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Friday, February 29, 2008
Yum: Peanut Chews Factory Tour
Peanut Chews candy are a Philadelphia institution. In 2003, Just Born, the Bethlehem, Pa., firm that makes the widely popular marshmallow Peeps, bought the company that produced Peanut Chews in Philadelphia since the early 20th century. The factory, however, remains in the city.
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Thursday, February 21, 2008
Feeding Time for Crocodiles
Once a week at the Philadelphia Zoo, the crocodiles and alligators are fed dead rats by reptile keepers Steve Binnig and Tanya Minott.
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Monday, February 18, 2008
The Beat Cop
As part of his plan to fight crime in Philadelphia, Police Commissioner Charles H. Ramsey has vowed to make police officers more visible, including having more cops walk the beat. Officer Al Foster, 39, has been doing just that along Woodland Avenue in Southwest Philadelphia since 2006.
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Thursday, February 14, 2008
The Jazz Singer
Philadelphia jazz fixture Gerald Benson plays a standard at Sotto Varalli on the Avenue of the Arts.
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Monday, February 11, 2008
The Flying Marsupial Workout

 An overweight sugar glider, a marsupial similar to a flying squirrel, gets a daily workout at the Philadelphia Zoo.

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About Robert Moran
Staff writer Robert Moran has been making videos for The Inquirer since late 2006. He was hired by the newspaper in 1992 and has covered crime, state government, and for two months in 2004, the war in Iraq. E-mail him at bmoran@phillynews.com.
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