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It's a half-hour into the inaugural meeting of the Philadelphia Coffee Party, on March 13, and the 20 attendees have reached an impasse: They can't decide what to write on their protest sign.

by Patrick Rapa

From February 2008 to February 2009, the Pennsylvania State Police issued 750 disorderly conduct citations for the use of profane language or gestures. At least one of these involved a woman cussing at her toilet. Who hasn't done that?

by Isaiah Thompson

The $300,000 amounts to a final payday for Tierney, who had been engaging in brass-knuckle bargaining with the new owners, a group of senior lenders that won control of the papers at an April 28 auction for $139 million.

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