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NEWS AND OPINION

By Tara Murtha

Man With a Thousand Faces: What the Cops Will Do to Catch the Strangler

Stories of young men who fit the description of the Kensington Strangler being stopped by police and forced to submit to random DNA swabs whirl through the neighborhood amid mounting pressure to catch the predator.

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Posted Jan. 12, 2011 | Comments: 21

NEWS AND OPINION

By Aaron Kase

Police Dept.'s No-Snitch Campaign Under Fire

Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey is out to end the no-snitch mantra that’s as deeply embedded in police culture as it is in the hood. But former Officer Ray Carnation says the commissioner’s plan is “a bunch of B.S.”

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Posted Jan. 12, 2011 | Comments: 2

NEWS AND OPINION

By Randy LoBasso

Philly Residents Save Their Homes—For Now

There is hope that the federal funds for Philly homeowners are still coming. Which is why sheriff’s sales for nearly 1,500 residential properties in foreclosure have been delayed a month.

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Posted Jan. 12, 2011 | Comments: 2
RELATED: Another Fight in the Battle Against Philly Foreclosures

SCREEN

By Matt Prigge

Blue Valentine

Dean and Cindy (Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams) are falling in love. Or they’re about to trade divorce papers. It depends where you are in this film, which bounces between the bookends of a relationship.

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Posted Jan. 12, 2011 | Comments: 0

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