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Two former Philly cops facing federal corruption charges
Two former Philadelphia police officers are facing charges of robbing drug dealers of money and drugs — while on active duty. The indic ...
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Pa. schools join Philly in call for more state money
A group of unlikely allies descended upon Harrisburg Tuesday to lobby for additional school funding. Pennsylvania charter school l ...
13 years ago
Penn conference gathers international data on reducing homelessness
Which strategies work in reducing homelessness? Experts on the issue say approaches should be supported by data and long-term evaluation. ...
13 years ago
Bucks lawmaker crafting new plan for Pa. liquor sales
The chairman of a key state Senate committee plans to get to work on his own proposal to open up the sale of alcohol in Pennsylvania. ...
13 years ago
Latest exhibit at Earth-Bread + Brewery focuses on women’s strength
Deborah Curtiss, a founder of Greene Street Artists Cooperative, continues her lifelong mission to battle sexism in the art world and bey ...
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Center City Wendy’s site of battle for Florida worker rights
Protestors from the Philly Campaign for Fair Food gathered in front of the Wendy’s in Center City Monday to try to move the fast f ...
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Christie: Oct. election to fill Lautenberg seat
N.J. Gov. Chris Christie said Tuesday that he wants to hold a special election in October to fill the U.S. Senate seat made vacant by Fra ...
13 years ago
Two arrested in connection with West Oak Lane homicide
Two men have been arrested in connection to a fatal shooting that occurred two weeks ago in West Oak Lane. ...
13 years ago
Politicizing the IRS is a bipartisan tradition
Does the ongoing Internal Revenue Service scandal conjure “unpleasant echoes” of Richard Nixon? That’s what Sen. ...
13 years ago
U.S. Supreme Court declines Post-Gazette challenge of polling place ban
Pennsylvania election officials can continue to bar members of the media, among others, from entering polling places during elections. ...
13 years ago
Order and discipline, boots on the ground
Meaningful reforms to address the problem of sexual assault in the military would take prosecutorial descretion out of the hands of comma ...
13 years ago
Sebelius: I can’t intervene in Pa. transplant case
The U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services says she doesn’t want to intervene in transplant decisions about a dying Pennsylvan ...
13 years ago
Will private management solve convention center labor problems?
Does this sound familiar? Philadelphia’s hospitality industry is threatened by labor problems at the Convention Center, but its lea ...
13 years ago
14th Police District: Where nine cellphones were stolen
This list covers May 24-30. May 24 6:20 a.m. Aggravated Assault: 2300 block of 77th Ave. Complainant punch ...
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