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FROM TODAY'S INQUIRER
They’re off: Runners in the Philadelphia Marathon — 17,000 of them — begin the 26.2-mile test of endurance on the Ben Franklin Parkway. Most had partners spurring them on. (Akira Suwa / Staff Photographer)
Running is a solitary pursuit, one leg churning past the other until the work is done. Runners, however, rarely run alone. Most have a partner - a teammate, a friend who invites them along for a 6 a.m. workout, or a loved one whose death spurs them to take on the long-distance challenge.
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CHICAGO - The Eagles, after an evening of missed opportunities, turnovers, and foolish penalties, finally executed one of those fourth-quarter comebacks last night that had been so elusive over the last two seasons.
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Capt. Meredith Austin is the first female commander of the U.S. Coast Guard of the Delaware Bay based in Philadelphia. Austin, on the job since June, is responsible for everything that happens on water between Harrisburg and 200 miles into the Atlantic Ocean, from the Shark River near Asbury Park to Cape May, and all of Delaware.
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The slow reaction by the Department of Veterans Affairs to a flawed cancer-treatment program in Philadelphia suggests an agency that would rather forget its mistakes than learn from them.
He used a restaurant in Newark, N.J., as a front for a cocaine-distribution network.
He traveled to New York City to oversee a $1,000-an-hour call-girl ring.
More than seven years after Congress directed the National Park Service "to appropriately commemorate" the presidential home in Philadelphia - where at least nine of George Washington's slaves toiled - no workable interpretive program explaining the site and its significance is ready for public discussion, project managers say.
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The founder of a charter school in Devon that is under federal investigation has received $3 million to sever all ties to the institution, according to terms of a settlement that includes the state Department of Education.
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The writings and illustrations of the ancient Maya civilization have told us primarily about the elite classes and religion, with rich depictions of headdress-wearing kings and mystical jaguars and bats.
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- Downashore: Fire at Central Pier
- From the Source: Biden in town this morning to address good govt. group
- PhillyInc: Region's recovery may begin during the winter
- World View: Three Cups of Tea still crucial in Pakistan
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This special section, with contributions from The Inquirer and the Daily News, looks at new thinking about the care of patients with diabetes, promising research, the ins and outs of weight-loss surgery, plus innovative resources in the Philly region.
- Interactive map: Violent Crime in Philadelphia in 2008
Use this interactive map to locate and find basic information about homicides in Philadelphia dating back to 1988.
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