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  • Penguins rip Ottawa 6-2 move to conference finals

    Pittsburgh Penguins' Brenden Morrow (10) celebrates his first-period goal with teammate Jussi Jokinen (36) in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals in their NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoffs series, Friday, May 24, 2013, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Gene J. ...

  • Nationals problems mirror those of Phillies

    Nationals third baseman Ryan Zimmerman prepares to field a ball hit by Philadelphia Phillies' Michael Young who cannot beat the throw to first base during the first inning of a baseball game at Nationals Park, Friday, May 24, 2013, in Washington. (Alex ...

  • 1983 Flashback Downtime for Showtime

    "Magic" Johnson of the Los Angeles Lakers, right, and Marc Iavaroni of the Philadelphia 76ers collide during first period action Sunday, May 29, 1983 in thier NBA championship series game in Los Angeles. (Reed Saxon/AP file ...

  • NHL Notes Fundamentals paying off for Kings

    Greene missed the first nine games of the playoffs after sitting nearly the entire regular season with a back injury. He returned for Game 4, and now the Kings have shut out the Sharks for the last 96 ...

  • Nationals Top Phillies 5-2

    -- Jordan Zimmermann became the National League’s first eight-game winner, and the Washington Nationals followed a calamitous road trip with a winning start to a homestand, beating the Philadelphia Phillies 5-2 on Friday night. Zimmermann (8-2) allowed two runs and six hits with no walks over seven innings -- actually raising his ERA to 1.71 -- on an unseasonably chilly and windy night in ...


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Movie Review

Driven

As an action movie, Renny Harlin's Driven isn't very good. It isn't very good as a human drama, either. But, as a thinly disguised allegory for the fading career of action star Sylvester Stallone, who both stars in and wrote the movie, it is a perversely enjoyable ride filled with retro pleasures and immense camp potential. Straight-out action fans might be wowed to a limited extent by the ... ...

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  • MLB Washington 5 Philadelphia 2

    Kurt Suzuki 's RBI single put Washington in front during a four-run fifth inning Friday and the Nationals went on to down Philadelphia 5-2. Jordan Zimmermann bounced back from a hard-luck loss last Saturday that ended a personal four-game winning streak to dominate the Phillies n a seven-inning effort. Zimmermann (8-2) allowed only one earned run in the loss to San Diego six days ago. He ...

  • Zimmermann wins 8th Nationals top Phillies 5-2

    Washington Nationals' Ryan Zimmerman hits a single during the first inning of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies at Nationals Park, Friday, May 24, 2013, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex ...

  • Judge bars racially charged protests from private property

    A Common Pleas Court judge has blocked a religious group from holding loud, racially charged demonstrations in front of the entrance to One Liberty Place at 16th and Chestnut Streets. Judge Ellen Ceisler, in a ruling issued Thursday, barred gatherings by a group that the owners of One Liberty Place said spewed hatred toward whites, women, and gays. They said the demonstrations disrupted the ...

  • Police Chesco student shot classmate with BB gun

    A Chester County high school student brought a BB gun into a homeroom class and shot a classmate in the chest with a plastic pellet, police said Friday. The student was unharmed except for a "minor red mark" on his chest - and school administrators at Westtown's Rustin High School only learned about the incident after another student sent them an anonymous note, Westtown-East ...

  • Phillies drop series opener to Nationals 5-2

    Erik Kratz (left) pats starting pitcher Kyle Kendrick (38) on the chest as he departs the mound after talking during the second inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park,Friday, May 24, 2013, in Washington. (Alex ...

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