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Slices of pizza on the counter of Rosa's Fresh Pizza, where customers are encouraged to pay it forward.

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Philadelphia Pizza Lovers Pay It Forward One Slice At A Time

3:11pm January 15, 2015

by Elizabeth Fiedler

A Philadelphia pizza shop has become an ad hoc feeding program for the homeless where customers can pay the $1 slices forward. To date, some 8,400 slices have been bought for the homeless.

The winner: Longwood Gardens - Philadelphia, Pa.

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America's 'Best Restroom 2014' Is Verdant And Curvy

5:26pm November 19, 2014

by Bill Chappell

The top bathroom in America is currently at Philadelphia's Longwood Gardens, where 17 commodious chambers are built into what the facility says is the largest "green wall" on the continent.

Hazmat team removes passenger from US Airways flight after joke about Ebola.

Ebola Joke Triggers Passenger's Removal From US Airways Flight

12:57pm October 10, 2014

by Scott Neuman

The passenger, who was taken off a flight after it landed in the Dominican Republic, reportedly coughed and then said: "I have Ebola. You're all screwed."

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More Municipalities Deny Federal Requests, Won't Detain Immigrants

10:42am July 06, 2014

by Emma Jacobs

Local police are sometimes asked to hold immigrants suspected of crimes until they can be moved to federal custody for deportation. But a mix of politics and liability is undermining that system.

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