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Best Thing This Week: Barbie Diversified!

Hingston: Mattel announced its dolls would now come in regular, petite, “curvy” and tall.

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11 Philly Botanists You Might Not Know

This city has always been a horticultural hotbed. Here, while we wait for spring, are the men and women who helped it grow.

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Local Colleges Still Losing War Against Student Drinking

Hingston: And a new report says harsher rules haven’t helped … the kids, at least.

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Best Thing: They Called for Snow, and We Got Snow

Hingston: The forecasts were right.

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13 Black Philadelphians Who Were Trailblazers

Locals who paved the way in education, business, politics and more.

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Best Thing: Open Shoulders on 76?

One of the worst bottlenecks in the country could be getting some help.

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12 Things You Might Not Know Were Invented in Philly

From candy corn to soda pop, 12 examples of the progeny of great local minds.

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DNC Will House Student Interns at Temple!

If you’re young, hot and wonky, the party will be at Morgan Hall in July.

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Wrongly Charged Temple Prof: “It Can Happen to You”

Xi Xiaoxing told his tale to the Chronicle of Higher Education.

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Best Thing This Week: Fran Dunphy, Two-Time-200 Winner

Temple’s men’s basketball coach reached a rare milestone.

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11 Things You Might Not Know About: Philly’s Public Squares

Or, what not to share with your kids about Sister Cities Park.

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How Millennials Are Ruining the Workforce

Hingston: At work, on the playing field, in the world of ideas, young folk aren’t content to take their turn at the bottom of the pile anymore. The results are frightening.

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Three Philly Area Pups to Compete in Puppy Bowl

They run! They score! They drool!

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Montco Woman Charged in Applebee’s Macing

Sure, that’s one way to move to the front of the line …

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Clemson Coach Used Creed to Inspire His Players

They’ll take a lesson from Rocky himself into Monday’s national championship game.