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'Nova holds on to defeat Dayton
... title. The 6-foot-11 Sutton, inserted into the starting lineup because freshman Mouphtaou Yarou was back in Philadelphia undergoing tests for a viral infection, played a career-high 30 minutes, grabbed eight rebounds (three offensive) and blocked ... Comment?
A bicycle blitz in Center City
... Center City Posted on Sat, Nov. 21, 2009 A bicycle blitz in Center City By Allison Steele Inquirer Staff Writer Philadelphia police officers biked through Center City on a mission yesterday: to make bicyclists more aware of their surroundings, their ... Comment?
Judges partly immune in civil suits
... in what has become known as the kids-for-cash scandal. Marsha Levick, a lawyer with the Juvenile Law Center in Philadelphia, a co-counsel for plaintiffs in the case, said yesterday she did not consider the ruling to be a major setback. There are ... Comment?
Kin call Cassidy a 'superman,' killer a ne'er-do-well
Emotional testimony from the families of a murder victim and of his convicted murderer cast a pall over a Philadelphia courtroom yesterday. Comment?
... may be in Philly The FBI has alerted the public that fugitive Phillip Thomas Williams may have traveled to Philadelphia in a New York-licensed burgundy Buick. Williams, accused of shooting a woman in June 2007 in North Carolina, is wanted on ... Comment?
Exclusivity extended in Phila. Newspapers bankruptcy
... Bankruptcy Judge Stephen Raslavich agreed yesterday to extend until at least Jan. 31 the period during which Philadelphia Newspapers L.L.C. has the exclusive right to propose a reorganization plan for its newspapers and Web site - The Inquirer, the ... Comment?
Land of Talk - "It's Okay" video ++ tour dates
In honor of Land of Talk 's return to NYC , the band's new video for "It's Okay" is posted below... Land of Talk - 2009 Tour Dates Nov 21 - Mercury Lounge New York, New York Dec 3 - Rock and Roll Hotel Washington, Washington DC Dec 4 - Kung Fu Necktie Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Dec 5 - Local 506 Chapel Hill, North Carolina Dec 8 - The Earl Atlanta, ... Comment?
1 Dead, 1 Wounded In Overnight Shootings
One person was killed and another was wounded overnight in separate shootings on Philadelphia streets. Comment?
Six Men in Custody in West Philadelphia Rape Case
The suspects in the case range in age from 16-to-52. The 24-year-old victim tells police the men attacked her inside the Li Lai Chinese restaurant on Walnut Street in West Philadelphia. Comment?
Positively Philadelphia:Students Make Sleep Products
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... Innovations , headquartered in Media, Pa. The company makes foam for mattresses, and much more. Students at Philadelphia University have been busy working on their projects. Textile design grad student Sara Sheber and her group are working on a ... Comment?
Local Lawyers Build Bikes for Kids in Bridesburg
... from the Bridesburg boys and girls club. Denis Paul is chairman of the group: "With half our group in Philadelphia and half in Washington, we need to get together once in a while. We thought about team building exercises, typical corporate sort of ... Comment?
Middle Schoolers Glimpse College Life
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The University of Pennsylvania campus in Philadelphia played host last week to members of enrichment classes at Pottsgrove Middle School , as students learned more about what could lie ahead in their educational futures. Comment?
Homeowner fatally shoots invader
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November 21, 2009 -- A homeowner of a North Philadelphia rooming house shot and killed one of two men who attempted to carry out a home invasion late Friday night. Comment?
How to be a grandparent? Pa. women wrote the book
... Trostler, a native of the Berks County area around Reading, Pa., 50 miles east of Harrisburg and northwest of Philadelphia, now lives only about four blocks from her daughter's family in Philadelphia. LaBan said her father-in-law, Myron LaBan, also ... Comment?
Local buses start Mon., others later
... Trailways will handle all east and west travel, plus trips to major metro areas such as New York and Philadelphia, while Greyhound and Bieter - the former Capitol Trailways - will handle all north and south traffic to Scranton, Binghamton, N.Y. and ... Comment?
... Clark didn't die, or turn into a 98-pound weakling. Instead, she became so fit that she's running in her third Philadelphia Marathon tomorrow. Clark, 33, now a vegan, is one of 25 vegans and vegetarians from Philadelphia and the suburbs running as ... Comment?
National Bible Week kicks off tomorrow in Philadelphia
MANY may not be aware, but the first English-printed bible in the United States was produced in Philadelphia in 1782 on Market Street, a marvelous achievement for a distinguished business owner by the name of Robert Aitken, who brought the word of God afresh to a new world. Comment?
Free eye exams today for children in Phila.
Are your children squinting at the TV or, worse yet, the blackboard at school? Between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. today children 18 and younger can get free eye exams and, if they need them, free glasses at two locations in Philadelphia: the Wills Eye Institute at Ninth and Walnut Streets in Center City, and the Eye Institute at 12th Street and Godfrey ... Comment?
Ex-postal worker gets 46 months in gasoline scam
A former Philadelphia postwoman was sentenced yesterday to 46 months in prison for his role in selling about $20,000 worth of gasoline bought with U.S. Postal Service gas cards to hundreds of friends, neighbors, and strangers. Comment?
Man being questioned in his mother's death
An 88-year-old woman was found beaten to death in her West Philadelphia home yesterday morning and detectives were questioning her son, police said yesterday. Comment?