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Daniel Rubin joined The Inquirer in 1988. His column appears Mondays and Thursdays in Local & Region.
Karen Heller has been a provocative voice at The Inquirer for nearly 20 years, and was a finalist for the 2001 Pulitzer Prize in commentary.
- Unpunched TransPasses are good for exchange or credit. Free SEPTA tokens will be available.Time for a couple of givebacks for strike-beleaguered SEPTA commuters. Anyone who has an unpunched TransPass valid for last week is entitled to an exchange or credit, even if the pass was partially used, SEPTA announced yesterday.
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Four Philadelphia men were slain by gunfire over the weekend, according to police, who have released the names of three.
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Jury selection was completed yesterday in the murder trial of John "Jordan" Lewis, accused of the Oct. 31, 2007, shooting that killed Police Officer Chuck Cassidy.
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Charles Tyson, elected South Harrison Township's first black mayor in 2006, said yesterday that he had been worn down by racism in the Gloucester County farm community and would resign as deputy mayor effective today.
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In Ray Morales' life, 2003 was "the Year of the Rat," a lawyer said in federal court yesterday. Harold Shapiro, who represents alleged killer Juan "Two-Face" Rivera-Velez, said that was the year Morales began cooperating with authorities, bringing down his own criminal empire and spinning lies to save himself.
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Gov.-elect Christopher J. Christie reiterated many of the themes of his campaign in an appearance at a suburban New Jersey high school yesterday, and offered glimpses of his personal life at the end of the campaign trail.
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Former State Sen. Wayne Bryant's fight to use his campaign account to pay for his criminal defense went to the New Jersey Supreme Court yesterday.
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State Sen. Diane B. Allen has been diagnosed with an "aggressive cancer" and expects to undergo surgery as early as this week, her office announced yesterday.
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Rep. John Adler (D., N.J.) broke from most of his party in the U.S. House to vote against the massive overhaul of the nation's health system, saying the legislation would fail to flatten the ever-rising cost of care.
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Now that buses, subways, and trolleys are running again after a six-day transit strike, SEPTA riders can brace for the next unpleasantness: a fare hike.
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Former officer gets 30 years for robbery, home invasion
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A former Philadelphia police officer convicted of robbing a drug dealer and participating in a home invasion was sentenced yesterday to 30 years in prison.
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Evening commuters at Suburban Station were no longer plagued by the snaking queues of riders who had been forced during the six-day SEPTA strike to switch from idled buses, trolleys, and subways to Regional Rail lines.
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The three American hikers detained in Iran, including Joshua Fattal, a 2000 graduate of Cheltenham High School, were dealt a setback yesterday in efforts to negotiate their release after a senior Iranian prosecutor accused them of entering Iran as spies.
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Camden recovery aids some
- Other areas and agencies, though, have had no share in state funding.Third of four parts James Reilly sips morning coffee on his new front porch so he can watch the sunrise glow upon the looming Ben Franklin Bridge.
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Friends, what have we learned this past week? Plenty. Pundits will tell you that Chris Christie won New Jersey's gubernatorial race and Jon Corzine lost it because there's a backlash against President Obama's agenda.
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