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  • Blackhawks vs. Red Wings Game 2 recap Detroit bounces back to tie series

    Chicago Blackhawks heavily outskated them on the way to a 4-1 series-opening victory. In Game 2, a refreshed Detroit squad turned the tables, tying the series with a 4-1 victory of their ...

  • SEPTA to Undergo Emergency Drill

    SEPTA, the city of Philadelphia and first responders will undergo an emergency drill starting at 8:30 a.m. on the Broad Street Line at the SEPTA Fairmount Station. The drill will feature a scenario in which an explosion takes place in the subway system with the cause not immediately clear. Both SEPTA and city-wide emergency personnel will then be ...

  • Cicadas The Shrimp of the Land

    After nearly two decades living under the earth, cicadas are about to shake off the dirt and invade our great outdoors. And they’ll be ripe for your feasting says Isa Betancourt, an entomologist from the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel ...

  • Analysis Consequences Of A World Without Newspapers

    , a story surrounding the value of investigative journalism. It features Barbara Laker, part of a reporting team at the Philadelphia Daily News that won a Pulitzer Prize for rooting out corruption. Laker, who continues at the Daily News thinks papers will survive. She joins the producer , director, veteran area broadcaster and Temple Professor Paul Gluck when we look at the consequences of a ...

  • Annual Bike Ride Raises Funds To Preserve Land In Chester County

    – It’s not too late to sign up for a bike ride that raises money to preserve land in Chester County. Every penny raised goes to the French and Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust, which has preserved over 10,000 acres in Chester County since the late 1960's, and the ride is all-volunteer. ';It started 11 years ago with 100 riders; we are now up to over 1500 riders,'; ...


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Movie Review

Ulee's Gold

In the opening shots of "Ulee's Gold," we watch the title character, Ulee Jackson (Peter Fonda) carefully going about his job of beekeeping. He does everything tenderly and carefully, and he is alone in his work. Actually, he is alone in more than his work. Life's hardships have toughened him, and made him draw back from human contact. He rarely communicates with his son, Jimmy (Tom Wood), who is ... ...

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