Feb 10, 2:41 AM
- Multiple storms deplete snow-removal budgets
- Municipalities may need federal help after snow
FROM TODAY'S INQUIRER
The chilling news is it's not over. Another snow belt is on the way, even as the city still struggles to dig out. Officials say if more white stuff falls, they'll rise to the task. Above, slipping to work near City Hall. (David Maialetti / Staff Photographer)
Even in a winter in which the surreal has been the rule, this forecast has hallucinatory qualities.
It calls for yet another mega-snowstorm, a foot plus, maybe up to 20 inches, more than enough to make this the snowiest winter on record in Philadelphia.
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The Flyers have little chance of overtaking the Atlantic Division-leading New Jersey Devils, but they can try to convince themselves that the gap between the two clubs is not as wide as the standings indicate.
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The ugly mountain of crushed metal heaped at the foot of the Platt Memorial Bridge near the airport - the gateway to Philadelphia for millions of visitors - could soon be gone.
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The acoustic guitar is easy to strum, but notoriously difficult to master. That didn't stop Jack Rose. After a decade of relentless touring and recording, the Philadelphia-based guitarist had quit his day job. And he had a new record coming out on one of the foremost independent labels in the country.
Abandoning the grand jury his predecessor had seated to investigate a controversial police shooting, District Attorney Seth Williams yesterday charged a recently fired police sergeant with killing his unarmed neighbor.
- Poll: How much of the Winter Olympics will you watch? (128 votes)
It's hard to imagine a more macho-flavored chunk of the Philadelphia area than lower Delaware County.
Ride west from the Delaware River refineries to Baltimore Pike's strip malls and you'll pass through a vibrant blue-collar world of bars, parish gyms, street-hockey games, hoagie joints, Eagles flags, Phillies hats, Flyers decals, and rowhouses whose sports-crazed occupants are as rock-hard as the brick facades.
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LATEST HEADLINES
John P. Murtha, 77, the powerful dean of Pennsylvania's congressional delegation who survived scandal and seismic political shifts to become the longest-serving House member from the state, died yesterday at a hospital in Arlington, Va., after complications from gallbladder surgery.
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President Obama's decision not to spend any more money on a rocket program to return Americans to the moon isn't a stab to the heart of all those who crave the day when space travel as depicted in Star Trek reruns becomes reality. The course Obama is plotting could still take us there.
BLOGS, COLUMNS & CHATS
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- Winging It: DOt approves Delta, US Airways slot swap with restrictions
- Dick Polman's American Debate: Briefs for the blizzard season
- Flickgrrl: Cool to Be Uncool
- The Insider: Captain Janks cuts a deal
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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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