Richard Rys

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Four decades ago, one of Philadelphia’s most powerful and iconic companies looked the other way while more than 60 of its employees died of lung cancer. Now, with at least a dozen workers dead from a rare form of brain cancer, could history be repeating itself?

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The Hardball host and Somerton native spins his new book, Life’s A Campaign

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Cherry Hill’s hot, vibrant-haired Heroes star comes to theaters this month in Resident Evil: Extinction

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Ten years ago, people laughed at the idea of a local all-sports channel. Today — thanks to wisecracking Michael Barkann and a team of rumpled sportswriters — Comcast SportsNet has made the sports section obsolete

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Willingboro’s nine-time Olympic gold medalist comes home for the Hershey’s Track & Field Games

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Fresh off reelection as mayor of Denver, the Narberth native, 55, talks politics, the price of love, and posing naked

Exit Interview: John Hickenlooper

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Exit Interview: Jim Cramer

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Exit Interview: Mike Schmidt

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To millions of senior citizens and insomniacs across the country, Kevin Eubanks is the guy on The Tonight Show who plays guitar and laughs a lot. But the 48-year-old Mount Airy native has a killer musical pedigree that he’ll show off on Apr

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Exit Interview: Tom Sizemore

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“Four degenerates who own a bar in South Philadelphia” — that’s how St. Joe’s Prep grad Rob McElhenney, the creator and star of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, describes his sitcom, which launches its second season o

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In his latest book, A Writer’s Life, literary titan Gay Talese describes growing up in Ocean City — among many, many other things. And much like his books, a conversation with the 74-year-old is filled with unexpected diversions. Unli

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Chatting up Hollywood starlets is an occupational hazard for Exit Interview. Yet Penn grad Elizabeth Banks made us feel like it was the eighth-grade dance all over again — tongue-tied, palms sweaty, and having to pee real bad. Maybe it’s the 3

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When you’re dealing with front woman extraordinaire Joan Jett, you know rock ’n’ roll is going to come wup, a lot: playing it, loving it, sacrificing another dime for it. Matters of the posterior are also significant — being badass

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Exit Interview: Andrea Kremer