his start as a drag performer — he likes the term R ...

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Challenge to independent mayoral candidate’s nominating petitions dropped

Remember Tuesday’s story about a petition challenge being fil ...

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In the shadow of the Ben Franklin Bridge, a floating community for people who don’t quite want to live in the city

They’re right at the edge of the city, but it feels like a million miles away. For the residents of the marina, life is a cross ...

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‘Ghost vs. Pope’ plans dissolve in complications of Center City ‘traffic box’

Security measures related to Pope Francis’ visit to Philadelphia on the weekend of Sept. 26 and 27 are forcing many of the cityR ...

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