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Protestors demonstrate as Mayor Michael Nutter attempts to deliver his budget address to city council at City Hall, Thursday, March 14, 2013, in Philadelphia. Deafening protests have forced Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter to abandon his traditional budget address in mid-speech. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Protests force Philadelphia mayor to abort speech

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Deafening protests forced Philadelphia's mayor to abandon his annual budget address in the middle of his speech...
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'Invincible' city brought to its knees by poverty

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CAMDEN, N.J. -- Inscribed on the walls of City Hall are the words of Walt Whitman, the great American poet who spent his final years in this city: “In a dream I saw a city invincible.”
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Beyoncé set to headline Super Bowl halftime show

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NEW YORK (AP) - All the single ladies will be watching the upcoming Super Bowl along with football lovers. That's because Beyonce is the halftime show performer...
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FBI agents load a box of materials into an SUV outside Trenton, N.J. Mayor Tony Mack's house Thursday, July 18, 2012 following a middle-of-the-night raid. Mack's two-year administration of New Jersey's impoverished capital city has been marked by accusations of nepotism and reckless spending. Mack, 46, emerging later in the morning from his home, denied any wrongdoing. (AP Photo/The Trentonian, Jackie Schear)

FBI raids City Hall in New Jersey's capital

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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - FBI agents raided City Hall in New Jersey's capital on Thursday, a day after searching the home of the city's embattled mayor, his brother and a campaign donor...
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NYC to ban big soda?

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New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg and his administration wants to put a stop to the sale of large sugary drinks...
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A wedding amid Occupy Oakland protest

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VIDEO - The Occupy Oakland tent city might get in the way of some visitors, but it won't slow down a long-planned wedding at Oakland City Hall...
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Booker won't spend public funds on toilet paper for city employees

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Newark Mayor Cory Booker threatened to stop spending city funds on toilet paper as one of a string of "savage" measures to close a $70 million budget gap...
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Chi-town shut down to help reel in budget

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VIDEO -- Today trash haulers will play catch up in Chicago after letting garbage pile up on Monday. Sanitation workers, along with many other city employees, were off the job Monday as part of a plan...
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