Winning the gold war
Miracle
PG
Starting tomorrow at area theaters
Three reels out of four
In 1980, a group of American college hockey players pulled off one of the most incredible upsets in the history of...
The chilling season
Holy guacamole! People are stealing avocados. A recent front-page story in The New York Times told how these thieves in the night -- especially when the moon is full -- drive to California...
Recipes for success
I have many cookbooks, but two reliable favorites are Julie Dannenbaum's Complete Creative Cooking School Cookbook combined with Menus for All Occasions (two volumes in one) and Judith Huxley's Table for Eight: Recipes...
Moving up the ranks
The setting of Neil Simon's Tony Award-winning comedy, Biloxi Blues, is a boot camp in Biloxi, Miss., during World War II. The main character, Eugene Morris Jerome, has enlisted in the Army, and...
End of the line
It takes a serious dose of bravado -- or stupidity -- to taunt law enforcement when you're the city's most wanted man of the moment. But that's allegedly just what William J....
A real bout?
State Sen. Vince Fumo is typically not one for grandiose campaign kickoffs, so his extravaganza just before Christmas created wide speculation about who would challenge the incumbent for his seat in Harrisburg. ...
School could house new senior class
After the boys move out of St. John Neumann High School, seniors might be moving in. Officials from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia confirmed they are considering using the Neumann property, 26th and...
Thanking heaven for 50 years
Stella Maris Parish has come a long way from the days of holding Mass in the old Plaza movie house on Broad and Porter streets. And now the half-century-old church and school...
Unruly students unwelcome
The School District of Philadelphia could file a federal lawsuit soon that would make it easier to remove disruptive students from classrooms. The district wants legally binding consent decrees lifted that affect...
