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Mom who faked her own kidnapping and went to Disney World is now facing fraud charges

PHILADELPHIA — A former Bucks County woman who sparked national outrage 13 years ago by falsely claiming she had been kidnapped when she had actually gone to Walt Disney World, is back in trouble with the law.

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The Phillies’ Rob Thomson is ‘special.’ Just ask Derek Jeter.

Rob Thomson, champagne bottle in his right hand, stood Saturday night in the center of the Phillies clubhouse as his players circled around him. The team was seven games below .500 when Thomson stepped in as manager, yet here it was in October standing just four wins from the World…

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Sixers enter 2022-23 NBA season with high expectations, but several daunting questions linger

Can the 76ers live up to their own hype?

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Philly art museum staffers ratify first contract, look forward to returning after historic strike

PHILADELPHIA — Striking members of the first union in the storied history of the Philadelphia Museum of Art overwhelmingly approved their first contract Sunday evening and prepared to return to their jobs Monday morning, concluding a historic 19-day walkout.

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Fetterman has more campaign money than Oz heading into the end of a tight Pa. Senate race

PHILADELPHIA — Democrat John Fetterman had substantially more campaign money left to spend than Republican Mehmet Oz as they entered the final weeks of a close U.S. Senate race with national consequences.

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As Shapiro and Fetterman run as a ticket, Mastriano and Oz avoid each other

PHILADELPHIA — As Attorney General Josh Shapiro thanked a group of union workers gathered to launch a day of door knocking around Philadelphia, he gestured to Lt. Gov. John Fetterman waiting at the foot of the stage.

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NL Championship Series: Five subplots to Phillies vs. Padres

Seventeen days ago, the Phillies got swept out of Chicago a few hours before the San Diego Padres lost for the fourth time in seven games. And in that moment, it was difficult to tell which team looked less like it actually wanted to make the playoffs.

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Try Susanna Foo’s recipe for mushroom dumplings

Susanna Foo used French techniques in Chinese cooking in the 1980s, first at the family’s Hu-Nan Restaurant and then, to acclaim, at Susanna Foo Chinese Cuisine restaurant.

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Official-looking Bigfoot warnings dot Pennsylvania’s state parks. Who put them there?

Over the summer, posters bearing an official looking imprimatur of the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources started showing up stapled to trees in many of the state’s parks warning that a “creature resembling” Bigfoot had been spotted nearby.

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How Susanna Foo, the ‘accidental chef,’ became Susanna Foo, the cooking star

PHILADELPHIA -- Three years into retirement now, Susanna Foo settled back in a chair in her kitchen to reminisce. She’s lived a lot at age 79, from her upbringing in Inner Mongolia to Taiwan to the United States. She spent 22 years at the landmark restaurant bearing her name on…

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Halloween costs are up, but the price of FOMO is higher

PHILADELPHIA -- Spooky season is getting more expensive in Philadelphia and beyond, from rising pumpkin patch costs and higher employee wages at the local haunted house to an uptick on the price of chocolate.

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Eagles-Cowboys analysis: Birds rise to 6-0 after getting a jump on rival Dallas

PHILADELPHIA — On a national stage in front of a raucous crowd, the Eagles managed to live up to the gargantuan moment.

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In a rare rebuke, 2 retired War College professors say Doug Mastriano is unfit to be governor

PHILADELPHIA — Tami Davis Biddle, the former chair of the faculty council at the U.S. Army War College, wrote in a Harrisburg newspaper recently that Doug Mastriano doesn't "deserve our trust or support."

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James Harden taking lead role in second season with Sixers — on and off the court

PHILADELPHIA — The 76ers look like they are becoming James Harden's team.

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David Murphy: The Phillies didn’t just clinch an NLCS berth. They recaptured a city.

PHILADELPHIA — All around you was a scene so familiar that it somehow felt new. The names on the jerseys, the uniform numbers, the family members who squirmed in their arms and clutched at their knees — all of it looked different than the last time around. All of it…

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As he turns 30, Phillies’ Bryce Harper finally gets his wish — to play past his birthday

PHILADELPHIA — After the hugs and the high-fives, the handshakes and the pats on the back, the Phillies pulled on gray T-shirts with ‘NLCS’ printed across the chest and gathered in front of the mound for a team photo. It was shortly before 6 p.m. Saturday, and the party was…

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David Murphy: Three thoughts on the Phillies’ first trip to the NLCS since 2010: A new era has dawned

PHILADELPHIA — The best part is realizing that you believe. Flash back through the eras and that’s what you’ll find. It’s more fun when you aren’t entirely sure, when every pivotal moment unfolds against a backdrop of incredulity, that self-preserving buzz in the back of your mind that reminds you…

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Marcus Hayes: 'Can you believe this? It’s magical!' Phillies owner John Middleton rejoices in the return of Red October.

PHILADELPHIA — Playoffs are always magical.

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Carter Hart sparks rally as Flyers score three unanswered goals to beat Canucks, 3-2

PHILADELPHIA — Just when the Flyers couldn’t afford to give up a goal, netminder Carter Hart stood tall and kept his team in the fight.

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Phillies close out Braves with 8-3 victory to advance to first NLCS since 2010

PHILADELPHIA — The Phillies’ Brandon Marsh stepped up to the plate in the second inning with runners on first and third and one out on Saturday in Game 4 of the National League Division Series against the Braves. He had yet to record a hit in the series, but found…

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Biden, Harris to visit Philly to boost Pa. Dems

PHILADELPHIA — President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will visit Philadelphia on Oct. 28 to boost Pennsylvania Democrats up and down the ticket as the state hosts some of the country's most critical elections.

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Will Bunch: Proud Boys' only 'idea' is violence. Penn State is wrong to give its leader a platform

The one contribution that the Proud Boys — the mostly white-boy street thugs who arrived on the scene around the same time, not coincidentally, as the political ambitions of their hero Donald Trump — and the movement's Canadian founder Gavin McInnes have made to the canon of modern intellectual thought…

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Jenice Armstrong: To Ryan Pownall: You will be forever haunted by your actions

PHILADELPHIA — Note to former Philadelphia Police Officer Ryan Pownall: You're probably breathing a sigh of relief — or perhaps celebrating — after your case was thrown out of court earlier this week.

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David Murphy: Reasons to believe in a Phillies Game 4 clinch: Bryce Harper, home cooking, history and more

PHILADELPHIA — They need to get it done in Game 4. That’s all there is to say. The Phillies have some room to breathe. They’d be wise not to use it.

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Marcus Hayes: Aaron Nola and Rhys Hoskins return Red October to the Phillies with magical performances

PHILADELPHIA — They’d been through the worst of it. Through the rebuild, and the losing, and the failed prospects and the empty seats and the last four managers and the dead Octobers.

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