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 Firefighters Local 22 President Joe Schulle alleges that Fire Commissioner Lloyd Ayers and Fire Department Human Resources Manager Karen Hyers committed perjury during testimony demotions of 14 firefighters in September. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Philly firefighters allege perjury in fight to restore demoted members

The Philadelphia firefighters union is accusing two top city officials of committing perjury in a legal dispute over departmental promoti ...

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New Jersey DREAM Act is nice, but lowering tuition in would be nicer



There is a lot of debate raging throughout the Garden State about ...

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New Jersey may attempt to become the global HQ for internet gambling

Before New Jersey even tested its first online games, a state senator unveiled his proposal to expand the state’s Internet gambling ...

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 A group of self-taught mechanics in remote Bo Kluea, Thailand, brainstorm design improvements for a labor-saving seed planter with Drexel University's Alexander Moseson. (Image courtesy of Drexel University)
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Drexel, Penn, Jefferson researchers win Gates Foundation grants for improving health abroad

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Philly Council panel advances plan to give pregnant women some relief

A City Council committee has approved a bill to give pregnant women an official break at work in Philadelphia.  Most employe ...

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 Cab-shooting suspect Justin Mackie was shot by police who attempted to the arrest him and stepbrother on this block in East Mt. Airy. (Bas Slabbers/for NewsWorks, file)

Germantown cabbie recounts harrowing tale of getting shot by multiple-homicide suspect

So good was the conversation in the cab that the driver, William Carney III, chuckled to himself while recalling it. It certainly ...

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Philly continues pursuit of elusive lap dance tax

Philadelphia officials will go to court with its claim that strip clubs should pay a tax on lap dances and other inside entertainment.&nb ...

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Making plastic gun with 3-D printer may be outlawed in Philly

Philadelphia City Council has passed one of the first bills in the country banning the use of 3-D printers to make a plastic gun.  ...

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S&P upgrades bond rating for Camden County, N.J.

Camden County has received some good fiscal news. Standard & Poor’s has upgraded Camden County’s bond rating from ...

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 Travel days are possible along the Eastern Seaboard next Wednesday, the busiest travel day of the year. (Image: AccuWeather.com)

National Weather Service: Nor’easter could disrupt pre-Thanksgiving travel

A nor’easter may impact the New Jersey region during the peak travel period before Thanksgiving, forecasters said. While the ...

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National Interest

Message to Senate GOP: Elections have consequences

  I didn’t believe it was biologically possible for the Senate Democrats to grow a spine, but as we saw when the Boston ...

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 Music Director Jeri Lynne Johnson, in white, listens to Marthelène Gabon. (Alaina Mabaso/for NewsWorks)

Mt. Airy-based orchestra opens the floor to amateur musicians

Under the gaze of Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra conductor Jeri Lynne Johnson, Marthelène Gabon flexed and fluttered her chilly fingers.< ...

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 SEPTA surveillance video from Oct. 26 shows a man run up and punch a passenger on the Market Frankford train. (Courtesy of NBC10)
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An open letter to youths playing the ‘Knockout Game’

Dear young brothers: I’ve heard about the ...

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 Check out the holiday light show at Franklin Square this weekend. (Courtesy of Jeff Fusco for Historic Philadelphia, Inc.)
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This weekend for families: Lights, theater, disco and holiday action

Here’s a look at what’s going on for the family this weekend.    ...

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 President John F. Kennedy is seen riding in a motorcade approximately one minute before he was shot in Dallas, Tx., on Nov. 22, 1963. In the car riding with Kennedy are Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy, right, Nellie Connally, left, and her husband, Gov. John Connally of Texas. (AP Photo)

Dear Diary: President Kennedy was assassinated today — Friday, Nov. 22, 1963

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