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That pedestrian in the crosswalk could be a cop
New Jersey police use decoys to catch drivers breaking new law. Since April, cars must completely stop for pedestrians, not just yield t ...
16 years ago
Nutter defends rolling fire unit closures
Mayor says Fire Department already does this when a station needs to close for re-training. Asserts Fire Department suggested the plan.< ...
16 years ago
Fundraising for Philadelphia pools overflows
After generating enough corporate sponsorship for this summer, the city gets a jump on fundraising for next year. More money has b ...
16 years ago
Those Philadelphia public schools, everybody knows they’re hopeless, right? Not so fast, says Chris Satullo in his weekly Ce ...
16 years ago
Natural gas company to disclose drilling chemicals
Range Resources says it will say how much of the chemicals it uses, not just provide a list of them. It has been drilling for natural ga ...
16 years ago
War of words over natural gas drilling
Drilling supporters and opponents spar over whether the Delaware River Basin Commission should lift a drilling moratorium. The ten ...
16 years ago
Pa. answers abortion funding questions
Anti-abortion activists say Pennsylvania’s new program for hard-to-insure people proves their prediction that the federal health la ...
16 years ago
Lots of “No Smoking” signs have been popping up at Widener University. The school’s total ban began this month. ...
16 years ago
Philadelphia cuts budget even more
Police overtime gets slashed but libraries are spared. Firehouses would be shutter on a day-to-day basis. Mayor Michael Nutter ha ...
16 years ago
Helping N.J. professors create jobs
Research outfit is trying to help connect professors and entrepreneurs. The idea is turning breakthroughs into business models. A ...
16 years ago
Unemployment edges downward in New Jersey
While public sector employment fell because of fewer temporary census workers, jobs were added in the private sector. The unemploy ...
16 years ago