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Food fight: Feds aim to cut ads targeting kids
Food marketers are under mounting pressure to either change their advertising tactics aimed at kids, or the foods they promote to young p ...
15 years ago
Red Cross counselors prepare for trip to Alabama
As WHYY’s Lizz Fiedler reported earlier, a dozen mental health counselors from the Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter of the Red Cro ...
15 years ago
As Acme plans layoffs, self-checkout is a ready replacement
Acme Markets announced this week plans to lay off about 900 part-time employees in the Philadelphia region. As those layoffs loom, worke ...
15 years ago
PSPCA removing animals from Kensington home
The Pennsylvania SPCA reports its humane law officers are on site right now removing animals from a home in Kensington. So far, fi ...
15 years ago
GOP, Corbett agree on Pa. school voucher plan
Senate Republicans and Gov. Tom Corbett have agreed on a framework for a school vouchers bill. The understanding, reached earlier this we ...
15 years ago
Former Philadelphia area man sentenced in child pornography after being nabbed in Honduras
A 27-year-old man from the Philadelphia area has been sentenced for having child pornography on his computer. Charles Lefebvre, for ...
15 years ago
Events tie up, reroute Philadelphia traffic
Hoping for a slow, easy Sunday? Sorry. Four major events in the area could snag your weekend errands. West, North, South and Cente ...
15 years ago
Red Cross volunteers from area heading to help tornado victims
About a dozen mental health counselors from the Philadelphia area are preparing to go to the South to help tornado survivors. American Re ...
15 years ago
Fair warning: Broad Street to close for a swinging time
Every year, Lorie Phillis does one scary thing. This year, she flew on a trapeze over a vacant lot on Broad Street. The scary part, she s ...
15 years ago
Drug Enforcement Agency hosts prescription drug disposal event
Today is National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, and more than 5,300 sites across the country have joined the effort to collect and dis ...
15 years ago
Fundraising walk focuses on brain tumor awareness
To increase awareness about brain tumors and the signs leading to diagnosis, Delaware’s Kelly Heinz-Grundner Brain Tumor Foundation ...
15 years ago
Headhouse Farmers Market opens Sunday
It’s farmers market season. Two of Philadelphia’s Food Trust markets are already open, but Headhouse Farmers Market is the fi ...
15 years ago
The University of Delaware’s UDairy Creamery ice cream shop is now open for business. UD officials celebrated the official gr ...
15 years ago
Best Beer City ranking just in time for Manayunk event
The lastest honor bestowed upon Philadelphia is a nice little slice of PR for an annual Manayunk event. Just in time for the 13th ...
15 years ago
Congressional Delegation hosts annual youth conference
Senators Carper and Coons along with Congressman Carney host the delegation’s annual youth conference at Wesley College in Dover. ...
15 years ago