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The Mayor announced a graduated response including continued enforcement of the citywide curfew currently in place for youth ages seventeen and under, 10:30 PM to 6:00 AM on weekdays and 12:00 AM to 6:00 AM on weekends.

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An important benchmark of leisure tourism, continued to be a big win for Center City hotels in 2009, with 81% of rooms occupied. Over the past six years, Saturday has been the busiest night of the week for Center City hotels, and Saturday night occupancy in downtown Philadelphia…

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Mercy Philadelphia Hospital is offering the following support groups, classes and activities to the community throughout April.

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Join camp director Lori Litchman for one or two weeks of playing, creating, exploring, learning, and constructing for children ages eight to twelve. Camp runs from 9am-3pm every day and takes place outdoors in the gardens at Wyck, 6026 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia.

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Talk show host Oprah Winfrey must defend a defamation suit over remarks she made about a headmistress at her girls’ school in South Africa after a sex-abuse scandal erupted there, a U.S. judge ruled. The case is now set for trial on March 29 in Philadelphia.

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The state House last Tuesday passed a bill (H.B. 1795) introduced by state Rep. W. Curtis Thomas that would establish youth councils within local workforce investment boards.

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In a mission to raise hope and funds for the hungry and to increase awareness of the issue of hunger, 43 ShopRite stores participated in a six week contest during September National Hunger Awareness Month, sponsored by ShopRite and General Mills.

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PECO, the American Red Cross of Southeastern Pennsylvania (SEPA), and the Philadelphia Fire Department are teaming up to remind everyone that turning back your clocks is also a great time to change the battery in your smoke detectors.

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Last Friday, millions across the country gathered to watch the 41st NAACP Image Awards—the nation’s premier event celebrating outstanding achievements in African American arts and culture. The Image Awards honors the aspirations of all Americans, told from an African American perspective.

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WDAS 105.3 FM’s “Steve Harvey Morning Show” will broadcast live at the Kimmel Center (300 South Broad Street – Philadelphia, PA 19102) from 6:00-10:00 AM on Tuesday March 16th to promote the 2010 Census as part of a massive civic outreach and awareness campaign.

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