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Pa. GOP plan for drilling fee solidifies
Pennsylvania Senate Republicans’ Marcellus Shale drilling impact fee has finally moved from a hypothetical to a reality.
Wel
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14 years ago
Residents object to scantily clad women on apartments’ posters
Some Germantown residents want an apartment building owner to take down posters of scantily clad women advertising the complex’s sp
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14 years ago
Birthers, leprosy – which is creepier?
Whenever I mention the Obama birth certificate business some reader makes the valid comment that this stuff should be ignored, not amplif
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14 years ago
Audio/Video of the NewsWorks Eighth District Council debate
If you didn’t get a chance to attend last night’s Eighth District Council debate you’re in luck. G-Town Radio
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14 years ago
Class-action pioneer says new limits benefit consumers
The U.S. Supreme Court has decided to put limits on class-action lawsuits. The court ruled in a 5-4 vote to allow companies to force cons
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14 years ago
If busing ends, Philly district would have to transport charter students
The Philadelphia school district may have to cut 3,800 positions in order to close a $600 million deficit. Another proposal to make up fo
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14 years ago
PHA, District Council 47 reach deal on pensions
The Philadelphia Housing Authority has negotiated a contract with the union District Council 47 which transitions away from a traditional
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14 years ago
Rare fungus named for area botanist
If a fungus deep in a forest is named after you but no one ever sees it again, does it really count?
Ernie Schuyler thinks so. In
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14 years ago
Long wait for DROP hearings, sleeping on the train proves to be a photo opportunity
Measles and
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New Jersey is banning the manufacture, possession and sale of designer drugs known as “bath salts.”
New Jersey Attorne
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Philadelphia City Council weighs health-care costs
Philadelphia City Council held a hearing Thursday on cutting the city’s health-care costs. Councilman Bill Green, who said
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14 years ago
Award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns pushes for national park in Delaware
Loud applause greeted former Delaware resident Ken Burns, who made a stop in old New Castle Thursday, to rally for a national park here.
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14 years ago
Federal judge upholds law that got Lewis kicked off ballot
Update: Hillman has upheld the law that’s keeping Lewis off the ballot, saying the residency requirement doesnR
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