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Hundreds turned out for a strategy, policy, and priorities meeting on Jan. 13, 2014. Dr. William Hite, Jr, Superintendent of Schools talks to one of the groups. School officials acknowledge today that 300-plus layoff notices are going out. (CHARLES FOX/Staff Photographer/File)
Cig tax or no, 342 School District workers laid off
Ryan Howard (6) is congratulated after hitting a two-run home run during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers Thursday, July 10, 2014, in Milwaukee. (Morry Gash/AP)
Phillies crush Brewers late, finish sweep
Rutgers professor Hooshang Amirahmadi ponders a question as he sits at his home Wednesday, July 9, 2014, in Princeton, N.J. An online magazine reported Wednesday that the National Security Agency and the FBI covertly scanned the emails of Amirahmadi and four other prominent Muslim-Americans under the U.S. government´s secret surveillance program aimed at foreign terrorists and other national security threats. The magazine identified the targeted Muslim-Americans as lawyer Asim Ghafoor, Republican operative Faisal Gill, Rutgers University professor Hooshang Amirahmadi, activist Agha Saeed and Nihad Awad, executive director of the Council of American-Islamic Relations, a Muslim civil rights group. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
Rutgers prof reportedly an NSA target
A Potbelly sandwich shop is seen on October 4, 2013 in New York City. Potbelly is listed on the NASDAQ exchange as PBPB. (Andrew Burton / Getty Images)
No surprise in Potbelly's flop
Bob Odenkirk plays Bill Oswalt and Allison Tolman is Molly Solverson in "Fargo," a 10-episode series set in Bemidji, Minn.
What Emmy voters got right
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Jurors mull killing of heroic 6-year-old
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Crews respond to a fire that broke out at Radnor Township mansion on Wednesday, July 9, 2014. (Photo from Twitter user @RADNORTOWNSHIP)
Investigator: Mansion blaze may have started in truck
Pennsylvania, a state thick with untouched forest, has become ground zero for the nation´s fracking boom.
Study links wells, methane leaks in Pa.
 
Pa. releases guidelines for prescribing narcotics
 
Corbett vetoes set stage for showdown
 
Phila. man, 57, convicted in home-invasion robbery
Health & Science
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Did you know that keeping medicines in your bathroom medicine cabinet could speed up deterioration?
Why you shouldn't keep your meds in the bathroom cabinet
Man holding a painful knee.
Is the weather really to blame for your aches?
 
5 kid-friendly food additions to boost nutrition
 
Training like a Spartan for Philly race
 
Are you tweeting your marriage away?
Entertainment
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Singer/songwriter Garth Brooks speaks onstage during the 49th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 6, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Brooks' comeback hits speed bump
 
'Orange' actress first openly transgender Emmy nominee
As a respectable developer in "Rage," Nicolas Cage is provoked by a home invasion into drawing on his criminal past. (JACQUELINE SEKULA)
'Rage': Another Nic Cage revenge opera
 
At 'The View,' things are Rosie again
 
BalletX offers a feast of delights
 
Rosie O'Donnell is returning to 'The View'
Things to Do
The NJ State BBQ Championship and Anglesea Blues Festival attracts thousands of hungry viewers (photo courtesy of Susian Communications)
What's good in the Wildwoods?
 
The anti-bore: 9 weekend festivals
 
This Planet is Doomed—at Penn Museum
 
5 things to do today – mobile art studio, Soundtrack Series
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Philly.com Voices
Kyriq is using the income he earns as a One Step Away vendor to care for his son, Kyi, and start his own business. (Photo credit: One Step Away)
In life's obstacles, follow your instincts
 
Why you should dare to be different in dating
 
What would make you content?
 
Burger King debuts 'Proud Whopper'
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Food
Anne Dinshah stands holding her new book "Powerful Vegan Messages" in front of the now closed Cross Bros. Meat Packing Co. on Monday, June 30, 2014. (C.F. Sanchez / Staff Photographer)
U.S. veganism, Joe Frazier share a Philly beef
 
Philly's 'Frankenfood' episode is on Sunday
 
How Philly! A cheesesteak waffle
 
Chefs who excel in cuisine outside 'their own'
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Engineer and inventor Kris Singh, President and CEO of Holtec International of Marlton, stands next to models of his inventions: nuclear waste storage containers. ( Clem Murray / Staff Photographer )
Holtec gets $260M tax break to build Camden plant
 
Holtec a tech firm with ambitions to grow
An artist´s rendering of the proposed data center and power plan on the University of Delaware´s campus. (Illustration from datacenters.com)
U. of Del. kills $1B data center project
 
Vacant field amid Center City towers 'eliminates the opposition'
 
PPA to launch pay-by-cell system
 
Heads up, World Cup teams: The robots are coming
Sports
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76ers general manager Sam Hinkie. (C.F. Sanchez/Staff Photographer)
Lin another pawn in Hinkie's plan
 
VOTE: Which GM has the best plan in Philly?
Jeremy Lin. (Scott Halleran/Getty Images)
Lin deal makes sense for 76ers
 
Where Papelbon might go
 
'Nightmare' McCoy like Sanders
 
Amaro fine with Papelbon
 
76ers' plans excite MCW
Lifestyle
Love & Dating   Food   Home & Design   Style   Weddings
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Shielding son, saving friendship
 
11 affordable ways to stay cool in the summer heat
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These parents don't go to kids' graduations
 
Is 'over-success' in development hurting Philly?
 
She's fallen out of love with her husband
 
She has 5 kids by 5 guys...and shame
Travel
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In this photo taken with the fisheye lens, riders go down the world´s tallest water slide called "Verruckt" at Schlitterbahn Waterpark, Wednesday, July 9, 2014, in Kansas City, Kan. The 168-foot-tall waterslide is scheduled to open to the public Thursday, after initially being slated to open May 23. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Heart pounds, eyes close on the tallest waterslide
 
Pot gives Oregonians a reason to visit neighbor
 
French presidents' holiday retreat open to public
 
World's largest folk art market opens in Santa Fe
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In a recent article published in Administrative Science Quarterly, researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, New York University and the University of Utah examined how marriage structure impacts men´s attitudes, beliefs and behaviors toward women in the workplace.
Gender bias in workplace may start at home
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The 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray revives the legendary moniker of the 1963 Corvette Stingray. (Alan Vanderkaay/Chevrolet/MCT)
Corvette, and its mileage, better than ever
The 2015 GMC Yukon Denali has a new 6.2-liter V-8 engine, a version of the direct-injected engine in the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette. (Jim Fets/GMC/MCT)
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Obituaries
Tom Kessinger
Tom Kessinger, a former Haverford College president
Actor Dick Jones, photographed in the Alabama Hills, near Lone Pine, Calif., in 2006 when he was a celebrity guest at the Lone Pine Film Festival.
Dickie Jones | Voice of Pinocchio, 87
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