The Phila. Board of Health wants signs like New York… One might think that smoking bans in city parks and that graphic cigarette-pack labels coming from Washington represent the extreme of government meddling. But with statistics showing that smoking remains the No. 1 cause of preventable deaths, the Philadelphia Board of Health is considering a
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Megan Washington, know in her native Australia as simply Washington, will begin a tour of the U.S. on Friday with Orchestral Manoeuvers in the Dark. Washington will bring her self-described “passive agressive pop” to the Theatre of the Living Arts in Philadelphia when the tour hits the city Sept. 22. Her critically acclaimed, chart-topping,
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The Philadelphia Fight have won their first ever Rugby League Premiership. Philadelphia the fight may have had a home ground advantage but no one told the New Haven Warriors that fact. Though it’s a game that could have never happened as Hurricane Irene has been bearing down on the East Coast of the USA,
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Even the NY Times (article appearing September 19th, 2011) is in on the discussion over the Wallabies performance over the weekend! Not sure where to catch the RWC 2011 Games? Tir Na Nog at 16th & Arch in Center City Philadelphia above Suburban train station is showing nearly every game live, just call ahead to
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HUNDREDS of Gold Coasters have watched on as local sporting heroes Samantha Stosur and Sally Pearson were handed the keys to the city today. Arriving in separate Cadillacs, Grand Slam tournament-winning Stosur and world champion hurdler Pearson were welcomed by a large crowd, who had set up tents and laid out rugs in front
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Article originally appeared in the Montgomery News, June 30th, 2011. Local tennis fans had the chance to meet and get personal instruction from some top local pros, as members of the Philadelphia Freedoms offered three public clinics June 28. The Philadelphia Freedoms are a team in World Team Tennis, a coed tennis league that
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Life on the road, away from home – such is the life for any minor league player. To grow up on the west coast and play on the east isn’t uncommon at all. But to be halfway around the world, always away from family? It’s something Tim Kennelly has been doing for the better part
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LEND Lease has agreed to sell its stake in one of the largest shopping centres in the US to the Morgan Stanley Prime Property Fund in a deal that values the asset at $US1.25 billion ($1.18bn). Lend Lease has a 50 per cent interest in the King of Prussia shopping mall, northwest of Philadelphia,
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SYDNEY (MarketWatch) — U.S. retail sales have improved “enormously” and a benign trading environment in Australia is showing signs of life, executives from global shopping mall giant Westfield Group (WDC.AU) said Wednesday. High unemployment continues to buffet U.S. consumer confidence and in Australia consumers are jittery about higher interest rates designed to cool the country’s
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