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 Inside the nation's Capitol a group watches Gov. Chris Christie on Jan 9 apologize for a four day traffic jam that happened on his watch.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
National Interest

Christie’s woes spark Republican freakout

The stuff Republicans are saying about Chris Christie ain’t very pretty. Tuesday’s gubernatorial swear-in was supposed to chr ...

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January 22: $5M from EPA to study green infrastructure | Bixi bankruptcy | Comcast’s tech incubator | 2013 construction starts | Philly slumlords | WePAC opens 13th school library

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PlanPhilly
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Hardship hearing for Boyd Theatre next week, consultants say reuse requires subsidy

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Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: Smothering ‘The Pillowman’

The great triumph of Martin McDonagh’s “The Pillowman” is that it is convincing, moving, often funny and unrelentingly ...

12 years ago

Dave Davies: Off Mic

GOP backs Costello for Gerlach seat in 6th District

Republicans seem to be uniting around Chester County Commissioner Ryan Costello as their candidate for the Pennsylvania Congressional sea ...

12 years ago

 This photo shows marijuana plants flourishing under the lights at a grow house in Denver. President Barack Obama says he won't go after Washington state and Colorado for legalizing marijuana. Ed Andrieski/(AP Photo, file)
National Interest

Obama rightly decries the racist war on weed

Maybe it’s just that President Obama feels free to say what he thinks because he doesn’t have to face the voters again. Or ma ...

12 years ago

 Former Eagles quarterback Mike Boryla in his one-man
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: A rush from ‘The Disappearing Quarterback’

When Mike Boryla talks about football, anything to do with the game, you’re compelled to listen. Boryla was an Eagles quarterback f ...

12 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

January 21: MLK Day volunteers | CSX derailment update | Replacing Bill Green | AVI appeals could take years | Latino power gap

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PlanPhilly
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Volunteers clean and green Northwest Philly woods

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PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Marian Anderson Historical Society opens its doors for MLK Day of Service

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National Interest

Martin Luther King, speaking for himself

  To many Americans, the phrase “Martin Luther King Day” is a synonym for “no school” and “no m ...

12 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

January 20-24: MLK Day of Service | Eric Bunge | In With The Old | Big Green Block | GIS careers

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PlanPhilly
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January 20: MLK day reflections | St. Bridget school conversion | Carl Greene to be barred | Route 47 pilot refresher | Comcast building as symbol, connector

12 years ago

PlanPhilly
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Freight cars carrying oil, sand derailed above Schuylkill River

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 Johnnie Hobbs Jr. and Wendy Scharfman in
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: The fun-ride part of ‘Driving Miss Daisy’

The lighter-hearted “Driving Miss Daisy” that opened Thursday night in Walnut Street Theatre’s third-floor Independence ...

12 years ago

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