September 2011
14 posts
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US hiker's family hid Israeli link during... →
For the 26 months that Josh Fattal was held captive in Iran, his mother and brother were ever-present voices calling for his release. But his father, Jacob Fattal, never said a word.
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Entwisted :: Crossword Kathy →
Good thing I’ve been going to yoga classes recently. It put me in the right frame of mind for today’s puzzle, which involves contortions of a different kind.
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Jim MacMillan: New look for America's oldest press... →
jimmacmillan:
Shhh! It’s off the record. But as long as Philadelphia’s Pen and Pencil Club - America’s oldest press club! - decided to share my photos from Friday evening on their open Facebook group, I thought it would be OK to share them here as well. Find about about membership or…
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Strike's over, but Catholic schools still struggle →
After settling a teachers strike that had canceled classes for thousands of students at regional Roman Catholic high schools, officials in the Philadelphia archdiocese would surely like to breathe a sigh of relief. Yet the challenges facing Catholic education are far from over.
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Report: Philly officials scuttled charter school... →
A state lawmaker and the head of the Philadelphia school board held a “Godfather”-like secret meeting in an effort to oust an education company from a local high school and replace it with a politically connected firm, according a report released Thursday.
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Pa. puts up $15M for dredging of Delaware River →
Gov. Tom Corbett released $15 million Wednesday to continue the controversial Delaware River dredging project, which he contends will create jobs and economic development but opponents say will damage the environment.
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Philadelphia Catholic school teachers end strike →
Students at shuttered Roman Catholic high schools in the Philadelphia area will be returning to class now that their teachers have ended a two-week strike by agreeing to a new contract with the archdiocese.
Don’t! :: Crossword Kathy →
Don’t touch that dial! Don’t squeeze the Charmin! Don’t you dare! And, of course, the famous Brady Bunch admonition: Don’t play ball in the house! Those are just a few of life’s familiar “Don’t!” phrases that didn’t make it into this puzzle. But eight no-nos are featured in the grid.
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Philly home for Barnes collection to open May 19 →
The Barnes Foundation will open a new downtown home for its multibillion-dollar art collection on May 19, officials announced Thursday, even as a judge continued to weigh whether the masterpieces should be moved at all from their current suburban home to Philadelphia.
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Strike closes Philly-area Catholic high schools →
The new academic year has ground to a halt for Roman Catholic high schools in the Philadelphia area, where on Tuesday the archdiocese called off classes for about 16,500 students because of a teachers strike.
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Crossword Kathy: Cornered →
I’m blogging from the road again. This weekend I’m in Glens Falls, N.Y., which pretty much lives up to its nickname of “Hometown, USA” with an old-fashioned main street and gazeboed downtown park. But more on that later.
That’s Disgusting! :: Crossword Kathy →
Ew! That was my first instinct upon seeing the “disgusting” title of today’s puzzle. But I was wrong, sort of. And here’s some trivia: The grid’s co-constructor is actress Dana Delany.
Pardon ‘E’ Interruption :: Crossword Kathy →
Better late than never … the Aug. 28 puzzle. I’ll be back on track tomorrow with another post.
