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Drivers in the District of Columbia are paying $3.89 per gallon. That’s up 5 cents from a week ago and is far above the national av ...

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Big oil and gas groups warn Pa. on taxes

Pennsylvania’s three biggest oil and gas associations, which represent multinational giants, are warning state lawmakers that raisi ...

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 In this file photo, immigrants about to be sworn in as new U.S. citizens wave flags during the beginning of the ceremony sponsored by the Philadelphia Continental Chapter of Sons of the American Revolution in Philadelphia.(AP file photo/ Mark Stehle)

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Dozens of immigrants surveyed in a new poll volunteered t ...

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Katz son sells stake in Philly papers to Lenfest for $16 million

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Pa. AFL-CIO praises Obama executive order on workplace discrimination

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 The site of the new Sixers practice stadium is located on the southeast corner of Martin Luther King Blvd. and Delaware Ave. in Camden, between the Susquehanna Bank Center and the Adventure Aquarium. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

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