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A lawyer for a Philadelphia day camp says a suburban swim club's board must resign before the camp will accept the club's offer to allow dozens of minority children to return to the pool. Attorney Michael Kuldiner represents the day camp, Creative Steps,...
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The Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission is investigating charges a swim club canceled an agreement with a day camp because the campers are black. Publicity about the case has made the Valley Club in Huntingdon Valley , just outside Philadelphia, a...
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A car has jumped a curb and struck a crowd of pedestrians in the North Philadelphia. Media reports say several children were among those struck Wednesday night...Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter and Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey are at the scene....
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I think you have to take into account the severity of the injuries," Ramsey said, adding that he does not condone vigilante justice. "It's unfortunate that we didn't find him first." The girl had just dropped off a sibling at day care and was walking...
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A "person of interest" in the rape of an 11-year-old girl was arrested Tuesday in Philadelphia after neighborhood residents beat him up. Jose Carrasquillo's photograph and name had been released a few hours earlier, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported.
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The Princeton offense came to Eddie Jordan on the barroom napkins and placemats from all-night diners during the life of an NBA assistant coach. It was 1996, and Jordan and legendary Princeton coach Pete Carril were assistants with the Sacramento Kings.
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An eleventh-hour push to rescue the Manayunk Bike Race worked, thanks to lots of your donations and the generosity of one big benefactor. We just don't know who has the deep pockets yet, but thanks! “We are pleased to report that today we secured enough...
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The price of liberty may be eternal vigilance, but a leaky roof in Independence Hall could cost more than $4 million. National Park Service officials have set aside $4.3 million to fix the building's leaking tower. Federal and Philadelphia officials met...
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A fire Monday in Philadelphia killed a 32-year-old woman, her mother and her 8-year-old daughter, fire officials say. Fire officials said an investigation was under way into the deaths of Tia Cooper, her daughter Kyra and her mother Jackie, 48, in their...
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The company that owns both the Philadelphia Daily News and The Philadelphia Inquirer will start publishing the tabloid Daily News as an edition of the broadsheet Inquirer starting March 30...Mark Frisby, publisher of the Daily News, says the combination...
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