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Corbett may talk with Kane about Sandusky case
In theory, Gov. Tom Corbett says, he would agree to talk with prosecutors investigating the handling of the prosecution of convicted chil ...
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DuPont Hospital studies gastric-band surgery for obese teens
Wilmington’s A.I. duPont Hospital for Children is studying whether weight loss surgery can help severely overweight teens. D ...
14 years ago
Plan to privatize Pa. Lottery still in the works
After months of behind the scenes work, Gov. Tom Corbett’s office is still reviewing one British company’s bid on the Pennsyl ...
14 years ago
Mural Arts Program investigates destruction of Dox Thrash tribute
Philadelphia’s Mural Arts Program is trying to figure out how one of its distinctive murals disappeared into black. A tribut ...
14 years ago
Elderly woman found dead outside Chestnut Hill home
A 70-year-old woman was found dead outside of a Chestnut Hill property Thursday morning, according to police. Shortly after 9 a.m. ...
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Four N.J. firefighters censured for ‘self-deployment’ to help after Sandy
Four Manville, New Jersey, firefighters have taken heat for traveling to assist a harder-hit region of the state in the aftermath of Hurr ...
14 years ago
Corbett says he might talk with Kane investigators
Gov. Tom Corbett says he might agree to talk with investigators for the state’s incoming attorney general in her promised probe of ...
14 years ago
West Oak Lane 7-Eleven robbed at gunpoint early Thursday [Video]
Just after 3 a.m. Thursday, two men robbed the 7-Eleven at 78th and Ogontz avenues of $300 and several packs of cigarettes at gunpoint, p ...
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Sussex County settles fair housing claim
Sussex County officials have settled a fair housing claim with Diamond State Community Trust through the Department of Justice and the Ho ...
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Philadelphia Magazine’s ThinkFest looks to convene region’s innovators
There’s the New Yorker Festival in the Big Apple, ...
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Tattoo parlor to open in Mt. Airy
A tattoo parlor is coming to Germantown Avenue in Mt. Airy. The city’s Zoning Board of Adjustment approved a pair of varianc ...
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Consumer watchdog asks FDA to revisit compounders
A government watchdog group is calling on the Food and Drug Administration to re-inspect more than a dozen specialty pharmacies with prio ...
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Philadelphia hotel tax could be going up
It could cost a little more for visitors to stay in Philadelphia if a City Council plan to increase the hospitality tax on hotel rooms fi ...
14 years ago
Tax credit for same-sex health benefits proposed in Philly
A Philadelphia city councilman wants to give employers an incentive to extend domestic partnership benefits to same-sex couples. & ...
14 years ago
Philadelphia City Council sends more money to parks and recreation
City Council is spending more money on Parks and Recreation in Philadelphia. The just over $2.6 million comes on top of the origin ...
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