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Owners of Trump Plaza casino expect closure soon

The owners of the Trump Plaza casino in Atlantic City say they expect to shut it down in mid-September. Trump Entertainment Resort ...

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Appeals court upholds EPA’s mining restraints

A federal appeals court has upheld the Obama administration’s environmental protections designed to reduce water pollution from mou ...

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Penn State OKs $2M upgrade to football building

Penn State University trustees have approved of a $2 million renovation of the school’s football facilities. The funding com ...

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Man convicted of deadly attack on sleeping kids

A New Jersey man has been convicted of killing a 6-year-old boy who was trying to protect his sister from a sexual assault. Osvald ...

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Corbett veto exposes GOP divisions in Harrisburg

The relationship between Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett and his fellow Republicans in the Legislature went from a slow simmer to a boil th ...

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Breaking Bad prequel, ‘Better Call Saul’ announces cast

AMC is confirming that Michael McKean is joining series star Bob Odenkirk in “Better Call Saul,” the much-awaited prequel to ...

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Wilmington cuts $500k marked for firefighters

The Wilmington City Council has voted to cut more than $500,000 that had been budgeted for eight currently vacant firefighter positions.< ...

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Chinese man accused of hacking into US computers

U.S. authorities have charged a Chinese businessman with hacking into the computer systems of U.S. companies with large defense contracts ...

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Tracy Morgan sues Wal-Mart for crash that killed 1

Tracy Morgan is suing Wal-Mart over last month’s highway crash that seriously injured him and killed a fellow comedian. The ...

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 Dawayne Young, who finds himself at the middle of an athletic-eligibility controversy, holds a trophy he received for being the top overall performer at the Next Level Nation Football Camp. (Brad Larrison/for NewsWorks)

Top 7 stories of the week in Northwest Philadelphia

Here are several stories that you may have missed this week in Northwest Philadelphia: 1. ...

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 Dajah Thomas, 16, gets a ride down Fletcher Street on Lou Fletcher's horse, Montana. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Filmmaker choreographs ‘horse tuning’ in North Philly

Before he traveled from Paris to Philadelphia, filmmaker Mohamed Bourouissa thought cowboys were like John Wayne or the Marlboro Man, i.e ...

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Maple Avenue bridge in Bucks closed for two-year construction

For the next two years, Lower Bucks County commuters will have to detour around Route 213’s Maple Avenue bridge over Neshaminy Cree ...

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Delaware store still spinning records in the digital age [video]

You might call Steve Zimmerman a little crazy for opening a record store in this age of digital downloads.  Steve would respo ...

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Federal judge orders IRS to explain lost emails

A federal judge is ordering the IRS to explain under oath how it lost a trove of emails to and from a central figure in the agency’ ...

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Five men sue over anti-terror info-sharing program

Five California men who say they came under police scrutiny for innocent behavior are suing the Obama administration. At issue is ...

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