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Specter move throws wrench into primary
Senator Arlen Specter’s party switch is changing the dynamics of next year’s Democratic primary. Senator Arlen Specter ...
17 years ago
Specter has at least one opponent: Torsella
Senator Specter’s switch from the Republican to the Democratic party puts the one declared Democrat in a tough spot. Senator ...
17 years ago
Duka brothers get life sentences
The Dukas are part of the “Fort Dix Five,” a group of foreign-born men who were convicted last year of plotting to attack a N ...
17 years ago
Small biz pushes for health reform
Small business owners from Pennsylvania and New Jersey will be part of a group in Washington today asking lawmakers for affordable health ...
17 years ago
Two new studies published today online in Nature identify genetic variations associated with autism. The studies were a collaboratio ...
17 years ago
Senator Arlen Specter’s switch of political parties from Republican to Democrat is no shock to political observers. Senator ...
17 years ago
A new rocky planet, similar to earth, orbiting a star called Gliese 581, has been discovered. This new planet is in the ‘habitable ...
17 years ago
Philadelphia’s health department has found that a traveler sent to Methodist Hospital in Philadelphia for flu symptoms does not hav ...
17 years ago
A key Republican in Pennsylvania’s upcoming budget negotiations says he wants to see Governor Rendell’s spending plan scaled ...
17 years ago
City fleet is driving up costs
To buy or to lease? That was the question about the city fleet that officials debated during city council budget hearings yesterday. ...
17 years ago
PA mayors work overtime to fix pensions
Mayors from across Pennsylvania say the General Assembly needs to act quickly to pass pension reform, or the commonwealth’s cities ...
17 years ago
Del. beefs up Swine Flu efforts
State health officials in Delaware say there have been no confirmed swine flu cases there yet. But the state has plans in place in case t ...
17 years ago