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City Life

Rutgers Profs Protest Condi Rice As Graduation Speaker

Handing a ready-made controversy to Fox News?

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Mike Schmidt Discloses Cancer Battle

Chemotherapy treatments over, he’s ready to broadcast Phillies Sunday games.

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Kane Blasts Inky Story on Abandoned Sting

Says she was right to drop case against Philly legislators. But the damage may be done.

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We Are! Not Drunk!

Penn State pays $186,000 to clamp down on “State Patty’s Day.”

An employee of Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority raises his fist in the air, Friday, Oct. 28, 2005, while entering a SEPTA bus depot in north Philadelphia. | AP Photo, Joseph Kaczmarek
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SEPTA Plans for Midnight Strike

But union source says walkout is unlikely tonight.

State Capitol in Harrisburg
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PA Would Protect Battered Women From… Healthy Waitresses?

Senate adds sick leave ban to domestic violence legislation.

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Daily News Reader Not a Fan of “Jawn”

Would like reporter to use words that can be found in the dictionary.

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Few Philly Families Signing Up for Cheap Internet

Plus: Does Comcast have competition for Time Warner?

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Soon, Only Rich Homeowners Will Be Allowed to Smoke

State wants landlords to ban smoking.

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Matthew Wolfe’s Uphill Battle for City Council

Can a Republican candidate win election in this Democratic town?

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NYT Features Philly Airport Library

Part of a growing trend, nationally.

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Philly Archdiocese Offers Mass for Abuse Victims

Will be held annually for at least five years.

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Andrew Bynum Finds New Ways Not to Play in Philly

Pacers center being held out of tonight’s game at Sixers.

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Boyd Theater’s Fate May (Finally! Really!) Be Decided Today

Historical Commission to hear the case for redeveloping abandoned movie theater.

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Councilman Proposes Extending Anti-Gentrification Tax Break

LOOP program helps longtime owners in areas where property values are rising.