Philadelphians respond to the Haitian crisis
January 21, 2010
Last Tuesday, a 7.5 earthquake hit the island nation of Haiti, devastating a country already hard hit by incessant poverty and high debt.
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January 21, 2010
Last Tuesday, a 7.5 earthquake hit the island nation of Haiti, devastating a country already hard hit by incessant poverty and high debt.
January 21, 2010
A double standard? Republicans seeking Sen. Harry Reid’s resignation as majority leader over racial remarks he made about Barack Obama say yes — that Reid should be held to the same standard as former GOP Sen. Trent Lott, whose own racial gaffes cost him the Senate leadership in 2002.
January 13, 2010
Haitians piled bodies along the devastated streets of their capital Wednesday after a powerful earthquake crushed thousands of structures…
January 11, 2010
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Tony Romo and the Dallas Cowboys had their way with the Eagles on Sunday. Their reward was the NFC East title and the challenge of trying to do it again…
January 11, 2010
After 10 years, Tavis Smiley is ending his annual State of the Black Union conference, which spawned best-selling books and his critical stance toward President Barack Obama…
January 11, 2010
WASHINGTON— President Barack Obama scolded 20 of his highest-level officials last Tuesday over the botched Christmas Day terror attack on an airliner bound for Detroit, taking them jointly to task for “a screw-up that could have been disastrous” and should have been avoided…
January 11, 2010
Mercy Philadelphia Hospital (MPH) and the American Red Cross are offering a blood drive. The blood drive will be held at Mercy Philadelphia Hospital from 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM Monday, January 11th, in the 7th Floor Chapel…
January 11, 2010
Lincoln Drive, between Wissahickon Avenue and Ridge Avenue/Kelly Drive, will be closed temporarily on Saturday, January 9, Streets Commissioner Clarena I. W. Tolson announced. The following temporary full closure is scheduled to be in effect from approximately 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM on Saturday…
January 11, 2010
Once upon a time, the people’s faith in the church as an institution was as rock solid and unassailable as their belief in the Divinity. But in recent years, the notion of the infallibility of the church has been shattered as sorted tales of clergy members’ improprieties and sexual misadventures have exploded in the press with disturbing frequency…
January 11, 2010
JACKSON, Miss. — Bobby DeLaughter, a former Mississippi prosecutor and judge whose legal conquests became the subject of books and a movie, reported to federal prison Monday for lying to the FBI in a judicial bribery investigation…