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Under this legislation, a poll worker who let a longtime friend or neighbor vote without first showing ID, even if that person had voted at that polling place for 30 years, would be committing a crime, even risking a prison sentence.

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For many years now, there has been a continuous battle between the two major radio corporations in Philadelphia: Clear Channel and Radio One. Clear Channel owns Power 99FM, WDAS 105.3FM, and WDAS 1480AM and Radio One owns HOT 107.9, 100.3 WRNB, and Praise 1039.

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The Innovation Awards salute Keep America Beautiful affiliates that have created innovative programs and partnerships to further the mission of the organization. Programs and partnerships focusing on Keep America Beautiful’s three program…

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For the second year in a row, SugarHouse Casino will be partnering with the Delaware River Waterfront Corporation to present the annual New Year’s Eve fireworks shows at Penn’s Landing, “Twice the Fireworks! Twice the Fun!”

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The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office announced that it will not seek another death sentence for Mumia Abu-Jamal. Pennsylvania law now requires Mr. Abu-Jamal to be sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole…

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EPA Regional Administrator Shawn M. Garvin announced the funding, made possible through EPA’s Diesel Emissions Reduction Act Program, during a press conference today with SEPTA General Manager Joseph M. Casey.

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The Johnson-Henry family move into their new home on Latona Street in the Point Breeze section of South Philly. Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia welcomed the Johnson-Henry family to their new home on Latona Street in the Point Breeze section of South Philadelphia.

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Last week, Philadelphia police, working with a variety of City agencies, cleared a group of protestors from Dilworth Plaza who refused to leave the Occupy Philadelphia encampment to make way for a $50 million remake of the plaza on the west side of City Hall.

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The revitalized site improves the aesthetics of the neighborhood with an attractive network of open space, creating a greater sense of community and improving safety conditions while strengthening the neighborhood’s character.

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Walt Hazzard, the former UCLA and NBA star who played on the Bruins’ first NCAA championship basketball team in 1964 and later coached the team for four seasons in the 1980s, died Friday. He was 69.

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