4 results for "Kathy Matheson"
Old-fashioned call box helped avert Philly tragedy
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at 4:57 PMA veteran dispatcher for the city's transit police said Thursday that she was stunned to receive an emergency call reporting that a stroller carrying a toddler had rolled off a train platform and fallen onto the tracks below.
Biden: Don't listen to cynics' claim US in decline
Monday, May 13, 2013 at 12:02 PMToday's college graduates are well-positioned to lead America in the 21st century and shouldn't listen to cynics who say the nation is in decline, Vice President Joe Biden told thousands of new degree holders at the University of Pennsyl...
Museum exhibit takes sober look at Prohibition
Sunday, November 18, 2012 at 12:00 AMPHILADELPHIA – A hatchet used to bust up saloons, the verdict sheet from Al Capone's trial and lawman Eliot Ness' sworn oath of office are among the more sobering artifacts in a new exhibit documenting the driest period in U.S. hist...
Stephen Colbert's book helps museum reach out
Sunday, August 12, 2012 at 12:00 AMPHILADELPHIA – Talk show host Stephen Colbert's foray into children's books has landed him alongside some exalted literary company.
