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Despite the Showboat Casino and Hotel plan to close at the end of August due to what some analysts say is market saturation, four developers are still eager to build a casino in Philadelphia. (AP file photo/Wayne Parry)

Developers vying for casino license in Philly undeterred by Atlantic City downturn

When the Showboat Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City announced plans to close last week, analysts chalked it up to a saturated gaming mark ...

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This is an aerial view of Atlantic City, N.J., with the famed boardwalk and beach in the foreground, on August 24, 1967. Seen on the left are the facilities of the Convention Hall, in the background is the new 70-mile-per-hour Atlantic City Expressway, which leads right into the heart of the city. (AP Photo)

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Bidders for Philadelphia casino license undeterred by Atlantic City downturn

When the Showboat Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City announced plans to close last week, analysts chalked it up to a saturated gaming mark ...

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This July 20, 2013 photo shows a slanted hotel tower of the Showboat Casino Hotel in Atlantic City. (Wayne Parry/AP Photo, file)

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Showboat casino to close as Atlantic City market contraction continues

The Showboat Atlantic City Hotel and Casino will be sailing off into the sunset at the end of August. Caesars Entertainment announ ...

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Philly black clergy say DA should not have revived sting investigation

An organization of black clergy members in Philadelphia said allegations of political corruption against several state legislators and a ...

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United Methodist pastor Frank Schaefer, right, hugs the Rev. David Wesley Brown Tuesday at First United Methodist Church of Germantown in Philadelphia. Schaefer, who presided over his son's same-sex wedding ceremony and vowed to perform other gay marriages if asked, can return to the pulpit after a United Methodist Church appeals panel overturned a decision to defrock him. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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Methodist panel reinstates Pa. minister who performed son’s same-sex marriage

The United Methodist Church has reinstated the Rev. Frank Schaefer. The pastor who had led a flock in Iona, Pennsylvania, was susp ...

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Berks County poultry plant cited for safety violations

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed fines of $59,400 against a kosher meatpacker in Berks County over saf ...

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Watching fictional violence on TV makes Americans more afraid

A lot of people share the idea that the volume of crime stories on the 6 o’clock news can make viewers more fearful. But what about ...

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Philadelphia gets $5 million federal grant to assist juvenile offenders

Philadelphia has received a $5 million federal grant to support reintegration and employment services for ex-offenders. The region ...

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Pilar Molina and Caitlin Resendiz are the wife and daughter of Isreal Resendiz-Hernandez, a Norristown shop owner who was just released from custody.(Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

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Immigrant detainee who led hunger strike in Pa. released

A Norristown, Pennsylvania, man who went on a 19-day hunger strike earlier this year to protest his prolonged immigration detention has b ...

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Women’s group in Philly offers support to Iraqi refugees as violence escalates back home

It’s already hot and humid on the morning a school bus full of Iraqi refugees arrives at the Magic Gardens. As the passengers step ...

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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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Immigrants stay in Philadelphia for the same reason everyone else does

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

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

The president of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO says he’s pleased that President Obama has pledged to sign an executive order prohibiting ...

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