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 A Center City District report praises millennials for reviving the city's retail sector with stores like Uniqlo. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Center City retail rebounds thanks to millennials

The retail scene in downtown Philadelphia is on the upswing, according to a ne ...

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CBS, Dish Network reach deal to end brief blackout

CBS Corp. and TV provider Dish Network Corp. say they have reached an agreement that ends a contract dispute that led to a short programm ...

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AAA: Gas prices likely to stay low for a while

Gas prices continue to drop, and could stay low throughout the winter. AAA Mid-Atlantic’s latest statistics show that a gall ...

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 South Philadelphia resident Maria Kretschmann joined dozens of protesters outside Drexel University’s student center where business leaders met to discuss plans for a regional 'energy hub.' Kretschmann said she is concerned about the impact of burning fossil fuels on public health and a warming planet.(Katie Colaneri/WHYY)

Plans for shale gas ‘energy hub’ draw investors, protesters to Philadelphia

Business leaders gathered in Philadelphia Friday to pitch investors on plans to turn the region into an “energy hub” based on ...

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Automaker seeking aid to move US offices to Camden, NJ

Subaru plans to move its U.S. headquarters to Camden with the help of New Jersey state tax credits. The company wants to consolida ...

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 Marc Morial, president of the National Urban League, announces a five-year, $1 million commitment to building jobs in Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

National jobs effort directs $1 million to Philadelphia

The National Urban League is promoting a program to invest in jobs across the country. The Jobs Rebuild America program is a 50-ci ...

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Dealer gets 3 years for selling Sandy-flooded cars

A used car dealer in New Jersey has been sentenced to three years in prison for selling vehicles damaged in Superstorm Sandy to unsuspect ...

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France agrees to compensate Holocaust deportees

Thousands of Holocaust survivors and family members in the United States and elsewhere will be entitled to compensation from a $60 millio ...

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How the Atlantic City rescue plan is supposed to work

The legislative debate over Atlantic City’s financial struggles — and the future of gambling in New Jersey — is startin ...

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Senators to NFL: Drop ‘blackout’ rule or we might

Senators from both parties are urging the National Football League to get rid of a rule that bars home games from being televised in a lo ...

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 A commuter walks past an anti-Muslim poster in New York's Times Square subway station. The MTA initially refused to run the ad saying it was 'demeaning.' But a federal judge ruled that it is protected speech under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. (Bebeto Matthews/AP Photo)

Preliminary hearing sides against SEPTA and for Hitler ads

SEPTA has lost round one of a lawsuit over whether it can refuse to run ads it deems anti-Islam. U.S. District Judge Mitchell Goldberg of ...

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Automakers expand passenger air bag recalls

Under pressure from U.S. safety regulators, automakers are expanding recalls or adding them to fix potentially faulty passenger air bags ...

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Payroll boss fired after vacation delays paychecks

Officials in a northeastern Pennsylvania county say they’ve fired an employee who went on vacation and held up paychecks for about ...

12 years ago

Obama shops to support small business, buys books

President Barack Obama has done his part to support independently owned businesses as the holiday shopping season begins. Obama bo ...

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EX-UPS driver’s pregnancy bias claim reaches high court

Peggy Young only has to look at her 7-year-old daughter to be reminded how long she’s been fighting with United Parcel Service over ...

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