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Kenney wants to change restaurant credit card fee practices
Some restaurants in Philadelphia take the 3 percent credit card processing fee from the wait staff’s tips. City Councilman Jim Kenn ...
15 years ago
Sealing the Osama bin Laden death photos was the right call, for these reasons: 1. Jihadists would have used the images ...
15 years ago
Sealing the Osama bin Laden death photos was the right call, for these reasons: 1. Jihadists would have used the images ...
15 years ago
Bill reforming Philadelphia’s DROP retirement incentive to be introduced by end of May
Philadelphia City Council is moving forward to reform the early retirement incentive known as DROP. Council President Anna Verna s ...
15 years ago
Updated: Artful arrow draws the eye in Chinatown
Update: Some watchful readers found just the answer we were looking for. The arrow does, in fact, call attention to the ...
15 years ago
Smoking permitted on Cape May beaches for 2011 season
This summer won’t be a smoke-free one on Cape May beaches. City Council discussed many regulatory and ban ideas at a meeting earlie ...
15 years ago
Soapy money gets man on Customs’ watch list
Quite possibly one of the only things stranger than traveling with thousands of dollars in cash is traveling with multiple boxes of soap. ...
15 years ago
New Jersey dog put down after latest bite
Duke, the Rhodesian Ridgeback who’s made headlines for biting multiple people, has been put down. The news comes after the most rec ...
15 years ago
Spotlight shines on Kent County with Dover Days this weekend
More people outside of Kent County may know Dover as a NASCAR stop scheduled for next weekend. But tourism officials hope more will appre ...
15 years ago
Tibetan protesters stop in Philadelphia en route to Washington, D.C.
The Tibetan protesters WHYY’s Lizz Fiedler spotted yesterday were in the middle of a long journey. About half of them had walked to ...
15 years ago
Protester drills spokesman at gas hearing
Here’s a remarkable piece of tape from a hearing of Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett’s Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission last ...
15 years ago
PHA issues refunds to managers, new lines proposed for 7th Councilmanic District
Good morning, Feeders! The Philadelphia Soul is practicing on Market Street today, but don’t let that distract you from other thing ...
15 years ago
Wilmington Flower Market opens
The annual Wilmington Flower Market officially opens its three day run at Rockford Park today. In addition to plants and flowers f ...
15 years ago
Early bird wins 600 Krispy Kreme doughnuts
Ryan Hatt better have a lot of friends. Because he just won a dozen free doughnuts every week for the next year. Hatt was first in ...
15 years ago
Roberts withdraws from ballot, endorses Johnson for 2nd District Council
Damon Roberts has withdrawn his bid for Philadelphia’s 2nd District Council seat. The official announcement came yesterday, along w ...
15 years ago