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Consumer groups: Vote ‘no’ on cable deregulation
Consumer groups are appealing directly to New Jersey’s 40 state senators to reject a bill that would deregulate cable television an ...
15 years ago
Lawmakers call for ban on ‘bath salts’
Often labeled “bath salts,” the powder is also marketed as “plant food” and contains synthetic chemicals that mim ...
15 years ago
Happy Hollow draws out candidates for the 8th on eve of election challenges
Twenty minutes after the candidate meet and greet was scheduled to start at the Happy Hollow Recreation Center, the chairs remained mostl ...
15 years ago
Six schools share one stage in the name of jazz
William Penn Charter School hosted a Jazz Festival at the Kurtz Center for the Performing Arts on Friday for a night of smooth beats and ...
15 years ago
Focusing on budget, Corbett dismisses poll
Voters can be a fickle bunch. Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett ran his 2010 campaign on a platform of slashing state spending, and won by ni ...
15 years ago
How many Obama voters wanted a third war?
With the U.S. military action in Libya, the U.S. is now engaged in active combat operations on at least three fronts in the Muslim world, ...
15 years ago
Former Lower Merion teacher sues student who accused him of relationship
A former Lower Merion teacher who was fired on charges he had a relationship with a student has sued the student for libel. In the ...
15 years ago
Nursing home dedicates store proceeds to disaster in Japan
Brandywine Hall Nursing home in West Chester will be chipping in to help victims of the disaster in Japan thanks to the generosity of the ...
15 years ago
Rick Mariano adjusting to life after prison
A former Philadelphia City Councilman convicted of corruption made his return to City Hall this week. Rick Mariano came to City Hal ...
15 years ago
Cornbread, coffee and community in a Northwest Philly neighborhood
I’ve been told I’m an animal when I’m hungry, and maybe it’s true. I lumber, I grumble—all because of a rumble-tummy, a parched ...
15 years ago