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Philadelphia real estate attorney Damon K. Roberts, Esq. and The Barristers’ Association of Philadelphia teamed up to make the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday brighter for needy Philadelphia families with a turkey basket giveaway. The giveaway took place on last Saturday at 17th and Reed Streets in South Philadelphia.

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In its 25 years of existence, the Philadelphia Education Fund has helped a lot of students become the kind of success stories that aren’t always heard when the city’s schools are discussed. And then, there’s the story of Xavier Brown of West Philadelphia.

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The actor was Robert Redford, the movie was The Candidate, and the line was unforgettable. In the film’s final scene, Redford, playing a just-elected U.S. Senator, asks his campaign advisor plaintively, “What do we do now?”

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Seventy beautiful young ladies from Philadelphia, PA and Los Angeles, CA in long white ball gowns, wearing white gloves and carrying a long-stemmed red rose, were presented to an audience of more than 500 guests during Teenshop’s Cotillion-style Gala.

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Congressman Bob Brady recently introduced a resolution that applauds the Einstein Healthcare Network, Southwest Airlines and Philadelphia International Airport for instituting best practices procedures for helping families with autistic children when they are traveling.

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The Ogontz Avenue Revitalization Corp. (OARC) will feature one of its sustainability programs during the kick off next month of the city’s Green 2015 initiative to expand the acreage of green space across Philadelphia by 2015.

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Rashid became the President and CEO of AmeriHealth Mercy in January of this year. He came to the company in 1995 after a stint as President and Chief Executive Officer of Mercy Health Plan of New Jersey (now Horizon NJ Health).

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The lead lawyer for celebrated death-row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal has quit the case days before a key appeals court hearing, amid a rift with his famous client over strategy.

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Reporters Without Borders is asking the Federal Appeals Court in Philadelphia to consider granting journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal a new penalty case in the wake of a review by the court last Tuesday, on instructions from the Supreme Court.

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A civil liberties group filed a federal lawsuit Thursday challenging the use of “stop and frisk” searches by Philadelphia police, alleging that the policy is violating the rights of blacks and Latinos who have done nothing wrong.

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