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American College of Sports Medicine ranks Philadelphia as 27th fittest city in U.S.
Hey, Philly, you look good. Have you been working out? Because the American College of Sports Medicine has noticed. Philadelphia r ...
14 years ago
Philadelphia schools ask City Council to help patch hole in budget
The Philadelphia School District faces a $600 million funding shortfall. That’s about 20 percent of the budget. So school leaders a ...
14 years ago
Lawyer enters pleas in death of hunter
A Montgomery County lawyer entered pleas to today for charges in his role in the death of hunter Barry Groh. David Manilla has pleaded no ...
14 years ago
Brown looks like Republican candidate for mayor with help of absentee ballots
After a week of too-close-to-call ballot counts, it looks like former school teacher Karen Br ...
14 years ago
Red Cross blood donation workers strike
Red Cross Blood Services workers in Southeast Pennsylvania and New Jersey are on strike after contract negotiations between the union and ...
14 years ago
Smart phone nabs dumb criminals in Delaware
Four men crashed a party in Newark Saturday night, robbing patrons there, taking money and a cell phone with a GPS device. Newark ...
14 years ago
Christie will comply with court’s ruling to give additional funding to schools
N.J. Gov Chris Christie says he won’t defy the state Supreme Court’s ruling to increase funding to low-income school district ...
14 years ago
Dewey Beach sets pedicab standards
New regulations have been created for pedicabs and rickshaws in Dewey Beach. Commissioner Rick Solloway says he drafted the ordina ...
14 years ago
PA House votes to change sexting law, keeping teens from facing a felony conviction
Teenagers all over the world make questionable decisions on a daily basis. But most of those decisions don’t land them with a felon ...
14 years ago
The legislature’s budget-writing Joint Finance Committee is continuing to work its way through Gov. Jack Markell’s proposed s ...
14 years ago
Wheeler cell phone found on neighbor’s property
A Delaware official says the cell phone of a slain former Pentagon official was recovered near his neighbor’s unfinished home, acco ...
14 years ago
New Jersey E-Z Pass discount to end for out-of-state drivers
Live elsewhere but plan to travel through New Jersey during off-peak times? It’ll cost you. The New Jersey Turnpike Authority has a ...
14 years ago
Wilmington mayor, City Council at odds over budget
The back-and-forth continues. First, Wilmington Mayor Jim Baker proposed a budget. Then City Council proposed its own in response. Now Ba ...
14 years ago
PHA chief assures public of “fundamental restructuring” after federal suit
There will be a “fundamental restructuring” of the Philadelphia Housing Authority’s nonprofit tenant organization in or ...
14 years ago
“The pestilent breath of faction”
Every once in awhile, it’s fun to monitor the hot air that blows ceaselessly through the Cave of Winds.Nearly one century ago, a wi ...
14 years ago