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  • NHL Notes Canucks fire coach Alain Vigneault

    Alain Vigneault on Wednesday. The Canucks also fired assistants Rick Bowness and Newell Browne. Vigneault, the Canucks' all-time leader in coaching wins, led the club to six Northwest Division titles, two Presidents' Trophy titles and an appearance in the 2011 Stanley Cup final. But Vancouver was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs in the past two seasons, including getting ...

  • Local Eagle Scout Says Boy Scouts’ Vote To Allow Gay Members Still May Generate Disconnect

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  • Parents Students And Teachers Rally As School Budget Woes Continue

    It was a show of solidarity at the Thomas Mifflin School in East Falls as students, parents, and community advocates staged a rally urging political leaders in Harrisburg and City Hall to help fund a school district budget shortfall of $304 million. There were the same calls at the Boys Latin of Philadelphia Charter School on Thursday morning, where school leaders stood with Mayor Michael ...

  • Campbell Soup Buys Organic Baby Food Company

    Campbell Soup says it’s buying Plum Organics, which makes food for babies and kids, for an undisclosed amount as it looks to move into faster-growing categories. The company, based in Camden, N.J., had been struggling to increase sales of its canned soups in recent years as people increasingly look for foods with a fresher feel. To diversity its portfolio, Campbell also recently purchased ...

  • Exclusive I-Team Uncovers What Prayer-Healing Family Told Police After Son’s Death

    has been granted exclusive access to statements about the death of their son made by the couple to detectives. Catherine and Herbert Schaible offered no answers as they surrendered to detectives after being charged with third degree murder in the death of their 7 month-old son Brandon, who perished inside of their Northeast Philadelphia home. It is alleged that his pneumonia went untreated ...


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Movie Review

Aliens: Director's Cut

Aliens: Director's Cut

Note: This review includes references to scenes available only in the special Director's Cut, available on laser disc and DVD. As with so many other films, I feel this Director's Cut is the superior version to that which was released in theaters because it adheres more closely to the artis ... ...

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  • NJ Man Gets Life In Prison For Bucks County Musician’s Death

    -- A New Jersey man will spend the rest of his life behind bars for his role in a crime that left a Philadelphia-area musician dead. Twenty-year-old Jermaine M. Jackson of Trenton was sentenced on ...

  • SEPTA Board approves fare increases but postpones budget vote

    SEPTA's governing body approved fare increases to take effect July 1, including raising cash fares to $2.25 from $2 and tokens to $1.80 from $1.55 for single rides. The cheapest weekly and monthly TransPasses will increase from $22 to $24 and $83 to $91, respectively, with similar increases for passes with additional zones. The SEPTA Board also again deferred voting on the 2014 fiscal ...

  • Philadelphia Flyers forward Eric Wellwood starts rehab after gruesome injury

    On April 7, Flyers prospect Eric Wellwood slammed into the boards feet first during an Adirondack Phantoms game against the Bridgeport Sound Tigers. His left skate cut into his right foot and severed three tendons. He also cut through 70 percent of his Achilles heel and had to be rushed off the ice and to the hosptial. The injury was so severe that Wellwood was projected to be out for at least ...

  • Bill Davis Moving in the direction of the 3-4

    Everyone wants to know, what will defensive coordinator Bill Davis' front seven look like? It's looked a lot like a 3-4 on base downs during the two open practices the media was permitted to attend this month, but the Eagles may have just been practicing against certain offensive formations that determined the odd-man front. Davis has generally been a 3-4 guy, but when he was the ...

  • Missing College Student Found 2 States Away

    His parents called police, who indicated from the start that whatever was going on with Royer, might be his own doing or decision. Police did pursue the search, treating Matthew's disappearance as a "missing person" ...

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