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Video highlights from the Jazz Fest
Fans share why they love the annual festival, which came off without serious problems. Police, whose force was visible throughout the wee ...
14 years ago
Prisoner has sentenced commuted after 36 years, Philadelphia considers new tobacco regulations
After 36 years in prison, Tyrone Werts was released. Werts left prison recently after former Pa. Gov. Ed Rendell commuted his sentence. L ...
14 years ago
Phoenixville home decor store to relocate in Chestnut Hill
Hipster Home plans to relocate its Phoenixville, PA. store to Chestnut Hill this September. Hipster Home is struggling at its current lo ...
14 years ago
With N.J. Senate OK, changes to public workers’ benefits advance
Legislation to require New Jersey public employees to contribute more for their pensions and health benefits is advancing through the sta ...
14 years ago
Getting graphic to try to convince people to quit smoking
It’s tricky trying to find the right levers to push smokers to quit. Tuesday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will unv ...
14 years ago
Pa. hears about federal effort to bolster rural areas
Aiming to keep rural areas thriving, a U.S. Department of Agriculture official recently visited Pennsylvania to promote a new federal pla ...
14 years ago
Rulings due Tuesday in duck boat crash and stop-and-frisk suit
Tuesday could bring an end (or at least a new chapter) to two big issues in Philadelphia over the last year. Due tomorrow are an a ...
14 years ago
New Jersey Senate passes benefits legislation
Though approval from an Assmebly committee and the lower House is still needed, N.J. Gov. Chris Christie is praising the state SenateR ...
14 years ago
Putting the biggest Medicare myths to bed
Afraid of Medicare? Or, more accurately, afraid of its disappearance? So are a lot of people, since most of the nation’s voters are ...
14 years ago
Home decor store leaving Phoenixville for Chestnut Hill
For one pair of suburban store owners, the draw of Philadelphia trumps the city’s business taxes. ...
14 years ago
Philadelphia waits to see if extra money for schools will loosen purse strings in Harrisburg
Philadelphia is giving $53 million extra to the city schools partly in hope that lawmakers in Harrisburg might follow suit. State ...
14 years ago
California native finds roots with Manayunk Development Corp.
Martha Vidauri keeps the Manayunk Development Corp. running like a well-oiled machine. The California native found her way to Penn ...
14 years ago
Philadelphia parents better at installing kid car seats than rest of state
Inspections by the State Police show that parents in the Philadelphia area are better at installing kids car seats than in the rest of Pe ...
14 years ago
US Senate Judiciary Committee holds hearing in Wilmington focusing on law enforcement
Law enforcement agencies are more able and willing to share information with each other, but challenges remain according to those who tes ...
14 years ago
Philabundance extends food drive partnership with SEPTA
You’ve got four more days to contribute to Philabundance’s food drive partnership with SEPTA. The organization announc ...
14 years ago