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Any of three Pa. Democrats could beat Corbett, poll finds
A new poll finds Gov. Tom Corbett is stacking up poorly against real and potential Democratic challengers in Pennsylvania’s 2014 gu ...
14 years ago
Fitzpatrick pushing airlines for greater pilot protections
A congressman from Bucks County has a plan for tighter security in airplanes. U.S. Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick chose to announce his bil ...
14 years ago
Philly school officials seek $60 million more from City Council
Philadelphia school leaders came to City Council Monday with a big request. In the midst of a massive property-tax overhaul, they want ad ...
14 years ago
Philadelphia maps cultural inroads throughout city
Philadelphia has launched an online tool that maps cultural activity throughout the city, in all its mercurial forms. ...
14 years ago
When I mentioned that I might need to meditate no one — not my husband, my friends, or my therapist — disagreed. Yes! They crowed. Un ...
14 years ago
Philadelphia’s DA targets public corruption
For years, I’ve wanted somebody around here besides the FBI to take political corruption seriously. Now we have corruption fighters ...
14 years ago
Victim identified, suspect arrested in Germantown homicide
Philadelphia Police released the identity of a man who died from multiple gunshot wounds in the doorway of a Fernhill Road apartment buil ...
14 years ago
West Oak Lane science festival turns into CSI: PCAT
As part of the 10-day Philadelphia Science Festival, the interactive “Be the Dete ...
14 years ago
Why privatize the New Jersey Lottery?
This is commentary from political blogger and cartoonist Rob Tornoe. By all accounts, the New Jersey Lottery is enormousl ...
14 years ago
Lack of participants, spectators threatens future of historic Wissahickon Day Parade
Click-clacking their way through Forbidden Drive in Northwest Philadelphia, a caravan of nearly two dozen horses took part in the Wissahi ...
14 years ago
Philly cracking down on sidewalk cafe violations
City officials in Philadelphia are cracking down on sidewalk cafes after receiving complaints from pedestrians that they were making walk ...
14 years ago
Watch a La Salle lacrosse player score an 80-yard goal [video]
Something pretty cool happened Saturday. La Salle College High School lacrosse player Stefan Bergman scored a goal in a game again ...
14 years ago
Arbor Day event brings a ‘friend-raising’ mission to Awbury Arboretum
Organizers of Saturday afternoon’s Arbor Day Garden Fair at Awbury Arboretum said their primary goal was best represented in a sing ...
14 years ago
Christie: Obama ‘kept every promise’ on storm aid
N.J. Gov. Chris Christie says President Barack Obama “has kept every promise he’s made” about helping the state recover ...
14 years ago
GOP word guru Frank Luntz, hoisted by his own words
Frank Luntz, the veteran Republican adviser, did something really weird last week during a guest talk at the University of Pennsylvania. ...
14 years ago
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