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Scottish poet Robert Burns should have included “children” when he penned the immortal line “The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry.”
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Brian Bortnick showed up to his audition for “My Way: A Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra” in a skinny tie and fedora.
“I was listening to everything Sinatra — vinyl, CDs, YouTube — anything I could get…
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A committed athlete, Jennifer Scullin knew she had to make her mind rival her muscles. Having learned nearly four years ago that five friends had acquaintances battling cancer, she moved from offering limited sympathy to…
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“There is so much pain in the world that if someone can make a difference for one person, that’s enough of a drop of rain to make a ripple and foster change,” Cassandra King said Monday.
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Growing up in Tasker Homes, Anton Moore, along with his peers, couldn’t afford to attend concerts, so he vowed to bring free entertainment to his community if he had the opportunity.
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An unknown man traveled from Pennsport to East Passyunk Crossing, exposing himself to four females and assaulting two of them Monday.
A 22-year-old woman was strolling northbound on the 1100 block of South Second Street at 8:55 a.m. when the man…
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Flatulence has become this century’s version of bad breath. Once only snickered at in private, thanks to the genius of capitalism, America’s flatulence problem may become a thing of the past.
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I want to visit the “Gauguin, Cézanne, Matisse: Visions of Arcadia” exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, but it has been so damn hot that the thought of walking up the Parkway and climbing the stairs leaves me gasping for breath. Fortunately, the exhibit runs through…
A man was robbed in Bella Vista while counting his money Friday.
After withdrawing money from an ATM at Sweat Fitness, 700 E. Passyunk Ave., a 39-year-old man counted the funds as he walked on the 600 block East Passyunk Avenue…
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It’s every student’s dream. Finally, after a few years living in cramped quarters in the dorm, surviving on junk food and meals from the cafeteria, the first “place-of-my-own” is a reality.
Two men were robbed of their belongings in Passyunk Square last week. When one of the offenders encountered another man, he used his bicycle to flee.
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After confronting the man who kicked his car, the man received a stab wound to his side Monday morning in Passyunk Square.
The 26-year-old was driving with three passengers on the 700 block of Federal Street, Detective Danielle Tolliver of South…
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Classic mystery meets stranger-than-fiction documentary in “The Imposter,” an intriguing and occasionally riveting film about serial French impostor Frédéric Bourdin. Throughout his career, Bourdin assumed more than 500 fake identities, but surely, few cases drew more…
A woman was robbed at gunpoint in East Passyunk Crossing early Saturday.
A 21-year-old female was walking along the 1800 block of South 11th Street with a friend of the same age at 2:05 a.m. when an unknown man pointed a black handgun at her…
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Mexico claimed the Olympic gold medal in the men’s soccer final Saturday, and these Mexican youngsters showed pride in the feat Tuesday by focusing on their footwork. If the country wishes to duplicate its success and field a formidable women’s team for the 2016 Rio…
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LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22): Influential friends and colleagues may be helpful in earning you a promotion. Don’t be too timid to call upon them. These people know you are worth promoting. Lucky number: 196.
A Whitman fast food restaurant was robbed Monday.
As a 24-year-old female manager opened the front door of Wendy’s, 2130 S. Columbus Blvd., at 6:48 a.m., an unknown man with a shirt wrapped around his head and a gun in his hand pushed in…