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Students at several Philadelphia-area Catholic schools slated for closure staged rallies Monday to voice their opposition to an archdiocese plan that would shutter 48 schools.

Dozens of students gathered outside St. Hubert’s High School for Girls carrying signs, chanting and singing the school’s Alma Mater.

St. Hubert’s is one of four Roman Catholic high schools slated for closure under a plan announced Friday by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. The plan would also close 44 elementary schools because of declining enrollment and rising costs.

Catholic school administrators were summoned to Neumann University this morning to get the grim news of recommended school closings.

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Woodbridge Police Officer Neal Auricchio went to the National Hockey League Winter Classic game in Philadelphia Monday with tickets that had been a Christmas present, his wife, Maria said today. More >

A Philadelphia woman has avoided prison after admitting she posted a Facebook offer of $1,000 for someone to kill her baby’s father.

Nineteen-year-old London Eley pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of conspiracy to commit murder and was immediately paroled on a 3- to 23-month sentence.

Philadelphia Flyers goalie Sergei Bobrovskywas first approached to meet with the media following the Flyers’ Winter Classic loss, his response was short. More >

There are different varieties of propaganda. There is the type that is patently false; shamefully provided in an effort to put someone or something in a positive light. The death of Kim Jong Il reminded me of the famous North Korean state media reports detailing his sports prowess. More >

A suburban Philadelphia school district has settled another lawsuit over its alleged spying on students through laptop webcams.

A lawyer says Joshua Levin has settled his lawsuit against the Lower Merion School District. Lawyer Norman Perlberger tells The Philadelphia Inquirer (http://bit.ly/uihP4S ) the 2009 Harriton High School graduate will get more than the $10,000 offered to some other students, but says he can’t specify the amount.

Most people when pressed at gun point by a would-be robber would panic, scream or try whatever they could to get away. Not Philadelphia 76ers guard Lou Williams, who told the Philadelphia Daily News Monday that on Christmas Eve he was held up by a armed carjacker, who ended up not getting anything from Williams but a nice talk and hot meal from McDonald’s.

On Monday night, Williams came off the bench to net a game-best 25 points in the 76ers 107-103, season-opening loss at the Portland Trailblazers.

A newborn baby girl was found in a cardboard box on a street in northern Philadelphia on Wednesday morning. CBS Philly reports that police received the call just before 10 a.m. More >

A judge on Tuesday ordered three defendants to stand trial but dismissed charges against a fourth in a case involving four mentally disabled adults who were found locked in a filthy basement as part of an alleged Social Security fraud scheme. More >