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Meeka Outlaw had taught Damon Gregory Stafford in middle school at James Alcorn, 3200 Dickinson St., about 10 years ago and periodically ran into him in Grays Ferry.
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Legend holds that Queen Marie Antoinette declared “Let them eat cake” during an 18th-century French famine. Courtesy of Saturday’s appearance on Country Music Television’s smash show “My Big Redneck Vacation,” Michael Scipione…
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La’Quan Coaxum scored two points Friday night, but his block of a final-second three-point shot will matter much more in the annals of Ss. Neumann-Goretti High School, 1736 S. 10th St., than his lone bucket. The senior guard and his East…
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With “The Hunger Games” having just enjoyed one of the biggest opening weekends ever (it pulled in a whopping $155 million domestically), Hollywood proved that tentpole films don’t have to be released in the summer. But that doesn’t mean the warmer seasons aren’t…
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The U.S. Marshal Service has nabbed a Grays Ferry man that was wanted for murder.
The authorities received a tip from the public that led them to Point Breeze at 8 a.m. March 21, U.S. Marshal Supervisor James Burke said…
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Upon taking office in 2008, Mayor Michael Nutter stated he wanted Philadelphia to become America’s greenest city. His March 8 Fiscal Year ’13 budget and Fiscal Year ’13-’17 Five-Year Plan proposals revealed he would love for it to end up as the…
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Delegates of each of the 10 fancy brigades, represented by the Philadelphia Mummers Brigade Association, elected a new executive board for 2012 Feb. 23.
The association re-elected president James J. Julia, first vice president Fred Keller…
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I can’t get all hot and bothered about Mayor Michael Nutter’s ban on feeding the homeless outdoors. He didn’t ban feeding them, folks! Just “outdoor” feeding. If I want to have a family barbeque in Logan Square, would I be permitted? …
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A Point Breeze couple is being held responsible for their 6-year-old son’s death.
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Khalil Wimes, 6, of the 1800 block of South 22nd Street, was transported to The Children’s…
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Passover, the eight-day festival of freedom, begins at sundown April 6. Jews will sit down to a ritual service and meal called a Seder (Hebrew for order) and also celebrate Shabbat. No challah tonight. We will have to make do with matzo.
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Right now, Brooke Blair is learning how to play the ocarina.
“It’s not going too well,” Blair, of 20th and Bainbridge streets, said. “It’s always been an interesting sound so it seemed like a fun…
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Puzzle people are a unique breed. Certain clues appear so often we can fill them in using a pen. For example: Four-letter word for one of Columbus’ ships or vocalist Simone. The answer: Nina.
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Workers of all trades are putting the finishing touches on the new talk of the town: XFINITY Live!, 1100 Pattison Ave., which opens its doors to a good time starting tomorrow. The Broad Street Bullies Pub, one of several dining destinations, will feature…
A South of South man was found dead in a storage area Saturday afternoon.
Police responded to investigate a home on the 700 block of South 19th Street at 4:31 p.m. when it was reported Shawn Andrews had not been seen in days…
A cabbie, who was returning a passenger’s cell phone, was beaten so badly that he had trouble recalling what had happened Friday.
SWAT officers responded to the 500 block of Pierce Street where they found a 58-year-old…
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ARIES (March 21 to April 20): Speak up at a professional or public event. Making sense in a charismatic way will improve your status. Lucky number: 162.
TAURUS (April 21 May 20): Enjoy the results of the psychological work you’ve…