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A FEW DAYS before Christmas we took our cat, Styx, to the veterinarian to be spayed. When she [...]
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Read moreThe Big Stories of 2013
FOR PHILADELPHIA, 2013 was filled with crushing lows and euphoric highs, but the biggest stories shaped us, [...]
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ANDREA WILSON is in a bad marriage, so when she awakens with her husband's blood on her [...]
Read moreI miss my old Toyota Camry … well, sort of
IT'S BEEN two weeks now since Silver Shadow - my 2003 Toyota Camry - went on life [...]
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