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While the Shops At Liberty Place is filled with great shoe stores and one of the few locations of The Body Shop outside of Philadelphia International Airport, it’s not usually a place where I have people meet me for lunch.

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GlaxoSmithKline last week announced the GSK IMPACT Award Winners for the Greater Philadelphia Region at GSK’s facility at The Philadelphia Navy Yard. Seven local nonprofits earned $40,000 each in recognition of their outstanding contributions to a healthier Philadelphia.

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This holiday season, D. Newlin Fell Elementary School will stage a performance of “Yes, Virginia The Musical,” an original production based on a true story of 8-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon, who wrote a letter to the New York Sun newspaper in 1897, inquiring about the existence of Santa Claus. 

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On Sunday, November 17, Scribe Video Center will premiere Philly Drums, a collection of new films produced through the 2013 Documentary History Project for Youth (DHPY). The screening will take place at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia and is free and open to the public. 

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On Nov. 5, he won a very tight election beating Republican Ned Smith (a 32-year incumbent), and a write-in Democratic candidate, Lisa Austin, with 46 percent of the vote. Horton was told he had lost the election Tuesday night, but by Friday was declared the winner. 

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Pennsylvania’s 500 public school districts have dramatically increased their reliance on disciplinary practices that result in students being removed from school over the past 15 years, creating an educational crisis that goes far beyond the state’s largest school system in Philadelphia, a new study shows.

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Before she spoke to the 7,000 women gathered for the Pennsylvania Conference for Women, Linda Cliatt-Wayman’s audience was introduced to her via a video clip from ABC’s Nightline program. The clip showed Cliatt-Wayman negotiating a day in her life as principal of Strawberry Mansion High School.

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Last week, Mayor Michael A. Nutter and Kevin Hart visited several schools across the City to meet with students, teachers and administrators, whose schools received new laptops from a donation by Hart.  In total, he donated 500 computers to the City of Philadelphia and the School District of Philadelphia…

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Christopher Abbott wants to give Philadelphia a little taste of Louisiana. Abbott, a personal chef who cooks as Chef Kristov and Company, has been working his culinary magic since 2004, giving his clients some of the best gumbo in the city.

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We have a tendency to assume a lot when dating. We think if we go out all the time, call each other 10 times a day, meet the family and buy each other Christmas gifts, we’re in a relationship. No conversation, no discussion because that’s all we need as proof that we’re in a full blown relationship. 

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