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Plaque buildup
■ This year’s Best Picture race is one of the closest ever. We have predictions on who’ll take home the gold in all of the categories. See page 17
NO RESERVATIONS The girls’ and boys’ basketball teams from Ss. Neumann-Goretti High School captured the Catholic League championships Monday, becoming the first squads from one institution to collect both titles since 1968.
■ Lucky 13 chef Amy Selevan shares her recipe for Vegan Chili, which also happens to be one of the East Passyunk Restaurant Week specials available through Saturday. See page 24.
See pages 30 and 31 for recaps. P h o t o b y R o b To r n e y
D.A. for the day
WHAT’S HAPPENING
■ The 76ers will pay tribute to Allen Iverson, the former league MVP, Saturday by retiring his No. 3 jersey. See page 19.
Local scholars joined the workforce as part of the annual PAL Day at City Hall. ■ By Bill Chenevert R e v i e w S ta f f W r i t e r
Ford PAL’s Saphir Green sitting in D.A. R. Seth Williams’ chair.
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he Police Athletic League has been keeping children across the city out of trouble and off the streets for 66 years now, and
Mighty ‘Black Soul’
for more than 40 of those, there has been a PAL Day at City Hall. On Friday, 20 youths from nearly as many PAL centers across the city were sworn in and mentored by a government employee for the afternoon. The program encourages students
to stay in school, graduate and cultivate career goals. Honorees were paired with officials and shadowed City Hall employees such as Mayor Michael Nutter, Fire Commissioner See PAL DAY page 10 >>
A South of South nonprofit has produced a documentary on Philadelphia’s rich radio history.
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