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D.C. the first in the nation to allow online gambling
Forget Parx, SugarHouse and Revel. Washington, D.C. is the first U.S. jurisdiction to allow Internet gambling. Now you can gamble in your ...
15 years ago
A week after President Obama announced his re-election campaign, we get “Barack Obama’s Legacy of Failure,” a ...
15 years ago
EFCC announces 2011 grant recipients
The East Falls Community Council has announced the recipients of $5,000 in individual grants to be awarded to local businesses and organi ...
15 years ago
More information about Fairmount Park attacker released
Police have more information about the man who attacked a teenage girl yesterday in Fairmount Park. ...
15 years ago
Delaware streams will get extra, bigger fish
Those of you who went fishing in Delaware’s waterways on opening day might want to hold off casting again for later this month. Tod ...
15 years ago
Convention Center spurs Philadelphia development
The expanded Pennsylvania Convention Center is helping to bring more businesses to the neighborhood in Center City. Tw ...
15 years ago
Phoenixville inspector charged with stealing from fire victim’s home
A preliminary hearing has been set for later this month for the Phoenixville codes enforcement officer charged with stealing from a fire ...
15 years ago
Philadelphia’s Republican candidates talk issues at debate
The word debate is being tossed around a lot these days, given the upcoming elections. Philadelphia’s council districts are having ...
15 years ago
New Jersey scientists honored for developing diabetes drug
It’s the work of Merck scientists Ann Weber and Nancy Thornberry that helped create an oral medication for Type II diabetes with a ...
15 years ago
Earth, Wind & Fire and The Roots to usher in Philadelphia’s 4th of July
Philadelphia’s July 4th festivities will be mixing hip hop and soul. “Earth Wind and Fire in Philadelphia for the Four ...
15 years ago
Chicago school bans homemade lunches
Healthy or not, cafeteria food tends to have a . . . well, a cafeteria-like quality. ...
15 years ago
Women’s groups trying to pry sick leave bill from Philadelphia City Council limbo
Women’s service and advocacy groups are not happy that a bill calling for sick leave for all workers in Philadelphia, is sitting in ...
15 years ago
District high school students talk about safey policies
If you’re not causing trouble in school and you’re not the target of bullying attacks, what’s it like to pass through m ...
15 years ago
Pennsylvania Game Commission debates open season for porcupines
A decision expected today from the Pennsylvania Game Commission could yield porcupines the same fate as opossums, skunks, weasels, coyote ...
15 years ago
Sussex Emergency Ops Center is going solar
The Sussex County Emergency Operations Center will soon have a new source of power thanks to a nearly $650,000 federal grant. Coun ...
15 years ago