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  • For Philadelphia bicyclist a cat is his co-pilot

    View results PHILADELPHIA (AP) - For bicyclist Rudi Saldia, you could say a cat is his co-pilot.Saldia often buzzes around Philadelphia with his year-old feline Mary Jane perched on his shoulder. Their urban adventures have turned heads on the street and garnered big hits on YouTube.The 26-year-old bike courier didn’t intend to become Internet-famous. He originally shot footage of the ...

  • Mid-Atlantic a hotspot for sepsis deaths Penn study finds

    Sepsis strikes up to 750,000 Americans a year, and up to 40 percent of those patients die. But those cases aren't evenly distributed throughout the country, and the Mid-Atlantic sees a disproportionate number of sepsis deaths, a new University of Pennsylvania study finds. Researchers at Penn's Perelman School of Medicine have created the first map that shows the geographic ...

  • Census Philly grows again

    Philadelphia continues to grow, according to new Census Bureau figures. The city’s population rose by 9,040 from the one-year period from July 2011 through July 2012, according to estimates released today. So, the most recent population estimate of 1,547,607 reflects a little more than half a percent growth over that year span. But the even better news: Philly’s population grew by ...

  • Phillies Minor League Report Anthony Hewitt hits walk-off home run in Reading win

    Anthony Hewitt hit a walk-off home run to lift the Fightin Phils to victory on Wednesday.(Photo courtesy of the Reading ...

  • Give um the Cloyd Phillies 7 Marlins 3

    I'll tell you guys what I shrieked at my girlfriend at the bar while she tried to enjoy her beer, "YOU CAN'T LOSE A SERIES TO THE MARLINS AND STILL TAKE YOURSELF SERIOUSLY." Finally, I shrieked loud enough that ...


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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the sixth entry in the now eight-part film series based on J.K. Rowlings much beloved novels, marks the return of screenwriter Steve Kloves, who, with the exception of the last film, Harry Potter and the Order ... ...

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  • Jaworski Is Serious About Signing Tim Tebow

    it be Tebow Time in the Arena Football League? Philadelphia Soul part owner Ron Jaworski said on Wednesday he was serious about his offer to former New York Jets quarterback Tim Tebow to join the AFL team. Jaworski, a former Philadelphia Eagles quarterback, reached out to Tebow a day after the Jets released him in April. Jaworski has yet to hear from Tebow, but expects to eventually. ';I ...

  • New Jersey Man Accused Of Defrauding FEMA After Sandy

    — Authorities have accused a New Jersey man of swindling more than $12,000 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency after Superstorm Sandy. Prosecutors say 51-year-old William Nagle of Sea Bright used the money to pay for 68 nights of lodging even though he could have lived in his third-floor apartment. Prosecutors say Nagle's unit was temporarily uninhabitable after Sandy ...

  • Eagles Betting Line On Wins Is Under .500

    Seven wins is not going to win the Super Bowl. Seven wins, in all likelihood, will not get into the playoffs. But after last season for the Eagles, seven wins, depending on how they get there, might feel like a relief. Bovada released their updated over/under totals for NFL teams, and the Eagles are sitting at seven wins for the season. That means gamblers taking the ';over'; would ...

  • Allentown Firefighters Find Body In Burned Apartment

    — Firefighters responding to an apartment blaze in Allentown have discovered a man's body in a top-floor unit. Investigators say the blaze was reported at the three-story building around 3:30 a.m. Thursday. They say it's not immediately clear what caused the man's death, but that it doesn't appear to be related to the ...

  • More than 400k Philly-area residents to travel for Memorial Day

    More than 400,000 Philadelphia-area residents are expected to travel this weekend, and even those headed to the Jersey Shore should encounter roads that are ready for them. AAA Mid-Atlantic estimates that 404,000 people in the Philadelphia region will travel for Memorial Day weekend, a decrease of just less than 1 percent from last year. About 22 percent of those travelers will head to the ...

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