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Fire at New Jersey warehouse should be out by Tuesday
A fire that has been burning since last week at a New Jersey warehouse is expected to be extinguished by today. The fire sparked i ...
14 years ago
If you’re looking for laughs this holiday season, skip the comedies at the local multiplex and simply click on ...
14 years ago
UPDATE: Developer of proposed offshore wind farm unable to find a buyer
The developer of a proposed wind farm off the coast of southern Delaware was not able to find a buyer by Tuesday’s deadline. ...
14 years ago
Between 100-120 Sears, Kmart stores to be closed
As many as 120 Sears and Kmart stores are expected to close after what retailers are calling terrible holiday sales. The ...
14 years ago
Cindy Bass hopes the Eighth District will be much different in four years
It’s the morning after Donna Reed Miller appeared at her last City Council meeting. Her successor, Cindy Bass, has arrived at Wired ...
14 years ago
Iraq war cost a trillion. The annual deficit is a trillion. How much is a trillion?
The total cost to the United States for the Iraq war alone is approaching a trillion dollars, and no one doubts that it will exceed that ...
14 years ago
On Market St., merchants sniff a whiff of holiday green
It’s been a partly sunny holiday shopping season for retailers. On a walk down Market Street in Philadelphia, offices ...
14 years ago
New gas leak detection guidelines would increase monitoring during winter months
New gas leak detection guidelines adopted by Pennsylvania utility authorities will increase monitoring for a leak during the winter month ...
14 years ago
OMG! Pa. texting law will erase Philly cell-phone ban
A state law banning texting while driving actually might put cell phones back into the hands of Philadelphia drivers in a few months. &nb ...
14 years ago
Genetic clues to high blood pressure in African Americans
African Americans develop high blood pressure more often and at earlier ages than white Americans. About 31 percent of all U.S. ad ...
14 years ago
Tax breaks proposed for areas around idled refineries
A new state bid to create more tax-break zones could help revive three struggling Philadelphia-area refineries. Keystone Opportunity Zone ...
14 years ago
Civic, nonprofit organizations offer several Christmas tree recycling locations in Philly
Christmas only just came to a close, but many are already wondering where and, in some cases, how they’ll get rid of their tree. ...
14 years ago
Messy claim: $1 million may not be enough to pay claims in Pa. Turnpike tanker spill
In many ways, the mess from a November tanker spill on the Pennsylvania Turnpike is still being cleaned up and it appears it is becoming ...
14 years ago