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The Phillies’ Jayson Werth is greeted with enthusiasm by Jimmy Rollins (right) after following Pat Burrell’s three-run homer with a solo shot of his own in the third inning. Rollins had homered in the first inning. (Ron Cortes / Staff Photographer)
MILWAUKEE - Now we know what it takes to make Chase Utley smile.
The gritty second baseman's game face disintegrated in a flood of joy and champagne yesterday as the Phillies celebrated their first playoff series win since 1993. It was a smile of accomplishment and of happiness, but also relief, as this group of Phillies shrugged off the weight of the franchise's mostly unhappy history to defeat the Milwaukee Brewers in four games.
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MILWAUKEE - Jimmy Rollins, soaked in champagne, his eyes burning from the alcohol, stood in the middle of the visitors' clubhouse at Miller Park yesterday and recalled a conversation he had with Larry Bowa when the Phillies closed Veterans Stadium in 2003.
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NEW YORK - The battle for control of troubled Wachovia Corp. tilted toward Wells Fargo yesterday as a state appeals court blocked a lower court ruling that had favored rival bidder Citigroup Inc.
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Jan Shaeffer
and Paul DiLorenzo
are executive director and board president of St. Christopher's Foundation for Children
Assessments of the well-being of Philadelphia's children often focus on factors such as immunization levels and lead-paint exposure. While these are critical matters, the No. 1 health issue plaguing children in Philadelphia and across the country today is tooth decay.
Paddling a canoe from Long Beach Island to Washington, D.C., Margo Pellegrino maneuvered through toxic shellfish, algae clumps, brown scum, floating litter and dead catfish.
In political circles they called it the MAC account.
It was an inside reference to the man who oversaw the program, former Treasurer John McCormac, and to the goal of the fund - to act like an ATM by dispensing tax money to lawmakers so they could boost favored projects.
ATLANTIC CITY - To safeguard against corruption in local government, one of the regulations that state lawmakers adopted in 1977 barred casino workers from holding local elected office.
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Jeanine Burgin's back started to itch in April. Then came red patches, blisters and a burning sensation.
Skin-care products only seemed to make things worse. She was in and out of hospitals, where doctors tried cortisone and other treatments - all to no avail.
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