Kathy Matheson

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Students arrive for school Monday, Sept. 8, 2014, in Philadelphia. Philadelphia opened three new public high schools Monday in an effort to show the troubled district is still trying to innovate despite the specter of massive layoffs. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Despite struggles, Philadelphia opens new schools

Kathy Matheson · September 8, 2014 10:38 pm

Concert goers leave the Made in America Festival after the grounds are evacuated due to thunderstorms on Sunday, Aug. 31, 2014, in Philadelphia. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

Bad weather shuts down concerts, delays flights

Kathy Matheson · September 1, 2014 5:51 am

In this July 7, 2014, photo, Ph.D. candidate Stephen McGill works with a Nao RoboCup entree at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. The international robot soccer tournament called RoboCup takes place in Brazil right after the World Cup. The ultimate goal of the yearly event is bold: To create a robot team that can defeat the human World Cup winners by 2050. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Heads up, World Cup teams: The robots are coming

Kathy Matheson · July 10, 2014 5:20 am

In this May 18, 2010 photo, alleged mobster Nicodemo S. Scarfo appears in a courtroom in Morris County, N.J. Scarfo, the son of former Philadelphia Mafia leader Nicodemo D. Scarfo, was convicted Thursday, July 3, 2014, on multiple counts of federal fraud charges, including racketeering conspiracy, conspiracy to commit securities fraud and wire fraud. (AP Photo/Philadelphia Inquirer, Andy Ritchie)

Ex-mob boss’ son convicted in looting of company

Kathy Matheson · July 3, 2014 9:20 pm

FILE - A SEPTA regional train, the R7, rolls into 30th Street station in Philadelphia in this Nov. 16, 2004 file photo. Four hundred workers at a Philadelphia-area regional rail system went on strike Saturday morning June 14, 2014, shutting down 13 train lines that carry commuters to the suburbs and Philadelphia International Airport. Subways, trolleys and buses operated by SEPTA will continue to run. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma, File)

Riders relieved Philadelphia rail strike is over

Kathy Matheson · June 16, 2014 1:00 am

In this Wednesday, April 16, 2014 photo, shown are the signs for North 3rd Street and Spring Garden in Philadelphia. The City of Brotherly Love has become home to a growing and tightly knit community of entrepreneurs and startups. At the same time, Philadelphia-based Comcast plans to build a $1.2 billion skyscraper downtown with the potential to house thousands of corporate tech jobs. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Philly looks to attract tech buzz, entrepreneurs

Kathy Matheson · June 12, 2014 5:57 pm

Court reverses conviction of man in iPad data case

Kathy Matheson · April 11, 2014 8:47 pm

The classic video game Tetris is played on the 29-story Cira Centre in Philadelphia, Saturday, April 5, 2014, using hundreds of LED lights embedded in its glass facade. The spectacle kicks off a citywide series of events called Philly Tech Week and also celebrates the upcoming 30th anniversary of Tetris. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek)

Tetris in the sky: Gamers play on Philly building

Kathy Matheson · April 6, 2014 6:40 am

The classic video game Tetris is played on the 29-story Cira Centre in Philadelphia, Saturday April 5, 2014, using hundreds of LED lights embedded in its glass facade. The spectacle kicks off a citywide series of events called Philly Tech Week and also celebrates the upcoming 30th anniversary of Tetris. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek)

Philly skyscraper-sized Tetris game wows hundreds

Kathy Matheson · April 6, 2014 3:12 am

Social painting grows popular at bars, art studios

Kathy Matheson · March 26, 2014 7:08 am

Activists arrested in Philly over XL oil pipeline

Kathy Matheson · March 10, 2014 7:55 pm

Tastykake President Paul Ridder, left, accompanied by Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. Jim Cawley, invites attendees to have birthday cake, as Tastykake marks its 100th anniversary Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014, in Philadelphia. Tastykake made 100 cakes on its first day of business in 1914. Now, it produces nearly 5 million cakes, doughnuts, cookies and pies each day. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Happy birthday! Philadelphia’s Tastykake turns 100

Kathy Matheson · February 25, 2014 10:50 pm