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The Mummers have partnered with Kiki Vodka in Montgomery County on an official drink, the Mummers Row Philly Tea. The hard iced tea is available in 12 oz cans at the Mummers Museum and various Philadelphia bars now, in preparation for the annual New Year's Day parade.

Ford employee gets asked for winning lottery numbers, palm readings Sheryl Connelly is a product of old Detroit — its struggle, grit and relentless determination. Her father was "an Irish hustler" who grew up "dirt poor" in Corktown, never made it past the eighth grade and worked in a slaughterhouse before being drafted into the U.S. Army. Her mother was a Chinese immigrant who grew up one of 11 children in a three-story mansion with clawfoot bathtubs, next to a brothel "with a madam wh...