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A Pennsylvania university's requirement that overweight undergraduates take a fitness course to receive their degrees has raised the hackles of students and the eyebrows of health and legal experts. More

Share + Comments Nov 20, 2009 3:46 pm US/Eastern Reporting Ben Simmoneau 1 of 1 Officer Cassidy's wife, Judy , took the stand Wednesday, in the murder trial of the man who admitted to killing her husband. More

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A Pennsylvania university's requirement that overweight students take a fitness course to graduate has raised the hackles of students and the eyebrows of health and legal experts. More

Philadelphia-based fashion designer/ blogger /student/PR man Tony Wang thinks you should love him, at least, that's what his web address claims . More

State House committee assignments are being shuffled in the aftermath of last week's arrest of former House Speaker John Perzel, who has been stripped of his post as top Republican on the Urban Affairs Committee. More

Police say 17-year-old Abdul Azzia Johnson of Chester was handcuffed Thursday when he jumped from the back seat of the unmarked car into the driver's seat and drove off while detectives were securing their weapons. More

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November 20, 2009 -- Police are questioning a man in connection with his mother's death in Southwest Philadelphia. More

Police said a Southwest Philadelphia man has admitted to killing his mother. Police found the body of an 88-year-old woman in a home on South 46th street Friday morning. More