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Actress Lindsay Lohan is ready to move past her legal troubles and start a family. The Mean Girls star was officially taken off probation related to a 2012 reckless driving case last month and now...
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Her curls, her dress, her jewelry - Rachel Dolezal went to great pains to pull off her race switch, but why? Elizabeth Wellington in Magazine, C1. 0 comments We encourage respectful comments but...
View ArticleDalai Lama chosen to receive 2015 Liberty Medal
THE NATIONAL Constitution Center yesterday announced that His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet will receive the 2015 Liberty Medal in Philadelphia in October. The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader...
View ArticleWynton Marsalis honored for humanitarian work
Jazz great Wynton Marsalis has been honored with an award named for an opera singer. The Marian Anderson Award is...
View ArticleClearing the record
A story Monday on Holt Logistics Corp., which runs the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal in South Philadelphia, mistated the length of the Maersk Wakayama, a ship docked there. It is 176 yards long. 0...
View ArticleJazz great Wynton Marsalis honored for humanitarian work
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jazz great Wynton Marsalis has been honored with an award named for a pioneering opera singer. The Marian...
View ArticleClinton focuses on the future
Hillary Clinton is tied as closely as a candidate can be to two Democratic administrations past. But she intends to wage her presidential campaign around a rich menu of policies and plans that are...
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By John B. Quigley More spending on the military is not what this country needs. A Republican-backed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2016 has passed the House of Representatives. It would...
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By James Jay Carafano If a child comes home with a "needs improvement" on his kindergarten report card, most parents won't panic. They know there is time to get the kid up to standard before the...
View ArticleHillary, Jeb poorin' their hearts out
Baer Growls THE TWO MOST obvious candidates for president - Hillary Clinton, with her experience, money and vast connections; Jeb Bush, with his vast connections, money-raising ability and name - are...
View ArticleEx-NAACP leader should admit she lied about being black
ALTHOUGH LIFE isn't always black-and-white, Rachel Dolezal should be ashamed of herself for misrepresenting herself as something other than what she was. Her lie was bound to reveal itself, no matter...
View ArticleStressing experience, Bush enters race
MIAMI - Jeb Bush, son and brother of former presidents, formally launched his campaign for the White House on Monday with a sweeping call to reform Washington and expand economic opportunity. Against a...
View ArticleBill would mandate plans for Bakken, chemical trains
TRENTON - The operators of trains carrying Bakken crude or hazardous chemicals would have to submit contingency plans for disasters under a bill that a New Jersey Senate panel advanced Monday. The...
View Article'Power' trip
* POWER. 9 p.m. Saturday, Starz. COURTNEY Kemp Agboh did not grow up on the mean streets of anywhere. A former writer on "The Good Wife" who reminds reporters, "I'm from Connecticut, guys," Agboh once...
View Article'Married at First Sight' or 'Love & (Restraining) Order'
IN MANY Tattle items over the years, we've pitched made-up TV shows, movie sequels and spin-offs based on dopey ideas voiced elsewhere in the column. Our most recent suggestion, thanks to Caitlyn...
View ArticleDoes 'Tyrant' offer a deeper look into the Arab world?
How many times have you looked at news reports from Iraq, Afghanistan, Egypt, or Syria and thought, "How come they can't keep it together?" How is it the elite in Arab countries can't move beyond...
View ArticleJohn S. Carroll, 73, former Inquirer editor
John S. Carroll, 73, of Lexington, Ky., a former editor at The Inquirer who rose to become one of the leading journalistic figures of his day, inspiring prize-winning stories at four daily newspapers,...
View ArticleInside the Flyers: Hextall got what he wanted in first round
SUNRISE, Fla. - Flyers general manager Ron Hextall went to the NHL draft this weekend trying to add speed; get some promising goalie prospects; and, most importantly, select a defenseman who could...
View ArticleThe Hooters are reuniting for their 35th
NOW HERE'S something to dance about - the Hooters are returning to their home city of Philadelphia this fall to celebrate 35 years making music. The eclectic Philly band, known for its use of the...
View ArticleAffirming faith in a new home
HOUSTON - Ana Ulloa Romero and her two younger children reached their arms over the car tire supporting them as they propelled themselves through the murky Rio Grande toward the hope of something...
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