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  • What We Learned Complaining about NHL officiating Time to fine these sore losers

    New York Rangers had complained about a conspiracy to push the series longer? Or the furor if Joe Thornton had done what Quick did after the Sharks gave up a similar late-game 5-on-3 advantage that allowed the Kings to tie Game 1? What it boils down to is being a sore ...

  • Sports Camp for Men With Same-Sex Attractions

    Father Paul Check says his sports camp helps men strive towards chastity and friendship, but Ed Coffin with Peace Advocacy Network, says he is troubled by the anti-gay mission of the ...

  • Didinger On Kelly Fixing Vick’s Fumbling Problem ‘That’s Nonsense’

    Two of the biggest questions about Michael Vick as starting quarterback of the Philadelphia Eagles are his propensity for turnovers, and his ability to read a defense. Vick says Chip Kelly may have solved one of them, and the other doesn’t exist. NFL analyst Ray Didinger thinks Vick is sorely mistaken. ';That’s nonsense. No, it is,'; Didinger said of Vick’s claim ...

  • 1 killed 4 hurt when fire van taxi crash in Pa.

    TOBYHANNA, Pa. - Authorities say a taxi driver was killed and four firefighters were hurt when the cab crashed into a fire police van in northeastern Pennsylvania. The accident happened around 11:15 a.m. Sunday in Coolbaugh Township. The Monroe County coroner says the taxi driver, 55-year-old Stroudsburg resident Michael West, was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators say West lost ...

  • GOP has Benghazi blood on hands

    House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., left, confers with Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, right, at a House Oversight Committee hearing about last year's deadly assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 8, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott ...


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My Night at Maud's (Ma nuit chez Maud) [DVD]

My Night at Maud's (Ma nuit chez Maud) [DVD]

The protagonist in My Night at Mauds (Ma nuit chez Maud), the third of Eric Rohmers six Moral Tales, is never given a name. And, while the use of the first-person possessive My in the title suggests that we are meant to view the story through his eyes, Rohmer keeps ... ...

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  • Philly cops seek suspects in home invasion robbery of disabled veteran

    Police are looking for the men who robbed and beat a disabled veteran in a Northeast Philadelphia home invasion. The incident happened shortly after midnight at an apartment complex on the 9400 block of Ashton Road. Police say the victim, a 58-year-old Marine veteran who is bedridden, buzzed the assailants into the apartment because he thought his neighbor was at the door. Five or six men ...

  • Police probe Kensington slaying

    Philadelphia police are investigating an overnight slaying in the city's Kensington section. The killing happened on the 2800 block of Hartville Street, police said. Police said homicide detectives were still at the scene early this morning and further details were not immediately available. The incident was a shooting that was initially reported as a robbery, according to the Breaking ...

  • Police search for wandering bear in Philly suburbs

    BENSALEM, Pa. - Police and wildlife officers are trying to track down a black bear that's been spotted wandering around several residential areas in suburban Philadelphia for days. Bucks County residents most recently spied the animal roaming a soccer field in Bensalem. It was initially spotted in Solebury Township on May 7 and was then reported in nearby Hulmeville on Thursday. Wildlife ...

  • Person Rescued From House Fire

    There were reports of multiple entrapments in the home, which sits on a short, tree-lined block. Two of the residents were accounted for but the third had to be rescued from the home, according to firefighters on the ...

  • Governor Corbett Faces Off Against NCAA

    — Lawyers for the Corbett administration and the NCAA will be in a federal courtroom this afternoon to argue a motion to dismiss the lawsuit against Penn State sanctions. Governor Corbett announced the lawsuit in early January, saying the NCAA violated its own by-laws and forced Penn State officials to accept sanctions under ...

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