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Freeing urban education

23 September 2008

To rally support for inner-city schools, Ben Herold will show his documentary about disadvantaged students at no cost on Sept. 25.

TTN Video: Temple Dems host Gov. Howard Dean

20 September 2008

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Chess tournament discourages violence

09 May 2008

More than 100 Philadelphia school students participated in the city’s first 24-hour chess tournament last weekend, aimed at providing an alternative to violence. Half of the participants spent Friday night playing informal games in the

Nutter speaks on first 100 days in office

21 April 2008

“Day 100 is quite exciting, and we’re only halfway there,” Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter said, speaking to a group of mostly students and professors at the University of Pennsylvania on Tuesday. The event, titled “The

Hillary Clinton makes Drexel appearance

14 April 2008

Across Pennsylvania college and university campuses, political momentum has been picking up. On Friday, Sen. Hillary Clinton addressed a crowd of 1,000, mostly college-aged supporters and voters on the campus of Drexel University. Philadelphia Mayor

SEPTA attacks bring security too late

14 April 2008

It took three attacks and a funeral to increase security on Philadelphia’s sole public transportation system. The subway attacks of March 26, April 2 and April 4 occurred within blocks of each other – some

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Michael Nutter would quit Obama church

30 March 2008

Mayor Michael Nutter would have left his congregation if his pastor had made incendiary comments like those made by Rev. Jeremiah Wright, considered a mentor by Sen. Barack Obama, D, Ill.