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It wouldn't be the 4th of July without a parade! "People clapping, standing, screaming, cheering." "It brings back memories of when I was a little kid!" "It all started here!" "I remember my father used to stick me on his shoulders and squeeze me up front and I could see everything." For the first time in 18 years, Philadelphia's Independence Day ...

A Philadelphia area man -- who was pounding the pavement earlier this year looking for a job -- has developed a web site that might make the process easier for others around the Delaware Valley.

Monday was graduation day for more than 150 young men and women of the Philadelphia Police Academy.

For students at Thurgood Marshall Elementary School, there IS such a thing as a free lunch _ and a free breakfast, too.

Like many great minds in Philadelphia, "The Thinker" is taking a summer vacation.

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Cabaret and Discothque owner and entrepreneur business proprietor Sid Booker's Stinger Lounge was founded in 1967 at 4600 N. Broad Street in Philadelphia.

Philadelphia , June 29, 2009 - The City of Philadelphia today added 57 businesses and 37 associated officers, against whom it has obtained judgments exceeding $5.2 million, to its published lists of business tax judgments against delinquent taxpayers.

All four defendants have now pleaded guilty in a vicious crime spree which began with the robbery of a man last year in Philadelphia and ended with the gang rape of his sister.

Bristish born journalist Steven Wells, who built a legendary reputation as an acerbic critic and irascible commentator, died last week after a long battle with cancer.

Great opportunity for journalism student or new grad. SJ Magazine, a leading lifestyle magazine covering Southern New Jersey, is looking for a dedicated team player to join our editorial staff.

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Share + Jul 4, 2009 1:27 am US/Eastern A girl fell off a boat Friday evening into the Delaware River, prompting two men to jump into the water to rescue her and setting off an intense search, the U.S. Coast Guard said.

A veteran of the Philadelphia airwaves, Patty Jackson has played her share of Michael Jackson songs as a disk jockey.

Philadelphia, July 2, 2009 Mayor Michael A. Nutter announced today the membership of the newly-created Commission on Parks and Recreation.

A Philadelphia man faces up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to boarding an airplane while carrying a concealed weapon.

A toddler left in a hot minivan outside his suburban Philadelphia day care center has died of hyperthermia.

Former Pennsylvania state Sen. Vincent Fumo is seeking a new trial on corruption charges, alleging the jury was tainted.

A 13-year-old Pennsylvania boy killed in 1985 has been laid to rest with his killer in prison.

Philadelphia police say they've arrested a woman who "played a significant role" in planning a well-orchestrated murder of a woman and her companion in her upscale apartment building.