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33 of 35 businesses taking ‘State Patty’s Day’ money

Penn State says 33 of 35 licensed bars or restaurants are accepting money from the school to close or not sell alcohol on Saturday, an un ...

13 years ago

 850 mb temperature profile from the early Wednesday EURO forecast model, indicating a range from colder (north) to warmer (south) in the region.
Down the Shore

Winter won’t let us go: Storm looms for early next week, but uncertainty reigns

In like a lion? Courtesy of an active winter pattern, a storm threatens for the late Sunday through early Tuesday period, but fore ...

13 years ago

Local town tells residents: Shovel or else

One New Jersey town is making it a costly proposition to leave snow un-shoveled on your sidewalk. Toms River’s township coun ...

13 years ago

 (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Two dead in Delaware from influenza

A pregnant woman and an elderly man are Delaware’s second and third victims of the 2013-14 flu season. State health official ...

13 years ago

 This undated handout photo provided by the U.S. Air Force shows a MQ-9 Reaper, armed with GBU-12 Paveway II laser guided munitions and AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, piloted by Col. Lex Turner during a combat mission over southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Lt. Col. Leslie Pratt, US Air Force)
National Interest

Military cuts loom, neocon freakout begins

When the news ...

13 years ago

 Tyreek Stotts and Prison Commissioner Louis Giorla inspect one of the two-inmate cells. There are currently an estimated 8,500 inmates being held within the correctional facility's 13 units. (Bas Slabbers/for NewsWorks)

MLK High senior serves as Philly’s ‘prison commissioner for a day’ [gallery]

Tyreek Stotts, an 18-year-old senior at Martin Luther King High School in West Oak Lane, was among an estimated 20 city students who part ...

13 years ago

Dave Davies: Off Mic

Money, TV still work: Wolf leads Democrats in Pa guv race

We have a new front runner among the Democrats running for governor of Pennsylvania, and it’s no surprise. After dumping an ...

13 years ago

  Rare finds, three of 23 ransom letters from an 1874 kidnapping were auctioned off in November. They will be part of an exhibit in Germantown through April 25. (Image courtesy of Freeman's)

Letters from America’s ‘first kidnapping for ransom’ on display at Germantown exhibition

Historic Germantown will host an Opening Night Event on Friday night for an exhibit showcasing 23 letters involved in what’s believ ...

13 years ago

Convicted of corruption in Trenton, Tony Mack is still mayor

Trenton Mayor Tony Mack was convicted on charges of bribery, fraud and extortion earlier this month. But he has refused to leave office a ...

13 years ago

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 Aerial view of the Fort Lee access lanes onto the George Washington Bridge. (Image via Bing Maps)

New Jersey judge merges Bridget Kelly and Bill Stepien cases

For an upcoming hearing, a judge has merged the cases of two former aides to Gov. Chris Christie who say they shouldn’t be forced t ...

13 years ago

 British band One Direction, from left, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, and Louis Tomlinson arrive at the BRIT Awards 2014.  (File photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP)

N.J. man gets eight months for One Direction concert bomb threat

A New Jersey man will spend eight months in federal prison for calling in a phony bomb threat to a Pennsylvania arena before a concert la ...

13 years ago

 (Kate Lao Shaffner for WPSU)
Keystone Crossroads

Centre county homeless get out of the cold

For many of our listeners, the worst thing a colder-than-usual winter can bring is a higher heating bill. But for the homeless, the frigi ...

13 years ago

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 Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter and members of District Council 47 sign a deal that, if ratified, would continue through June 30, 2017. (Tom MacDonald/ for NewsWorks)

City of Philadelphia signs 8-year deal with white-collar union

The city of Philadelphia and its white-collar workers have struck a deal for a new eight-year contract.  They have been working unde ...

13 years ago

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 Crew members work with a Steadicam operator on a set for the movie filmed in Philadelphia (Michael Mergen/AP Photo, file)

Corbett administration rates film tax credit expansion inadvisable

The Corbett administration is still cautioning Pennsylvania lawmakers against uncapping a tax credit for the film industry. Severa ...

13 years ago

 Gov. Chris Christie emphasizes a point as he delivers his budget address at the Statehouse Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014, in Trenton, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

No tax hike, call for pension changes in Christie’s $34.4 billion budget plan

While he’s calling for no new taxes, Gov. Chris Christie sounded the alarm in his budget message on an expense that will weigh heav ...

13 years ago

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