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Laid low for a few days by the flu, I'm stuck at home sniffling while Jude Law's kid is out having more fun than I am. Truth be told, I'm glad to have a few days out of the office, where every day is filled with the mundane trials of working in a foreign office (No manila tab-top folders! Two-hole punches instead of three!) and awkward conversations… » more |
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The most important skill for any bully to possess when starting a playground fight is to know how to end it.
George I had a vague notion of this when he "halted" the war on Iraq after a few months of diddling around; George II has none, ensuring that the war on terrorism be prolonged to the point that our hopes of ever again living in "peace time"… » more |
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A planned McDonald's at 27th and Girard unites two neighborhoods in opposition. by Brian Hickey
Over the din of heavy equipment ripping into the ground, Norene Gallagher looks across the street from her restaurant and ponders the beginning of what many here consider the end of what was looking like an up-and-coming community.
Earlier that Monday morning, she watched the trucks pull into a trash-and-weed-laden lot at 27th and Girard to commence… » more |
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Einhorn's defense leaves even his alleged victim's family laughing. by Brian Hickey
Monday's proceedings at the Criminal Justice Center featured two acts that would've shaken most murder-victim survivors, but forgive Holly Maddux's siblings for not appearing too shocked. They've heard it all before.
First came a gruesome discussion about how their big sister died in 1977, complete with details about splattering blood and maggots.… » more |
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An upcoming tour of North Philadelphia promises to shed light on the city's role in the civil rights movement. by Solomon Jones
Last week Father Paul Washington, former pastor of the Church of the Advocate at 18th and Diamond sts., died at 81. His legacy is one of fighting for the rights of the downtrodden, especially during the civil rights struggles of the '60s.
Coincidentally, the Greater Philadelphia Tourism and Marketing Corporation (GPTMC) and Delaware River Port Authority… » more |
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PW's top-10 picks for Barnes Foundation artworks you can't miss. by Roberta Fallon
By now, we all know that the Barnes Foundation, home to one of the world's best collections of impressionist, post-impressionist and early modern art, wants to move the gallery out of its suburban neighborhood in Lower Merion and into Philadelphia, preferably somewhere along the Ben Franklin Parkway. The reason for the proposed move is complicated… » more |
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Not even cute little sheep are safe from Pennsylvania hunters. by Kara Deniz
The Fund for Animals recently announced its top-10 list of states with the cruelest "canned hunts," and Pennsylvania is the only northeast state besides Maine to make the list.
Canned hunts offer rich guys with little time or anatomical fortitude the opportunity to forgo the ruggedness of regular hunting and instead stalk a fenced-in animal on… » more |
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CITY HALL:
WHERE GOD IS IN THE POLITICAL MACHINE.
For anyone who buys this separation of church and state business, the prayer that kicks off each week's City Council meeting is an awkward affair at best. But when Michael Nutter was pressed into quasi-religious service last week, the crowd seemed to hold its collective breath, anticipating almost… » more |
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Did you know that, when he died in 1616, Shakespeare was no great shakes? Many years passed before he secured his spot at the nexus of English
literature.
You also may not know about one of the weirder relics that catapulted him to his early fame: a series of documents forged in the late 18th century by a
17-year-old named William Henry Ireland.… » more |
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NEW YORK GIANTS
This just in. They still suck.
GENE AUTRY
A dead cowboy. A team of Angels. The symbolism staggers the imagination.
SCOTT ROLEN
You feel for the guy. It's okay. You can say it.
MIKE LIEBERTHAL
Reinjures right knee dismounting a golf cart. We can only imagine Bowa's face when he got the news.<
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Many poor Philadelphians don't know they're eligible for food stamps. But that might be changing. by Mike Newall
For the nation's fourth-fattest city, Philadelphia still has far too many residents going hungry. But one Philadelphia woman has gone a long way toward changing that.
Yessy Maldonado, a 26-year-old staff member with the Greater Philadelphia Coalition Against Hunger (GPCAH), hit the streets last year and found a shocking number of Philadelphians aren't… » more |
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