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March 18, 2012
This is the economy election, right? Tell that to the world. President Barack Obama is getting another dose of the reality of his job: the out-of-his-control events that shape whether he will keep it.
March 12, 2012
Ice Cube hopes Chris Tucker returns as the character Smokey. Tucker, who has not starred in a film since “Rush Hour 3,” is currently filming “The Silver Lining’s Playbook,” marking his first return to the silver screen since 2007.
March 12, 2012
The preliminary findings in the report titled “Haiti’s Urban Crime Wave?” speak to rising concerns among Haitians that their country is entering a period of political turmoil that could thwart efforts to help rebuild in the aftermath of the powerful January 2010 earthquake.
March 12, 2012
This year, the Ogontz Avenue Revitalization Corporation (OARC) will not host a West Oak Lane Jazz & Arts Festival. Created in 2003, this free festival was held annually in June, and completed its 8th year in 2011. Over the years, the festival attracted audiences of up to a half-million people…
March 12, 2012
The Pennsylvania state Senate Appropriations Committee voted 15-11 last week to send a bill requiring voters to produce a photo identification card at their polling place to the full Senate. The bill, House Bill 934, is expected to receive final consideration there on Wednesday.
March 5, 2012
During Black History Month, we pause to salute and reflect on the contributions African Americans have made to the rich fabric that makes up the United States. There are many untold stories that reveal the best of Americans who stepped up when duty called…
March 5, 2012
Parker, said H.B. 1077, purported to be the “Women’s Right to Know Act,” is nothing of the kind. Its intent has nothing to do with the protection of women but has everything to do with the subjugation, degradation and control of women in order to prevent them from making critical decisions…
March 5, 2012
The conservative media publisher and activist who died Thursday was embraced by anti-tax, conservative tea partiers and reviled by liberals for his Internet investigations that brought down politicians and chastised mainstream journalism.
February 27, 2012
Access to college has been the driving force in federal higher education policy for decades. But the Obama administration is pushing a fundamental agenda shift that aggressively brings a new question into the debate: What are people getting for their money?
February 27, 2012
All five Republicans on the House ethics committee and the panel’s ranking Democrat withdrew from a long-standing investigation of Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters of California on Friday to avoid further questions about their impartiality.
January 14, 2021
ABOVE PHOTO: Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman, right, shakes hands with state Attorney General Josh Shapiro during...
January 14, 2021
ABOVE PHOTO: In this 1921 image provided by the Library of Congress, smoke billows over Tulsa, Okla....
January 14, 2021
ABOVE PHOTO: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Muhammad Ali mobbed by the media at a press...
January 14, 2021
Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site will commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with a free, virtual program...
January 14, 2021
ABOVE PHOTO: Michael B. Jordan (Photo: Featureflash / Shutterstock) By Florence Anthony Vice President-elect Kamala Harris is...
January 14, 2021
ABOVE PHOTO: Vegetable and Rice Power Bowls Family Features The seemingly constant rush of hectic school days...
