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After last night's win, the Phillies truly are the team to beat. They have not been able to say that this late in a season since 1993.
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Police and troops cleared streets in the capital, shut Buddhist monks up in their monasteries, and cut off Internet access.
Soldiers and police fired warning shots and tear gas.
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Who bans books? The government? Mean librarians? School boards overflowing with angry parents?
"Banned Books Week," sponsored by the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom, arrives today for its worthy annual effort at spotlighting the practice. The e-mails, packed with helpful data, keep flowing.
Stalks of khat , in a Drug Enforcement Administration photo. It is common in East Africa and parts of the Arabian peninsula.
Seizure of 'khat' a first encounter for Phila. police
An ancient drug has found a new illegal market in Philadelphia.
The drug, khat, is a stimulant with varying degrees of potency. It is found in the leaf of an evergreen shrub from East Africa and the Arabian peninsula, both places where it is widely used.
Ryan Howard points to the fans after hitting a two-run home run to complete the scoring in a 6-0 rout of Washington.
This most unusual baseball September rolled on last night, revealing yet another evening of pleasant surprises before a sellout crowd at Citizens Bank Park.
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A 1950s TV is displayed by WHYY's Bill Weber, who is in his 41st year at the station. He encourages visitors to take studio tours.
Channel 12 is 50, and it's welcoming everyone to a big open house.
Bill Weber was at Channel 12 before Mister Rogers moved into the neighborhood, before Sesame had its place there, before it had an Upstairs and a Downstairs.
Cathy Scott defeated Frederick Wright to lead District Council 47 of the white-collar municipal union.
As the new AFSCME leader, Cathy Scott can expect some tough days ahead in negotiations with Phila.'s next mayor.
It can't be easy replacing a character like Thomas Paine Cronin: avowed political radical, weightlifter, union rabble rouser, and nemesis to no fewer than six Philadelphia mayors.
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Sept. 28 | Phillies 6, Nationals 0 - Cole Hamels struck out 13 in eight innings against the Nationals.
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The region’s housing market is healthy despite national troubles.
Portents of economic doom darken the national real estate picture daily. Between subpar housing-start numbers, the subprime-mortgage debacle, and crashing prices in California, Nevada and Florida, it's hard to find good news anywhere.
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Here is a list of service members from the Philadelphia region who have been killed in Iraq, as of Sept. 1, 2007.
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