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  • Slowey exits with injury Marlins lose to Phillies

    Miami Marlins' Kevin Slowey throws to the Philadelphia Phillies in the first inning of a baseball game in Miami, Wednesday, May 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Alan ...

  • Penguins vs. Senators Game 4 recap Pittsburgh takes Ottawa apart in 3rd

    Penguins in the first period to go up, 2-1, after 20 minutes, but the Penguins came back early in the second and led, 3-2 ,at the start of the final period of regulation. Pittsburgh got an early power play in the third ...

  • Under pressure Bronx ‘ghetto’ tour shuts down

    Following a massive public outcry over a bus tour of the Bronx that offered ';a ride through a real New York City 'GHETTO,’'; Real Bronx Tours appeared to stop offering the tour before its Web site either crashed or was taken down. The New York Post sparked the furor on Monday with an article detailing how the guide stopped at a food pantry so tourists could gawk at the ...

  • Fatherson veterans will get rehabbed home for Memorial Day

    Prince Harry of Great Britain, visits Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery, where veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are buried, on May 10, 2013 in Virginia. Credit: Getty ...

  • Helen Marshall confused over John Liu’s mayoral run

    Queens Borough President Helen Marshall appeared confused as to whether John Liu was running for mayor during a Monday event held by the borough’s Democratic Party to endorse Christine Quinn, ...


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Jude

If but some vengeful god would call to me From up the sky, and laugh: "Thou suffering thing, Know that thy sorrow is my ecstasy, That thy love's loss is my hate's profiting!" ...

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  • Photos Paine’s skate park officially opens to the public

    Paine's Park, a public skate park adjacent to the art museum, officially opened to the public on Wednesday. Wedged between the Schuylkill River and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, the park stretches across about three acres set on the Schuylkill Trail. The park is intended for pedestrians and not just skaters with the inclusion of green space, benches and cobblestone paths. Rikard ...

  • Two suspects wanted in AK-47 gentleman’s club shooting

    Philadelphia Police are looking for a man who they say used an AK-47 rifle to fire shots into a vehicle outside of Purple Orchard’s Gentleman’s Club on South 61st Street in Elmwood May 11. They are also seeking a second man who drove the getaway car. Shortly before 2 a.m., May 11, two men were involved in a dispute with the club’s management and bouncers, police said. Both ...

  • Incumbent wins Democratic primary for city controller

    City Controller Alan Butkovitz easily took yesterday’s primary with more than 61 percent of the votes--38,002 votes--according to unofficial election results. Brett Mandel took just more than 30 percent of the votes, or 19,103. Mark Zecca garnered 4,917 votes (nearly 8 percent). Twenty-five vied for three open seats on traffic court. Omar Sabir, Marnie Aument-Loughrey and Donna Derose ...

  • Man 56 hit and killed by SEPTA train

    A 56-year-old man was killed this morning after he was hit by a train, officials said. The man was struck by a SEPTA Regional Rail car around 7:30 a.m. just north of the Philmont Station on the West Trenton Line, SEPTA spokeswoman said Kristen Geiger. Authorities are investigating whether the death was accidental or intentional. This is the ninth person to be killed by a SEPTA train in 2013. ...

  • City kills Wissahickon treetop course

    There will be no treetop adventure coming to Wissahickon Valley Park, officials said. The city terminated the project after community resistance became too big an obstacle to overcome. Bob Allen, director of property and concessions management for the city’s parks and recreation department, said the city didn’t want to ruin any partnerships with community organizations. ...

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