According to Assistant District Attorney MK Feeney, only two people really know what happened Jan. 2, 2006 — and one is dead and Common Pleas Court Judge Renee Cardwell Hughes didn’t buy the other’s story.
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Although they bare her resemblance, the photos Kayla Paonessa submitted to Maxim in April don’t quite tell everything. After all, they’re two-dimensional and the 21-year-old is anything but.
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Simon Carr and Larry Robinson share the common tie of being South Philly cruiserweights.
They also are two pugilists at a crossroads of their respective careers. Carr has been inactive for nearly a year, while Robinson, coming off…
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An old proverb states “It takes a village to raise a child.” For the students, faculty and staff at the Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial the saying has taken on new meaning. After two years and the help of numerous volunteers and organizations, the…
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After weeks of being served restaurant fare that ran from mediocre to inedible, it was a pleasure to happen upon Kanella, a two month-old Greek/Cypriot BYOB at the corner of 10th and Spruce streets.
The Philadelphia Eagles, Flyers and Sixers have advanced to their respective world championship games over the past decade, each coming up short.
The Philadelphia Soul finds itself two wins away from the Arena Bowl XXII championship, taking…
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With school out and longer hours of daylight, more feet are hitting the street. And, while the…
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A sure sign of a well-written play is its ability to remain relevant and entertaining.
In the early 1980s, Victor Bumbalo wrote “Niagara Falls.” More than 25 years later, it was a finalist in this year’s Lambda Literary Awards and is making…
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A group of young baseball players based out of South Philly are heading to Springfield, Mass., next week for a regional Amateur Athletic Baseball Conference double-elimination tournament. Should the Philadelphia Knights come out winners, the group would earn an…
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The sky shown brightly and American flags flapped patriotically July 4, but the remnants of the festivities were all that was left five days later at the corner of Seventh and Morris streets, where discarded decorations sat forlorn in a pile of rubble waiting for trash pick-up.
Junior American Legion baseball is back and the 14- and 15-year-olds have wasted no time proving they can compete with the league’s best. The 15-and-under Delaware Valley Youth Athletic Association squad recently closed out its 16-game regular season at 10–6, good enough for second place in…
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July is when local summer fruits are bursting with flavor. Sweet juicy strawberries and blueberries from nearby farms turn up in all sorts of recipes. Within a week or so, Jersey peaches will arrive.
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There is a new expression this summer: “Nuke the fridge.” Urbandictionary.com defines it as the “precise moment at which a cinematic franchise has crossed over from remote plausibility to self-parodying absurdity.” It refers to a scene in “Indiana Jones…
Wikipedia indicates Mr. and Mrs. North are a fictional amateur detective couple and the subject of 26 novels, a radio series and eventually a television series. This columnist knows better. They were definitely not fictional. Their real names were Peter and Eleanor Cardella. Mr. and Mrs. North…
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Through the centuries, the urge to go “down to the sea in ships” (Psalms 107, verses 23–24) has been a cry of romance and adventure few can ignore. The Independence Seaport Museum at Penn’s Landing is providing a fascinating exhibit detailing the role of African…