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  • Corbett to write column for Philly.com

    The New Voices of Philly.com include a gay leader, a stoner, a sexologist, a libertarian-leaning Realtor - even the legendary Flyers goalie Bernie Parent, dispensing advice on relationships. Now add to that roster of columnists the governor of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett. "There is no political bias or intent, other than providing content that is interesting to our readers," said ...

  • Wesley O. Pipes 81 Drexel professor

    Wesley O. Pipes, 81, of Haddon Township, a former environmental engineering professor at Drexel University, died of aplastic anemia, a bone marrow disease, Monday, May 20, at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. Dr. Pipes, who headed the Drexel civil engineering department from 1984 to 1987, was president in 1975-76 of what is now the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science ...

  • Algie Pratt Streat 95 a life of many interests

    Algie Pratt Streat, 95, of South Philadelphia, whose passions in life were socializing, traveling, and gardening, died Thursday, May 16, of late-stage dementia at Simpson House in Philadelphia. Born in Sumter, S.C., she moved as a child with her family to Swampoodle in North Philadelphia, near the old Shibe Park. The family joined A.M.E. Union Church, where Mrs. Streat remained a member for 75 ...

  • Henri Dutilleux 97 influential composer

    Henri Dutilleux, 97, a composer whose modest output belied his huge impact on listeners and musicians alike, died Wednesday in Paris, European news services reported. Mr. Dutilleux, born in Angers and trained at the Paris Conservatory, maintained a compositional link with Debussy and Ravel while taking their economy and elegance to greater levels of complexity and dissonance. Conductor Charles ...

  • Phila. officers arrest likely to imperil drug cases

    Hundreds of drug arrests in recent years may be in jeopardy after the arrest of a veteran narcotics officer accused of robbing a dealer. Defense attorneys said in interviews Thursday they were poring over their caseloads to identify all arrests made by Officer Jeffrey Walker, one of the city's busiest narcotics officers. Walker worked in the unit for 14 years before his suspension ...


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Movie Review

Knight and Day

Knight and Day

Its been two years since weve seen Tom Cruise on the big screen, and its not hard to surmise why he would choose a film like Knight and Day as his next starring vehicle. Despite its absolutely terrible title (it tells you nothing in terms of what the film is about and relies o ... ...

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  • Culinary degree was 39 years in the making

    Forty years after dropping out of high school to have a baby, Jackie Hill, 55, will graduate from Montgomery County Community College this week, the first of her nine siblings to earn a degree. She says thank you to her financial aid couselor Denise Nuccio, before graduating ceremonies begin May 23, 2013. ( DAVID SWANSON / Staff Photographer ...

  • Charters join Phila. School District in seeking aid

    Mayor Michael Nutter, Superintendent of Schools William R. Hite, Jr. and others talk about school funding shortages on Boys Latin Charter School on 5/23/13. Here, principal Noah Tennant takes a photo of Nutter with students Siddiq Moyer, 17, left; and Emmanuel Sloan, 17/( APRIL SAUL / Staff ...

  • Washington Twp. students Google Doodle wins national prize

    At Chestnut Ridge Middle School in Sewell, NJ, seventh grader Maria Iannone with her winning Google doodle sports a shirt with the doodle on it and gets congrats from vice principal Sheryl Lean on 5/1/13. ( APRIL SAUL / Staff ...

  • Rubbing alcohol dirty water found in some N.J. bar drinks

    Funnels confiscated during an investigation dubbed "Operation Swill," in which 29 bars and restaurants in New Jersey are accused of putting cheap booze in premium brand liquor bottles and selling it, are displayed during a news conference, Thursday, May 23, 2013, in Trenton, N.J. Thirteen of the restaurants cited are TGI Fridays located in central and northern New Jersey. (AP ...

  • Postal Service issues Gettysburg and Vicksburg stamps

    Down the long line, the smoke of muskets and artillery boiled from the landscape, marking the collision point of Union and Confederate forces at the Battle of Gettysburg. That moment was captured in an 1887 chromolithograph by Thure de Thulstrup (1848-1930), a Swedish-born artist who became an illustrator for Harper's Weekly after the Civil War. And on Thursday, a reproduction of it ...

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