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Speed cameras could be debated today
State lawmakers returning from a two-week Easter break could consider a measure allowing speed cameras to be used in construction or scho
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Three New Jersey sheriff’s officers eyed for double-dipping
New Jersey’s Treasury Department is investigating a possible case of double-dipping by three sheriff’s officers. The probe ai
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Owner of Washington Square West street up for debate
Who owns a street when the city doesn’t? It’s a discussion happening in Washington Square West, where neighbors want hard and
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14 years ago
Poll finds Pennsylvania voters support more practice for teen drivers
A recent poll of Pennsylvania voters supports legislation introduced by Bucks County State Rep. Kathy Watson.
Of the 750 registere
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Suspicious device destroyed in Center City Philadelphia
Officials plan to examine surveillance footage as they try to determine who put a suspicious package outside a historic building in Phila
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Southern NJ nuclear plant goes offline again
A southern New Jersey nuclear power plant has been taken offline for the third time in two weeks so crews can clear vegetation that’
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West Oak Lane hopes to become new gateway to Northwest Philadelphia
In the sprawling, moving jigsaw puzzle that is the upper Ogontz Avenue area, where the city meets Montgomery County, 2504 W. Cheltenham A
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Corbett’s pick for Pa. attorney general advances
Gov. Tom Corbett’s pick to replace him as Pennsylvania attorney general has cleared a key hurdle, winning approval from the state S
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War-weary Afghans weave threads of violence into rugs
Afghanistan has a tradition of weaving rugs that goes back thousands of years. On the tables of tribal leaders and under the knees of hum
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Celebrating a 1921 anti-automobile protest in Fairmount Park
This article is a revised version of an earlier story.
There were hikers, bikers, doggie-walkers, joggers, bruncher
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Student designers take to the runway at 2011 Fashion Show
This Saturday, buried within the massive PIFA crowd, Philadelphia University held its annual fashion show and Spirit of Innovation Gala.
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Hundreds visit Flight 93 crash site
About 800 people made their way to the Flight 93 Memorial in southwestern Pennsylvania Monday, the day after the death of Osama bin Laden
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