Sixers' Brett Brown still trying to solve 'big' problem

'I THINK IT'S been a struggle. I think it has been hard. It has improved slowly but it has been hard." Those were the words of 76ers coach Brett Brown. Care to guess what the subject was? It could be a generalization of this season, of the two-plus seasons he's been here or just about…

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Newborn deaths at Phila. hospital raise questions

Two hospitals in the Philadelphia region perform complex heart surgery on newborn babies. But the institutions' results are vastly different, an Inquirer analysis of insurance claims data shows. At St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, one in four babies less than a month old died after arduous, highly risky heart operations performed between 2009 and 2014,…

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Eagles' new QB coach knows Philly, and QBs

IT IS ONE of the mandatory questions for any coach, player or sports executive returning to this place, like "Geno's or Pat's?" or even where they were for those rarest of events, a victory parade. "Did you ever boo?" I asked John DeFilippo at the end of an interview the other day, forgetting for a…

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Man shot in face in Kensington

A 28-year-old man was in critical condition after being shot in the face Wednesday evening in the city's Kensington section, police said. Just before 6:10 p.m. in the 2800 block of Ruth Street, the man was shot in the face and twice in the lower body.

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Philadelphia Eagles Give Fletcher Cox $100 Million Contract

According to Howard Eskin Fletcher Cox is in serious talks with the Philadelphia Eagles for a contract over $100 Million and the best is that 60 to 70 million of that is guaranteed!!!!!

Looking forward to seeing hiw wreck havoc on opposing teams for many many years as a Philadelphia Eagle!

E-A-G-L-E-S!!!!!

UberPOOL coming to Philadelphia

UberPOOL, is rumored to be coming to Philadelphia. UberPool allows you to share trips with different people that are going to the same areas. Presently UberPool is based in San Francisco.

UberPOOL is said to be 50% cheaper than UberX. This is great if you are traveling alone or with another friend.

UberPOOL is already in Washington, D.C., New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, and Austin, Texas, along with Paris and Bangalore, India.

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Can I avoid tolls from Philadelphia to Toronto Canada?

The simple answer is that, while you can choose to take roads up that are toll free, that unless you go very far out of your way to use a land crossing that doesn't cross a river, you cannot avoid paying a bridge toll. The least absurd detour would involve driving north to philadelphia diet doctor Montreal, and the west south west from Montreal to Toronto. Which would increase your distance driven by about 40%.

So pay the bridge toll on the most efficient route and deal with it.

The least toll route northwards from Philly would be to take Route 309 north to Allentown, Take I-78 East to Route 33 north, then get on the 380 to Scranton, then I-81 North headed for NY state. From Binghamton, take Route 17/I-86 NW, then take I-390 to Sonyea, NY, to take Route 36 up to Alternate Rt 20 westwards, which becomes Rt 400 as it approaches Buffalo from the SE. From there, you can choose which toll bridge, you will use to cross into Ontario. But, they are all toll bridges, so there is no alternative to paying one of them.

Once you're on the Ontario side, the roads are toll free the rest of the way to Toronto.