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Poll finds Americans draw the line at five days of mail per week
How often do you think you should receive mail? Five days a week? Three? One? These are questions the U.S. Postal Service is askin ...
15 years ago
Pa. Senate approved texting while driving ban
With a 45-5 vote today from the Pennsylvania Senate, the state is one step closer to passing a ban on texting while driving. Gov. Tom Cor ...
15 years ago
Judge tosses evidence in Rep. Parker’s DUI case
State Rep. Cherelle Parker scored a major victory in Common Pleas Court Tuesday after a city judge moved to toss out all evidence connect ...
15 years ago
Renovations of Dilworth Plaza not only reason Philadelphia wants to move Occupiers
The city needs to move the “Occupy Philadelphia” protesters from Dillworth Plaza to make way for renovations. The prote ...
15 years ago
US DOT official visits Delaware rail company
Trumpeting the importance of the American Jobs Act, U.S. Deputy Transportation Secretary John Porcari took a tour of the Delaware Car Com ...
15 years ago
Pennsylvania’s October revenue fails to meet expectations
The state’s tax collections remain behind expectations, although that may be partly by design. A state Revenue Department s ...
15 years ago
Region’s first double-hand transplant a success
A team of Penn Medicine doctors and nurses successfully completed the region’s first bilateral hand transplant in September. Today ...
15 years ago
In a change of tune, Bank of America won’t charge monthly debit card fee
Bank of America, just yesterday on the other side of the table, now joins Wells Fargo and TD Bank among those not charging monthly debit ...
15 years ago
November 76ers games canceled, Wells Fargo Center weathers the storm
Due to the NBA lockout, all Philadelphia 76ers games through November have been canceled. You might think that all those canceled games m ...
15 years ago
The Food Bank of South Jersey struggles with low inventory, funds
The Food Bank of South Jersey acts as a distributor for 240 food pantries and soup kitchens in South Jersey. CEO Val Traore said the need ...
15 years ago
Application period open for Pennsylvania’s LIHEAP grants
The application period for Pennsylvania’s Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Prog ...
15 years ago
South Philadelphia parochial high school to break ground on field house
Ground will be broken this afternoon for the construction of a field house for athletes at Ss. John Neumann and Maria Goretti High School ...
15 years ago
My family-tree history research revealed a chilling secret
As a student at La Salle University, I grew to love Philadelphia even though my roots were elsewhere. Little did I know, my heritage was ...
15 years ago
Delaware students no better, no worse in reading and math
The results for nationwide reading and mathematics assessments are in, and Delaware students, and schools, have their work cut out for th ...
15 years ago
Bids for Bala Cynwyd Library project come in far lower than expected
Bids came in late last week for the Bala Cynwyd Library renovation and expansion project, and the total offer is several hundred thousand ...
15 years ago