Flashbulb mob

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Pop culture is riddled with more mob movies and TV shows than an unlucky gangster’s body is with bullets. Americans are fascinated with the dark side and have made “The Sopranos” the poster children for the Mafia and Victoria Gotti, daughter of John “The Dapper Don”…

Woman and child die in blaze

Fire struck twice in two weeks at a home on the 1900 block of South Fifth Street — the second time was fatal.

By Lorraine Gennaro

Review Staff Writer

100 and counting

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Listing successful athletes and teams out of South Philadelphia High over the last century is not hard to do. In the past year alone, Rams boys’ basketball became the first squad from Broad Street and Snyder Avenue to advance to the second round of the…

Local tie to double slaying

The body of a man found in the trunk of a car parked in Grays Ferry has been linked to the double homicide of two New Castle, Del., women in Chester, police said. The man was identified as Maurice Goodman, 35, from New Castle, Del.

A haunting they will go

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Growing up at 12th and Titan streets, Denise Mallet was always drawn to cemeteries. Conveniently, she lived near a former expanse of graves at 11th and Wharton streets. Often bringing a tape recorder on her jaunts, she recalled picking up a muffled…

The greatest

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When talking about sports greats, a handful share local ties. In hoops alone, there are five former coaches or players in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame who call South Philly home. (Does Paul Arizin ring a bell?)

The last laugh

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Although his fame afforded him the finest of luxuries, during every return visit to his South Philly roots, Joey Bishop required one thing.

“He’d call up 16th and Oregon, Victor the barber,” DJ Jerry Blavat, a former resident of 15th and…

It’s a Mummer-ful world

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In an area that prides itself on tradition, hundreds wrap it around themselves on New Year’s Day and strut down Broad Street.

The Mummers’ Parade passed its centennial mark years ago, yet still draws thousands who are willing…

Surrender in sword-stabbing

A 17-year-old surrendered to police Oct. 5 after a warrant was issued for his arrest in the Sept. 10 homicide of 19-year-old Anthony DiMateo from the 1400 block of Porter Street.

2007 The Book and The Cook

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In 1984, Judy Wicks, owner of The White Dog Caf�, came up with an extraordinary way to promote Philadelphia restaurants. She thought it a splendid idea to pair cookbook authors with Philadelphia restaurant chefs who would create a special one-of-a…