Brian Hickey
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Farewell to Chase Utley, the nose-to-grindstone baseball hero that Philly needed most
An old adage holds that pet pooches tend to look like their owners, a dynamic which some researchers attributed to people picking dogs th ...
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Independent mayoral candidate Boris Kindij vows to eliminate poverty, privatize trash collection
When a trio of aspiring mayoral candidates filed petitions earlier this month to join Jim Kenney (D) and Melissa Murray Bailey (R) on the ...
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On participation trophies, fair play and taking parenting advice from James Harrison
The Pittsburgh Steelers’ James Harrison won praise from Outrage Nation warriors battling American “wussification” when ...
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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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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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Hit-and-run victim remembered as ‘kind man who truly loved science’
When 46-year-old Joseph Heard died from injuries sustained in a ...
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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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Rasheed Bailey hopes football path that started at Mifflin Elementary takes him to NFL
Once upon a time (about a dozen years ago) in a schoolyard not too far from Kelly Drive (the one behind Thomas Mifflin School in East Fal ...
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Challenge filed against independent mayoral candidate’s nominating petitions
Independent mayoral candidate James Foster faces a petition challenge that was filed just before Monday’s deadline by an attorney w ...
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Lynne Abraham reportedly offers to fill in for indicted A.G. Kane
According to reports from PoliticsPA.com ...
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Bailey: Let Uber operate inside the Papal Weekend ‘traffic box’
Should Uber-X get a free pass to drive throughout the city during Pope Francis’ visit next month? Republican mayoral candidate Meli ...
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As Voting Rights Act turns 50, call for ‘universal, automatic’ registration system rings out [audio]
Moments after the bell struck 11 a.m. in Independence Hall’s clock tower, a group of elected and civic leaders lauded the 50th anni ...
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