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Corbett touts new Pa. rules to ease ‘burden’ on business
Gov. Tom Corbett is promising a whole new ballgame for small businesses that he says are trapped under the weight of Pennsylvania regulat ...
14 years ago
Six Flags’ ‘El Toro” named best wooden roller coaster
Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, N.J., has the world’s best wooden roller coaster. El Toro, a mere babe among wooden ro ...
14 years ago
N.J. Supreme Court hears arguments in fetal neglect case
New Jersey’s highest court heard oral arguments Monday on whether a mother can be deemed neglectful if her newborn tests positive f ...
14 years ago
Revel tops $20M mark in August; AC up 12.6%
Revel broke the $20 million mark in casino revenues in August, and Atlantic City’s 12 casinos collectively saw their monthly revenu ...
14 years ago
FOW issues park alert for Fairmount Park flasher
The Friends of the Wissahickon (FOW) has issued a park safety alert for a man reportedly exposing himself in the area of Kitchen’s ...
14 years ago
No more guns for Pa. House security guards
Pennsylvania’s capitol building already has a police unit, but the House of Representative and the Senate each have their own guard ...
14 years ago
After DUIs, Philadelphia City Council locking up the car keys
Two Philadelphia Council staffers got fired Monday for allegedly driving drunk in two city-owned vehicles. Even if they were sober, they ...
14 years ago
Weavers Way completes Mt. Airy store renovations
After being closed for nearly three months of renovations, Weavers Way’s Mt. Airy grocery store has finally reopened. The co ...
14 years ago
Voter registration picks up in Philadelphia
As the general election approaches, Philadelphia’s city commissioners are reporting an increase in voter registrations. Denn ...
14 years ago
Grays Ferry center hopes to identify working dogs earlier, train them better
Working dogs can do everything from helping a blind person cross the street to detecting bombs at the airport. But sometimes, it i ...
14 years ago
More than 200 attend voter ID forum at Germantown Senior Community center
“Don’t tell me I can’t vote.” That was the mantra that more than 200 Philadelphia senior citizens shared a ...
14 years ago
Philly blogger who posted threats to police faces charges
The Philadelphia District Attorney’s office is charging a blogger who created Facebook pages that called for killing law enforcemen ...
14 years ago
Man pleads guilty to Philadelphia Parking Authority extortion attempt
It doesn’t matter whether Rocco Martinez actually caught a Philadelphia Parking Authority enforcement officer agreeing to remove a ...
14 years ago
Pa. limits towns from tapping municipal authorities
The line dividing Pennsylvania municipalities from the service authorities they created just got a bit clearer. A state law is aim ...
14 years ago