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Dumpster divers spend the night waiting for stores’ leftovers
Ever wonder what it’s like to be a Dumpster diver? Maybe not, but you kind of are now, aren’t you? Metropolis ...
13 years ago
Ad links MF Global failure with Obama economic policy
An online political ad attempts to link MF Global’s failure under Jon Corzine’s leadership with the Obama administration̵ ...
13 years ago
14th Police District: IPhone stolen from bus passenger
14th Police District in Philadelphia This list covers Dec 8-14 ************* A woman told police that so ...
13 years ago
New Jersey man gets jail time for Hurrican Katrina scam
A Newark, N.J. man is headed to prison for scamming more then $20,000 in Hurricane Katrina relief funds. David Kollie was convicte ...
13 years ago
To honor fallen officers, police urge a touch of blue in holiday displays
Pennsylvania State Police are asking that a blue light bee added to home holiday displays to honor all officers killed in the line of dut ...
13 years ago
Daily News sports columnist retires, Deadspin says it’s over molestation allegations
Deadspin is reporting longtime Daily News columnist Bill Conlin has resigned from his ...
13 years ago
Orchestra, ‘American Idol’ finalist will perform Sixers National Anthem
Considering the owners are new and a month of the season was lopped off during labor negotiations, the Sixers have an awful lot going on. ...
13 years ago
Corbett signs Pennsylvania Megan’s Law expansion
More than a month after former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was arrested on child molestation charges, a new law is ...
13 years ago
Nicetown CDC: Historical designation at Wayne Junction could spur growth
The name of the company is escaping her at the moment, but Nettie Boykin can still remember the sequence of steps involved in the job she ...
13 years ago
Judge overturns ‘sex for tickets’ conviction
Susan Finkelstein is not an attempted prostitute. So says her lawyer, who announced today a judge has overturned Finkelstein’ ...
13 years ago
Former Phillies GM returns to the team as a consultant
Last year it was Cliff Lee, now it’s Ed Wade. The Phillies are welcoming back another former teammate, and this time its a p ...
13 years ago
Artist seeks more community input for Chelten Avenue mural inspiration
A new community mural at 310 W. Chelten Ave., which is currently the site of a Christian bookstore, is one step closer to a design after ...
13 years ago
Parental postmortems on the rehearsal, and dread for a snowy dawn
About midnight that night, the Levys and O’Mearas each lay in their hotel rooms in Old City. Each husband and wife stared into the ...
13 years ago
New York anti-fracking activists put Dimock, Pa. on national map
The little Pennsylvania town of Dimock has become the symbolic front line of the fightover natural gas drilling. It’s known far and ...
13 years ago
Rittenhouse menorah to be lit at 6:30 p.m.
The menorah at the Independence Visitor Center is already up and ready to go, and tonight, ...
13 years ago