As Karl Van Florcke sees it, the discovery of the centuries-old relics in the Delaware River was meant to be.
On vacation in 1985, 6-year-old Heidi Kay Werstler begged boardwalk merchants in Ocean City, N.J., for a container to enter in a "Message in a Bottle" contest.
Deer season starts with a bang in Pa. tomorrow. For N.J. hunters, the rite of autumn commences Dec. 7.
Tomorrow is the big sporting event of the year in Pennsylvania. Forget the World Series, the Super Bowl, the Stanley Cup, the NBA playoffs. Tomorrow is Opening Day - the first day of the main two-week period when it is legal to hunt deer with a firearm. Though Guinness has not weighed in on the matter, Opening Day in Pennsylvania is arguably the largest single participatory recreational event in the world.
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It began in 1947, with kids at Haverford High sitting around at lunch, spinning records, and pretending to be on radio. Principal Oscar Granger had an idea: Why pretend? Why not start an FM station?
In 1953, Dwight Eisenhower was sworn in as president, the Korean War ended, Jonas Salk announced a polio vaccine, the first Chevy Corvette rolled off the assembly line, and color TVs went on sale.
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Movies Opening This Week Armored A supposedly foolproof plan to rob a group of armored truck guards goes awry. Starring Andre Jamal Kinney, Matt Dillon, Columbus Short, and Jean Reno.
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Holiday favorite Based on the classic 1954 film (and the iconic Irving Berlin tune that was a hit for Bing Crosby), White Christmas gets a new stage production featuring other Berlin classics such as "Sisters" and "Snow." The show goes
Pop If the record companies could dream a dream, it would look a lot like Boyle: a singer with a moving backstory (ugly duckling plucked from obscurity) and a classic style that appeal to a boomer audience, the only people still buying CDs.
Delicately detailed Bering Strait pieces made of walrus tusk were part of daily life.
The beginning of art is usually buried so deep in the past as to be inaccessible, but for the next six weeks it's spectacularly visible at the Princeton University Art Museum in an exhibition called "Gifts from the Ancestors: Ancient Ivories of Bering Strait."
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Childhood memories came rushing back last weekend with the news that Al Alberts had died at his Florida home at age 87.
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Department-store Santas, redundant holiday radio, and TV reruns go only so far in kindling the holiday spirit.
Still, beyond the fattening foods and re-gifting rituals, there remains a festive beacon of hope for the frazzled masses - live performances can be your seasonal respite.
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