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By Stephen A. Smith The Philadelphia Inquirer PHILADELPHIA -- About the only thing more sickening than Tiger Woods' cowardly approach to facing the media the past four months is the public's willingness to accept his setting the ground rules....

PHILADELPHIA, March 21 (UPI) -- Police turned out in force to disperse thousands of teens and young adults lured to a Philadelphia street by messages on mobile devices, authorities said.

The other day, a reader sent The Evening Sun a clip from the Philadelphia Inquirer headlined, "A lesson in health care - Germany, France, Switzerland and Japan offer universal health care that is affordable, efficient, top quality and nonprofit.

By Susan Snyder The Philadelphia Inquirer PHILADELPHIA€”As a freshman at Temple University, Gian Hunjan shelled out $500 per semester for textbooks at the bookstore, all new. Now a senior, he buys most of his books used, or he skips them altogether a...

By Andrew Maykuth The Philadelphia Inquirer BROOKLYN, Pa.€”Denise Dennis' ancestors were among the first farmers who settled in northeast Pennsylvania, in 1793. They were free African-Americans€”extraordinary because they became integrated in a large...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) €” Thousands of teenagers and young adults swarmed Philadelphia's popular South Street on Saturday night, prompting businesses to close early and police to bring in reinforcements to control the crowd.

Lenape senior guard Christina Foggie joins player of the year Genevieve Okoro of Eastern as repeat selections on this season's Inquirer first-team all-South Jersey girls' basketball team.

Philadelphia police said a "flash mob" with thousands of teenagers and young adults swarmed South Street Saturday night causing businesses to close early and bringing law enforcement from across the city to control the crowd.

Philadelphia police said a "flash mob" with thousands of teens and young adults swarmed South Street last night causing businesses to close early and bringing law enforcement from across the city to control the crowd.

PHILADELPHIA €” With the highly touted federal mortgage-modification program falling short of its target numbers, the government has looked into alternatives to foreclosure and come up with a possible, though not original, solution: The short sale, a...