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Philly gets its groove back
It’s just 140km from New York, but Philadephia is finally stepping out of the Big Apple’s shadow — and its baseball team is better too.
‘No porno on my bus stops’
Director Kevin Smith has made a movie with such a bothersome title he cannot even place ads for it in some places.
Clinton clinches Pennsylvania primary
A victorious Hillary Clinton convincingly kept her White House quest alive on Tuesday, triumphing over Barack Obama in Pennsylvania’s rancorous Democratic primary. ”Today here in…
Obama, Clinton on the defensive in tense debate
Democratic presidential rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton tried to explain recent controversial remarks during a tense debate on Wednesday, with Obama accusing Clinton of…
Obama says Clinton’s no Rocky
Democratic White House contender Barack Obama on Wednesday mocked rival Hillary Clinton’s claim to be a ”Rocky” fighter for the working classes, as polls suggested he is punching…
Obama wins support of former congressman
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Wednesday won the endorsement of Lee Hamilton, a former Indiana congressman who is a leading United States authority on foreign…
Clinton, Obama assail McCain on economy
Democrats Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama assailed potential White House opponent John McCain on the economy on Tuesday, accusing the Republican of favoring the wealthy and…
Piasecki was ‘pioneer in establishing helicopter industry’
Aviation pioneer Frank Piasecki, inventor of the tandem-rotor helicopter used in troop-transport missions and land and sea rescue flights, has died. He was 88. Igor Sikorsky…
Amish girl asked to be shot first, woman says
One of the girls who died in Pennsylvania’s Amish schoolhouse massacre asked the killer to shoot her first in an apparent bid to save younger girls. Rita Rhoads, a nurse-midwife…
Rare disease in five children traced to sperm donor
A sperm donor passed an extremely rare and dangerous genetic ailment to five children born to four couples, doctors reported on Friday in a case that exposes a gap in the…
‘She gets the air in any way she can’
A 20-year-old woman has made it big with the Philadelphia Orchestra — she’s been hired to be its tuba player, a job normally held by men in major orchestras. ”The fact that she…
Sports, beer and waxing at male salons
Steven Wooke takes a swig from a bottle of Heineken as his left hand rests on a small table, his fingers spread out like a fan of playing cards. He’s getting a manicure — or hand…
Corpse show draws crowds, controversy
When the corpses come to town, anything can happen. Police seized a few of them during a raid in Taiwan. In Los Angeles, visitors gawked round-the-clock — and one was stolen. In…