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Amtrak adding trains, cars for Pope Francis’ US visit

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In this May 22, 2015 file photo, artist Meg Saligman shows knots tied to a mock-up of an art installation at her studio in Philadelphia. The installation is planned to be in the shape of a latticed grotto and will greet Pope Francis and millions of others when they travel to Philadelphia this fall. Visitors will be invited to leave their own problems behind in the form of knots affixed to its walls, or help others by loosening and removing a knot already in place. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum/File)

Artists collect more than 30,000 knots for papal art exhibit

By Kathy Matheson - Associated Press

Chase Utley acknowledges cheers from the crowd as he walks off the field after the Phillies' 7-4 win over the Toronto Blue Jays in Philadelphia. Utley was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday night for two minor leaguers. (Associated Press)

Chase Utley traded to Dodgers by Phillies

By Rob Maaddi - Associated Press

Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco (5) passes during the first half of an NFL preseason football game against the New Orleans Saints in Baltimore, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Ravens heading to Philadelphia for practices with Eagles

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Perimeters have been draw to manage access for pedestrians and vehicles during Pope Francis' visit in Philadelphia on Sept. 26-27.

The pope’s visit: Details, details, details

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Josephine DeSousa of Cherry Hill, N.J., walks along the Camden, N.J. waterfront Thursday, Oct., 11, 2001 with The U.S.S. New Jersey Battleship looming in the background. The historic battleship will be begin its new role as a Camden tourist attraction on Monday. (AP Photo/Brian Branch-Price)

Bunk on a battleship during Pope Francis’ Philadelphia visit

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Philadelphia teen thought to have nosebleed was shot in head, dies

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Margie Winters, right, and her wife Andrea Vettori pose for a photograph Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015, in Glenside, Pa. Winters, a popular, married, gay teacher at a private Catholic school has garnered widespread support since she was fired and vows to seek out the pope's ear on LGBT issues when he visits Philadelphia next month. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Catholics wrestle with dismissals of gay employees

By Maryclaire Dale - Associated Press

In this July 17, 2015, file photo, a car drives by HitchBOT, a hitchhiking robot in Marblehead, Mass. The Canadian researchers who created hitchBOT as a social experiment say someone in Philadelphia damaged the robot beyond repair on Saturday, Aug. 1, ending its brief American tour. The robot was trying to travel cross-country after successfully hitchhiking across Canada last year and parts of Europe. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, File)

HitchBOT’s creators mull rebuild after hitchhiking robot meets demise in Philadelphia

By Charmaine Noronha - Associated Press

(Image courtesy of thestar.com).

WESLEY PRUDEN: Abortion’s slippery slope

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times

In this May 7, 2015 photo, Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Pa., speaks during a My Brother's Keeper town hall at the School of the Future in Philadelphia. Fattah, an 11-term Democrat from Philadelphia, was indicted Wednesday, July 29, 2015, on charges that he misappropriated hundreds of thousands of dollars of federal, charitable and campaign funds. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Chaka Fattah, Philadelphia congressman, indicted in racketeering case

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

As Dr. L. Scott Levin holds his hand, double-hand transplant recipient 8-year-old Zion Harvey moves his fingers during a news conference Tuesday, July 28, 2015, at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) in Philadelphia. Surgeons said Harvey of Baltimore who lost his limbs to a serious infection, has become the youngest patient to receive a double-hand transplant. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Zion Harvey, boy who lost hands to infection, gets double-hand transplant

By Kathy Matheson - Associated Press

Patrick O'Connor, chairman of Temple University's Board of Trustees, speaks during a public memorial service for Philadelphia Inquirer co-owner Lewis Katz at Temple University in Philadelphia, in this June 4, 2014, file photo. Bill Cosby and Temple University have parted ways, but his lawyer is feeling heat for continuing to serve on the university’s board of trustees. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Patrick O’Connor, Bill Cosby’s embattled lawyer, remains chair of Temple trustees

By Geoff Mulvihill and Maryclaire Dale - Associated Press

Crowds cheer as Pope Francis passes by during his meeting with the youth at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila, Philippines on Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015. Francis drew a huge crowd earlier Sunday when he addressed young people at Manila's Catholic university, coming close to tears himself when he heard two young children speak of their lives growing up poor and on the streets. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Thousands of porta-potties readied for papal visit

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President Obama is scheduled to address the Veterans of Foreign Wars annual convention in Pittsburgh amid reports that veterans' wait times for doctors' appointments have increased in the past year, and with the VA revealing a nearly $3 billion budget shortfall that has Republican lawmakers fuming. (Associated Press)

Obama to hail VA progress in VFW speech as problems persist

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times