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Delaware parks offer activities on MLK holiday
Delaware state park officials are encouraging residents to mark the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday with a day of service. Official ...
14 years ago
39th Police District: Where multiple cars have been broken into on Kelly Drive
This list covers from Dec. 28, 2012 through Jan. 17, 2013. The following incidents represent crime in East Falls, Southwest Germantown, a ...
14 years ago
Obama gets second swearing-in for second term
His second term already under way, President Barack Obama hopes to set an optimistic tone when he takes the oath again. This divided nati ...
14 years ago
Life isn’t easy for city trees. Park trees have it a little better. Despite visits from dogs and vandals, they are able to spread o ...
14 years ago
Philadelphia’s Rev. Luis Cortes to offer opening prayer at Obama inaugural luncheon
The Rev. Luis Cortes will deliver the invocation at President Barack Obama’s inaugural luncheon in Washington, D.C., Monday afterno ...
14 years ago
Philly City Council considers job-creation tax credit
Members of Philadelphia City Council are back in session this week, and one of the first proposals they’ll examine is a tax credit ...
14 years ago
Great expectations for Corbett transportation funding plan
This week, Gov. Tom Corbett is expected to unveil a comprehensive transportation budget for Pennsylvania. It’s eagerly await ...
14 years ago
Fiscal cliff deal restores commuter tax benefit to $240 a month
In the fiscal cliff deal earlier this month, Congress nearly doubled the nationwide tax benefit for transit riders. Commuters now ...
14 years ago
Keno among changes promised by British company poised to run Pa. Lottery
The British firm soon to take over the Pennsylvania Lottery wants to expand games to include keno. The deal depends on approval of the co ...
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‘Mountaintop’ humanizes MLK in allowing him down from pedestal
Playwright Katori Hall started writing “The Mountaintop” in 2007, just as Barack Obama began running for president. But she h ...
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SRC chair’s statements won’t slow her push for moratorium, says Councilwoman Bass
At Thursday night’s heated School Reform Commission meeting, many of the 80 people who signed up to speak demanded a one-year morat ...
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N.J. seeks Wall St. investment in bonds
New Jersey is urging Wall Street firms to invest in local government bonds for rebuilding along the Shore. Many coastal towns have ...
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MLK Day of Service brings out more than 100,000
About 110.000 people participated in service projects around this region as part of the Martin Luther King Day of Service. A ...
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As President Obama officially starts his second term in the White House, it’s Vice President Joe Biden whose star appears to be on ...
14 years ago
Gun issue is a free-fire zone for hypocrisy
President Obama last week announced a raft of proposals to curb gun violence. I really don’t know which of the things he pro ...
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