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Anti-casino activists plan to take their protests to the slots floor
Gamblers at one local casino might have to share some space on the casino floor with a group of protesters this weekend. In the latest ch ...
16 years ago
The Schuylkill River will be teeming with dragons tomorrow. Paddlers from around the country are coming to Philadelphia for the Independe ...
16 years ago
Lawmakers want to give filmmakers a break and a place to shoot
Proponents of Pennsylvania’s film tax credit are firing back at Senate Republicans who want to cut the incentive for production com ...
16 years ago
A link to autism helps a relatively rare genetic mutation get attention Researchers around the country are holding their buckets u ...
16 years ago
Family sues over genetic defect
A Philadelphia teenager is suing a sperm bank because of a genetic mutation in the sperm that gave her a lifelong disability. Sper ...
16 years ago
Graduation rates: some colleges don’t make the grade
A new report from the American Enterprise Institute of more than 1,300 colleges and universities shows that even at schools with similar ...
16 years ago
Legislators move to close tax loophole
Senate Democratic leaders are putting forward a plan they say would lower Pennsylvania’s business taxes by closing a decades-old lo ...
16 years ago
Tax amnesty brings in more than expected
By: Phil Gregory New Jersey’s Tax Amnesty Program allows individuals and companies who owe unpaid taxes to pay up without pe ...
16 years ago
Casey hopes for no senate primary
Pressure is mounting on a Democratic congressman from Philadelphia’s suburbs to not run a primary challenge against Senator Arlen S ...
16 years ago
Housing complex hopes to be national model
A local nonprofit elder care services company is opening a new kind of facility – one designed to keep people out of nursing homes. ...
16 years ago