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  • Man 26 shot dead in North Philadelphia

    Police were investigating the fatal shooting of a 26-year-old man late Monday night. Officers responded to Uber Street near Montgomery Avenue in North Philadelphia just before 10:45 p.m. and found the victim suffering from gunshot wounds to the chest, buttocks and back, Chief Inspector Scott Small said. Police took him to Temple University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 11:30 p.m. ...

  • The kitten who refused to die

    Elvis the kitten has already burned through 9 lives -- and he’s only a year old. His ordeal has a (mostly) happy ending, but what an ordeal it’s been: A near fatal encounter with a deadly flower; renal failure; four weeks of kidney dialysis and, finally, a $15,000 kidney transplant at the University of Pennsylvania. He’s still not out of the woods. The saga begins on ...

  • 4 years after high school their journeys go on

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  • Stray Bullet Whizzes Past Family Watching TV

    The investigation into the shooting was just beginning. Police were called to a nearby home where a stray bullet nearly missed a woman and her daughter as her grandchildren slept ...

  • Huge Tornado Kills 51

    MOORE, Okla. - A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200 m.p.h. At least 51 people were killed, and officials said the death toll was expected to rise. The storm laid waste to scores of buildings in ...


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Movie Review

Drop Dead Gorgeous

It's always a sad sight when a satire goes after a painfully obvious and easy target, and still manages to miss the mark. Such is the case with "Drop Dead Gorgeous," a vicious black comedy about a teen beauty pageant, one of the silliest and most intellectually indefensible rituals of modern American culture. ...

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  • Pa. Democrats make registration gains in the suburbs

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  • Future looks grim for Pa. Convention Center

    DAVID M. WARREN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER The expanded Pennsylvania Convention Center, at a price tag of $780 million, has failed to live up to projected profits and business increases for the city's hospitality ...

  • Retirement is going to cost you

    WHEN IT COMES to how much money we all need to retire comfortably, it gives us a headache. I just need to say that up front, before telling you about the latest news that is sure to scare you even more about retirement. You probably already know that health care is likely to be among your largest expenses. But how much? In its annual look at medical expenses for retirees, Fidelity Investments ...

  • Haddonfields deputy mayor is given top job

    Haddonfield has its first new mayor in 12 years. Jeff Kasko, 48, the deputy mayor, who was reelected last week to a second term on the Board of Commissioners, was tapped Monday evening by his fellow commissioners to be mayor, Borough Clerk Deanna Bennett said. Kasko, who will remain director of revenue and finance, takes over the post Letitia "Tish" Colombi is vacating. She decided ...

  • Kurt W. Klein claims adjuster and CYO leader

    Kurt W. Klein, 51, of Springfield, Delaware County, a claims adjuster and former director for the St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Youth Organization Athletic Program, died Wednesday, May 15, at home of complications from sarcoidosis, an inflammatory disease. Since 1992, Mr. Klein was employed by Professional Insurance Adjusters in Malvern, and before that by Bristol-Myers Squibb in Princeton. He ...

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