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Library patrons cheer reprieve

Sitting at a table inside the Fumo Family Library yesterday afternoon, Anthony Suber grinned with sweet relief. A Common Pleas Court judge had just ordered Mayor Nutter to halt the closing of 11 city libraries, including Suber's branch in South Philadelphia. The shuttering had seemed so certain that a sign taped on the door announced it would take effect at 5 p.m. today.

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