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A group that is trying to reinvent charitable giving is starting out its efforts by giving to others. A group that is trying to ...

Yes, Virginia, there will be a film festival this spring. The Philadelphia Film Society will create a new one to replace the canceled Ci ...

The recent snow storms have helped some businesses while hurting many others. For many flower shops, Valentines Day is a make or break ho ...

A proposal to tax soda in Philadelphia might lose some of its fizz. The idea would be to tax sodas in order to help shrink a projected bu ...

The longest serving state representative in the Pennsylvania State House says he won’t seek a 20th term this year. 87-year-old Fra ...

Governor Rendell’s state budget proposal includes a plan to lease more state forest land for gas drilling. The plan could bring in ...

People can really be bored to death. That’s what British researchers found when they studied more than 7000 people over a period of ...

13 anti-casino activists go to trial tomorrow on charges stemming from a September demonstration at the site of the planned Sugarhouse Ca ...

Lots of birthdays and anniversaries to celebrate this week. 446 years ago Galileo, the famous Italian astronomer and mathematician was bo ...

In a major campaign finance case, the U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that corporations have the same rights as individuals. In h ...