Philadelphia News
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Obama to appeal for public support on health care
9:24 AM on 03/08/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - With the fate of his signature legislative initiative far from certain, President Obama is taking his last-ditch push for a health care overhaul on the road...
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74-year-old babysitter bites intruder, stops sexual assault
3:50 PM on 03/02/2010
VIDEO - An elderly babysitter is being praised after she fought off an intruder who allegedly sexually assaulted a young girl as she slept in bed...
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Fire at famed Philly music company is ruled arson
8:39 AM on 02/24/2010
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A two-alarm fire that damaged the building where the "Sound of Philadelphia" was born has been ruled an arson...
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Legendary Gamble and Huff studio spared in office fire
3:45 PM on 02/23/2010
The studio, where Patti LaBelle, Teddy Pendergrass, and other stars once recorded their hits, was undamaged despite having walls covered in the original orange shag carpet..
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Flash mob turns violent in Philly
4:27 PM on 02/17/2010
VIDEO - One teen is hospitalized and more than a dozen others are in jail after a flash mob turned violent in Philadelphia's Center City Tuesday...
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Philadelphia couple celebrates 80 years of marriage
12:40 PM on 02/04/2010
VIDEO - 97-year-old Mitchell Atkins and his 103-year-old bride Mattie were married in Jacksonville, Florida in 1930....
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Exhibit celebrates indelible imprint of blacks on history
9:45 AM on 02/01/2010
From The LA Times - History depends on who's doing the telling. When I was her age, people of color were asterisks, not narrators. Tomorrow's version will depend on today's storytellers...
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Supreme Court throws out ruling favorable to Mumia Abu-Jamal
5:51 PM on 01/19/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out a court ruling that invalidated the former Black Panther's death sentence for killing a Philadelphia police officer in 1981...
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US Justice Dept. sues swim club for race bias
8:39 AM on 01/14/2010
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -The Justice Department accused a swim club of race bias six months after the club barred a group of mostly black day campers from their pool...
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Baseball great Curt Flood gave us a remarkable Christmas gift
8:18 AM on 12/24/2009
OPINION -- It wasn't the usual kind of Christmas present you'd expect an employee to give his boss at the end of a productive year...
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School should be a place for learning, not a battleground
8:12 AM on 12/16/2009
OPINION - During the civil rights movement, black students required military escorts just to go to school. Back then, the issue was school desegregation. Today, the issue is school safety and the threat of student violence.
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Iverson ends retirement to return to 76ers
10:44 AM on 12/02/2009
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Allen Iverson is rejoining the Philadelphia 76ers. He is expected to make his debut in a game against the Denver Nuggets...
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Lincoln University requires overweight students to take fitness course to graduate
9:45 AM on 11/23/2009
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A university's requirement that overweight undergraduates take a fitness course to receive their degrees has raised the hackles of students and the eyebrows of health and legal experts...
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Philly swim club accused of bias to file bankruptcy
9:07 AM on 11/15/2009
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A suburban swim club accused of revoking the memberships of mostly black and Hispanic children plans to declare bankruptcy...
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Flat Stanley goes to the White House
8:51 AM on 10/21/2009
VIDEO -- While many of his classmates sent their Flat Stanleys to vacation spots, Savion Mathis had more ambitious plans: The White House...
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Racial discrimination found at Pa. swim club
8:16 AM on 09/23/2009
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A state panel has found probable cause of racial discrimination at a suburban Philadelphia swim club...
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White Philly officer told to cut cornrows
8:45 AM on 09/22/2009
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Police in Philadelphia say a white officer who came to work with cornrows was ordered by a black superior to get a haircut because the braids violated department standards...
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Michael Vick warns students about the dangers of peer pressure
3:02 PM on 09/08/2009
VIDEO -- The Philadelphia Eagles quarterback addressed a rapt audience of 200 freshmen on their first day at Nueva Esperanza Academy, a North Philadelphia charter school...
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Kidnap hoax case stereotypes fictional black male villain
5:40 PM on 08/27/2009
OPINION - On May 26, 2009, Bonnie Sweeten dialed 911, claiming that she had been carjacked, forced into the trunk of a car by two African-American males, and that her daughter was still in the carjacked vehicle.
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Madea goes to Disney World with Philly pool kids
3:05 PM on 07/31/2009
A group of kids from Philadelphia who said they experienced prejudice firsthand arrived in Orlando, Florida on Friday for an all-expense paid trip courtesy of actor Tyler Perry...
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Top Stories
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Dems down to the wire lobbying for reform votes
VIDEO - They've made some progress. A fourth Democrat, John Boccieri of Ohio, has switched his vote from "no" to "yes."...
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