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Jan 5, 4:29 AM

FROM TODAY'S INQUIRER

Patrons around a craps table on the crowded floor of the SugarHouse Casino on North Delaware Avenue. Legislators have proposed moving the city's second casino license elsewhere in the state. (David Maialetti / Staff Photographer)

Rendell now says one Philly casino may be enough

Six years after he expanded gambling in Pennsylvania and pushed for two slots parlors in Philadelphia, Gov. Rendell on Monday conceded that one casino may be enough for the city.

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Ackerman asks for budget-cutting contingencies - of 20%, 25%, and 30%

Confronted with a possible $430 million shortfall in the next fiscal year, Philadelphia School Superintendent Arlene C. Ackerman has asked her top administrators to prepare contingency plans to cut 20 percent, 25 percent, and 30 percent of their budgets.

Parishioners hold out in shuttered church

By order of the bishop of Camden, St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church in Malaga should be dark and silent, its pews empty, its doors locked.

Commonwealth Confidential: New legislative session starts, lawmakers take oath
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Man found in landfill tied to arson attempt

Police in Delaware have discovered evidence that a former Pentagon aide may have been involved in an attempted arson days before his murder, a law enforcement source has told The Inquirer.

Settlement may cut citations for cursing in Pennsylvania
Pa. new legislators convene, then take 2 weeks off
Specter gets a teaching gig at Penn
More cuts in S. Jersey-Phila. bus service
Trial set for firing over use of 'n' word
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BLOGS, COLUMNS & CHATS

PhillyDeals: Comcast, NBC and the Olympics

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The Insider: Elton John coming to Wells Fargo

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Birds' Eye View: Eagles chat with Jonathan Tamari

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Heard in City Hall: Seventy says "no" to Rendell's sheriff pick

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The Phillies Zone: Interest remains mutual for Durbin, Phillies

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Weather or Not: Snow prospects

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Flickgrrl: Are the "Steak-Eaters" Predicters of Oscar Best Picture Winners?

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PhillyInc: Six Phila.-area business developments to watch in 2011
Bob Ford | When it comes to Birds' QBs, assume nothing
Love: RAY MURPHY & JOEL NICHOLS October 30, 2010, in Middlebury, Vt.
PhillyDeals: After mergers and layoffs, look for bargains
Tell Me About It: Nephew, 10, calls his laid-off and unmarried aunt a loser
Sideshow: Leg infection perils Gabor

CHATS

Restaurant Chat with Craig LaBan

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EPA under Bush: Smoke and Mirrors: The subversion of the EPA
Health-Insurance Crisis

The Inquirer's 180th anniversary
2009 Fall Arts Preview
Pres. Obama's First 100 Days
Zoo turns 150
Please Touch Museum
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School Report Card
Killed in the line of duty

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