Swingin’ the Standards at The Adrienne

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“I can’t get enough of what I do,” Tommy DelCorio Jr. said last week of his infatuation with singing. “I’m like a fat man at a buffet.”

Fabdesigns Inc. competes in NASA-sponsored challenge

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As a precocious girl growing up on the 700 block of Montrose Street, Connie Bevivino-Huffa kept “can’t” out of her vocabulary and pondered the possibilities of her penchants for fabrics and science.

Search party

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Investigators believe about six people have been working together to break into banks and pharmacies across the city, with the most recent incidents occurring in Packer Park and Whitman Monday.

Trio struck by bullets

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One teen was killed in Grays Ferry while two of his friends were wounded.

Nasir Slaughter, 17, of the 1800 block of South Ringgold Street, was with a 17- and 18-year-old male friend on the 1700 block of South Taylor Street when…

Monster Milers goes the distance for dogs

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Many canines are fortunate to receive some much needed time outdoors, playing fetch or running alongside their master. Even in the city, dog owners take their four-legged friends to an area park or dog run for exercise…

‘Tell Me Your Story’ to launch website

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“People in Philadelphia don’t say ‘Hi’ enough or try to interact with one another as much as they could,” Howard Pinder said last week at Circle of Hope, 1125 S. Broad St. “I sense, though, that they yearn for authentic…

Fighting crime through Facebook

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“Maybe I’m guilty of being an idealist, but I’d thought my neighborhood was relatively safe,” Carol Lanni said Friday from her home on the 2600 block of South Bouvier Street. “I’d never thought something like this would happen, but now my…

Weccacoe Playground preserves history

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Historian Terry Buckalew discovered a 19th-century African American cemetery under Weccacoe Playground, 405–25 Queen St., six years ago. He was doing research for a film project and stumbled upon the name of a person who was…

Cat-astrophic discovery

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A man who had no electricity or running water in his home is now in jail for animal cruelty since multiple cats were living in unsanitary conditions.

Drinking Buddies

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As many indie buffs know, writer-director Joe Swanberg is a pioneer of the mumblecore movement — that chatty, improv-heavy, millenial-defining style of low-budget filmmaking, which has permeated the work of the Duplass brothers and Lena Dunham.