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Stu Bykofsky: At the end of Tom's rope was you, pulling for him

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Published Aug. 24, 2009 at 2:01 a.m.

FORGET THE crime, the poverty, the racism, the classism, all the other isms - and even the cracks in the Liberty Bell and the Eagles' fan base ...

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President's House construction set to begin

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Published July 31, 2009 at 2:01 a.m.

After several last-minute delays, construction of the President's House memorial on Independence Mall is about to begin, according to city and Independence National Historical Park officials ...

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Ukrainian orphans find family feeling in Phila.

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Published July 25, 2009 at 2:01 a.m.

In the 28 days since nine orphans from Ukraine stepped off their plane in the United States, they've visited a zoo, the Liberty Bell, Cinderella, and an Iron Pig ...

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Rally set to protest religious persecution in China

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Published July 20, 2009 at 12:09 p.m.

Falun Gong practionners will gather at the Independence National Historical Park tonight to protest the persecution of the religion's followers in China ...

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Art: A painter showing her true colors

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Published July 19, 2009 at 5:53 p.m.

In a career that has lasted more than 50 years, Elizabeth Osborne has approached painting from multiple directions. Consistent with her training at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, she has explored still life, portraiture, the nude, and landscape, but always on her own terms, meaning that sometimes her work is only nominally realist ...

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Video of the Day: "The Soloist" opens today

Published April 24, 2009 at 10:17 a.m.

The movie "The Soloist" opens today. Jamie Foxx plays a former Julliard student, now homeless and on the streets, discovered by a local newspaper columist (Robert Downey Jr.) and the friendship that develops. Joe Wright ("Pride and Prejudice" and "Atonment") directs.

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Milwaukee Talks: WTMJ-4 anchor George Mallet

Published April 21, 2009 at 11:28 a.m.

When George Mallet left Philadelphia for Milwaukee's WTMJ-4, he knew he was making a career move in the right direction. Not only was Milwaukee love at first sight for the anchor / reporter, but the chance to work at a top station in this city -- versus an understaffed FOX affiliate in Philly -- was too good to resist.

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"17 Again" is a tween hit that scores with adults

Published April 19, 2009 at 8:28 p.m.

The plot may be nauseatingly familiar, but Zac Efron and Matthew Perry make the "trading places" gimmick work.

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Civil War museum won a battle, lost the war

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Published April 19, 2009 at 2:01 a.m.

The Civil War Museum of Philadelphia - which state officials once believed was so critical to the city's cultural fabric that they waged a court fight to keep it here - has been refused promised capital funding by Gov. Rendell and has lost access to its planned new home in the heart of Independence National Historical Park ...

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Somebody stole the Liberty Bell today

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Published April 14, 2009 at 2:01 a.m.

Somebody stole the Liberty Bell yesterday, unhooked it from its case, and carted it off when no one was looking. We won't see the Liberty Bell ever again, and a part of us all, of what makes our city special, is lost ...

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