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  • Philadelphia Remains 5th Largest City In Country

    The latest estimate from the federal folks who count people is that Philadelphia’s population rose by about 9,000 from July 2011 until July 2012. ';Philadelphia was ranked fifth in overall population size among cities of a population of 50,000 or greater. Philadelphia was also ranked 24th in terms of overall numeric increase between 2011 and 2012,'; says David Dixon, a ...

  • Historical Monument To Overlook Graves Of Veterans In Philadelphia

    – A soldier’s monument that had been in storage since it was recovered after it was stolen years ago from the Mount Moriah Cemetery in Yeadon has been moved to a new home and the public will be able to see it Sunday during noon-time memorial ceremonies in East Falls. It’s a bronze statue of a Civil War-era Union soldier known as the Silent Sentinel. It stood in place in the ...

  • Author Hopes To Lure People Back Into Studying History With Book On Civil War

    Gettysburg, what Peters calls the last Napoleonic battle nearly a year in the past, Union General U.S. Grant presided over the dawn of modern warfare, with rapid fire weapons, longer range artillery, casualty evacuation and trenches. The telegraph brought the illusion of fast information. ';Grant, at Cold Harbor, stayed in his headquarters ’cause he thought the telegraph would bring ...

  • Philadelphia To See Economic Boost From NCAA Lacrosse Championships

    - It’s a big weekend in Philadelphia for lacrosse fans as the NCAA Championships are in town. The Division I Final Four and the championship games in Divisions II and III will call the Linc home this ...

  • 1200 runs for Rollins

    Jimmy Rollins scores on a two-run single by teammate Ryan Howard during the 10th inning of a baseball game on Sunday, May 12, 2013, in Phoenix. (Matt ...


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We Need to Talk About Kevin

We Need to Talk About Kevin

Lynne Ramsays We Need to Talk About Kevin is the second film this year to deal with the aftermath of an adolescent boys massacre of his fellow students, but it differs sharply from Shawn Kus Beautiful Boy, which was more of a straightforward psych ... ...

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  • Victorino heads to DL not Philly

    Boston Red Sox's Shane Victorino loosens up before taking batting practice before a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays Thursday, May 16, 2013, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (Chris ...

  • Nationals take advantage of punchless sloppy Phillies

    WASHINGTON - Kyle Kendrick concluded it was needless to back up home plate. He watched Steve Lombardozzi's double skip to the warning track in the fifth inning of a 5-2 Phillies loss. Two Nationals scampered around the bases as Kendrick gazed. He blew on his right hand and lowered his head when the ball, at last, returned to the infield. The inning should have never reached this point, and ...

  • With analytics Sam Hinkie tries to remake Sixers offense

    Sixers new president of basketball operations and General Manager Sam Hinkie smiles during a introduction to the local media. (Yong Kim/Staff ...

  • NL roundup Phillies cant get even fall 5-2 to Nationals

    WASHINGTON - 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 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 ...

  • Utleys injury situation seems just a little oblique

    T HE 15-DAY disabled list for Chase Utley and his "very mild" oblique strain doesn't sound so bad - if the Phillies are telling the whole story. But let's be honest, when was the last time you felt as though the Phillies told you the whole story about an injury or a player going on the DL? Not that they are that different from any other professional sports franchise when it ...

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