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He lived here, not on the streets of Chestnut Hill. Marguerite Sinkovics shows art by son Jules Csatary. Rich McIlhenny, realty agent and friend, is by her side. (Michael S. Wirtz / Staff Photographer)
There once was a man, a very strange man, who became a familiar part of the background in Chestnut Hill. For years - how many had it been? - he was seen walking up and down Germantown Avenue. Tall and terribly thin, with a single dreadlock, thick as a small tree trunk, hanging down to his knees, the man rarely made eye contact and almost never exchanged words.
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Jamie Moyer made some more history and when he finished, Charlie Manuel provided a topic for debate.
In the end, it all worked out fine for the Phillies, who ended a two-game losing streak by holding on for a 2-1 win over the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday night at Citizens Bank Park.
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Eight months ago, Frank Reynolds won a breach-of-contract lawsuit against the University of Pennsylvania, along with $435,678 in damages, for not getting what he thought he'd paid for: a degree elevating him with the brand name of Penn's prestigious Wharton School.
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A bill requiring disclosure of organizations that pay for political ads should not get derailed by a smelly exemption for the National Rifle Association and other large groups.
No one had ever donated anywhere close to this much cash for a political campaign in Pennsylvania.
Previous reports showed that a trio of executives at Susquehanna International Group in Bala Cynwyd already had ventured far into historic territory by giving at least $3 million to support State Sen. Anthony Hardy Williams' Democratic primary race for governor.
A Moorestown couple must be compensated for beach property seized by Avalon to build protective dunes after a devastating 1962 nor'easter, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
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WASHINGTON - President Obama is to confront Army Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, his top commander in Afghanistan, on Wednesday in a high-stakes showdown that could be a pivotal point in America's longest war and a defining moment in Obama's presidency.
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In 1980, a plastic cube with a funny name and colored blocks captivated and confounded American kids as they twisted and turned pieces in hopes of solving the mind-boggling puzzle. So began the Rubik's Cube craze that would sweep the country. Thirty years later, cube mania is still alive and twisting.
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