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  • Phillies Minor League Report Carlos Zambrano throws seven shutout innings in IronPigs win

    The IronPigs shut out the Toledo Mud Hens, 3-0, at Fifth Third Field in Toledo, Oh. Right-hander Carlos Zambrano (1-0, 1.50 ERA) had a strong outing, which was his second start for Lehigh Valley. He scattered five hits and walked one while striking out six over seven innings for the win. Zambrano threw 108 pitches, 73 for ...

  • Rare Books On Display For One Day Only At Rosenbach Museum

    For one day – just today – two exceptionally rare Bay Psalm Books are being exhibited together, at the Rosenbach Museum and Library, near 20th and Delancy ...

  • As City Council Probes Deadly Building Collapse Official Says City Can’t Be Held Liable

    (File photo: Philadelphia firefighters and police respond at the scene of the building collapse on June 5th that killed six people. Credit: Jordan ...

  • Marie D. Schwarz 93 partner in art gallery

    Marie Devlin Schwarz, 93, a principal in the Schwarz Gallery in Center City, died Thursday, June 13, at her home on Rittenhouse Square. Born in Atlantic City, Mrs. Schwarz graduated from Atlantic City High School in 1936 and at 19 eloped with Frank S. Schwarz, who had founded a gallery under his name in 1930 on the Boardwalk. The Schwarzes moved the gallery to Philadelphia during World War II, ...

  • The Value of Open Space

    A lot off of E. Evesham Rd. in Cherry Hill, NJ has vowed to remain a "preserved space," despite recent moves to further develop the area. (LUKE RAFFERTY / Staff ...


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  • Pennsauken physician victim in alleged murder-suicide

    Around 10 Tuesday morning, Debra Dippold stopped by her doctor's office in Pennsauken to pick up a prescription. On an impulse, she brought flowers. "Something told me to bring flowers. Something, God, I guess," Dippold, 56, said of the $25 bouquet. Michelle E. Liggio, 47, a family practitioner, was busy with patients and Dippold didn't get to see her. Liggio's ...

  • Florida man charged with 1996 rape murder of teen

    The smiling face on the T-shirts is Anjeanette Maldonado, frozen in time at 17, with adulthood and her dream of being a commercial artist on the horizon. "Forever young but never forgotten," reads the legend on the shirts worn by her mother, Paulette Smith, and other relatives. They were in a Philadelphia courtroom Tuesday as a Florida man was ordered to stand trial in ...

  • George M. Arnas 81 was obstetrician

    George M. Arnas, 81, a former obstetrician and gynecologist in Philadelphia and South Jersey, died of pancreatic cancer Friday, June 14, at Cadbury at Cherry Hill, a continuing care community. Born in Weirton, W. Va., Dr. Arnas worked during high school and college summers in a steel mill there, where his father, Manolis, an immigrant from Greece, was a foreman. Dr. Arnas graduated third in ...

  • A new kind of food pantry opens in Kensington

    Sister Kim Kessler, CSR helps Khadijah Burridin, 21, choose out healthy food options at the Green Light Food Pantry on Tuesday. Members such as Burridin are allowed to come into the pantry, and choose their food, once a month. (LUKE RAFFERTY/Staff ...

  • NSA Terror attacks averted

    The New York Stock Exchange was among the terrorist targets cited by the NSA director, who said he would provide lawmakers with classified details of ...

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