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| Wanamaker School sale is on track Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:01:00 GMT Now that the feds have given the OK, the sale of the John Wanamaker Middle School to Bright Hope Baptist Church's community-development organization is expected as early as this week. |
| SW Philly man faces trial in stabbing death of in-law Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:01:00 GMT A 21-year-old Southwest Philadelphia man accused of committing the city's first homicide this year will face trial in the fatal stabbing of his sister's husband. |
| Tips lead to possible hit-run vehicle Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:01:00 GMT Behind the blackened windows of a single-car garage in a quiet Upper Darby neighborhood, police yesterday discovered the vehicle that may have killed 16-year-old Faith Sinclair Lewis. |
| Ronnie Polaneczky: Porchia Bennett: Another angel that DHS failed Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:01:00 GMT AS LEGAL writing goes, the district attorney's 253-page grand-jury report into the death of 14-year-old Danieal Kelly is a breathtaking document. |
| Kelly aide, 3 others enter not-guilty pleas in corruption case Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:01:00 GMT City Councilman Jack Kelly's chief of staff, Chris Wright, pleaded not guilty to federal corruption charges yesterday, along with two developers and their attorney who are accused of plying Wright with cash and favors. |
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CITY/REGION Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:01:00 GMT Free legal advice on deck Starting Aug. 20, the Philadelphia Bar Association will offer free legal advice to city residents who call into their free legal help line. The help line, LegalLine P.M., will run every third Wednesday of the month from 5 to 8 p.m. in which callers can speak with area volunteer lawyers. |
| Philly rock legend Robert Hazard dies at 59 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:01:00 GMT ONE DAY in the late '70s, Bill Eid visited Robert Hazard in his Center City apartment and Robert told him about a new song he had written. |
| Sam Donnellon: Murder charge in fatal shooting of 4-year-old Camden boy Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:01:00 GMT Reality set in for Donald Benjamin Lindsey yesterday, and the 20-year-old Camden man had a hard time accepting it. Lindsey, wearing orange prison garb and shackles, shook his head back and forth and bit his lip as a Camden County Superior Court judge mentioned life in prison and $1 million bail for his alleged role in Monday's shooting death of 4-year-old Brandon Thompson. |
| Computer tech involved in Fumo corruption case expected to plead guilty Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:01:00 GMT A former computer technician charged with conspiracy and obstruction of justice in state Sen. Vince Fumo's federal corruption case has agreed to plead guilty. |
| Harry Gross: Couple disagree over leaving estate to broke son Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:01:00 GMT Dear Harry: My husband and I are both good earners and have substantial retirement funds and pensions. We have one child, a son who is into acting, and I have to subsidize him so he won't be living in poverty. My husband objects very strongly, and he says |
| A bright idea from Hugo Chavez Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:01:00 GMT Maybe it ticked you off when Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called President Bush "the devil" at the United Nations last year. Maybe it didn't. |
| Chester man gunned down a block away from youth anti-violence basketball tournament Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:01:00 GMT Chester police are investigating the death of a 29-year-old city resident who was gunned down Tuesday night - just a block away from a youth anti-violence basketball tournament. |
| Deaf ears, cold hearts of DHS Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:01:00 GMT WHEN SHANNON SILVIA was a kid growing up on Kensington's rough-and-tumble streets, she was sexually abused by an uncle. At the time, she felt trapped in a bad dream - the kind where you're frantically running but not getting anywhere, or where you're screaming and nothing comes out. |
| Boy, 11, fires ace in just his 3rd time golfing Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:26:11 GMT Golfing for just the third time, 11-year-old Allan Saylor was whacking the ball around with a friend, not even keeping score. A hole-in-one? No big deal. The sixth-grader fired the ace Wednesday on the 150-yard, par-3 sixth hole at the neighboring Mandan Municipal Golf Course, using a driver borrowed from his buddy. |
| Mendte nominated for 19 local Emmys Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:01:00 GMT CBS3 exile Larry Mendte received 19 nominations tonight as the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' Mid-Atlantic chapter announced the field for this year's local Emmys. |
| Approval ratings for DeWeese, legislature drop amid Bonusgate Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:01:00 GMT HARRISBURG - The state legislature is suffering from dismal public-approval ratings, and three out of four Pennsylvania voters believe it will not take steps to clean up corruption in the wake of the Bonusgate scandal. |
| ‘Just not like Donald,’ says girlfriend of Camden murder suspect Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:52:00 GMT The girlfriend of Donald Benjamin Lindsey, the man charged with fatally shooting a 4-year-old on a Camden street this week, said Lindsey didn't get into fights and that she had never known him to carry a gun. |
| Walnut Street Theatre's Les Miz gets 11 Barrymore nominations Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:03:00 GMT The Walnut Street Theatre production of Les Misérables - one of the first reimaginings of the celebrated musical's staging since it premiered 22 years ago - received 11 nominations today in various categories for this year's Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre, the region's professional theater honors. |
| Winslow committeeman says mixup led to indictment Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:01:00 GMT To the Attorney General's Office, the Winslow Township committeeman abused his position as a high school coach when he spent $2,500 on uniforms for a private track club. |
| SKorean firm delivers commercial dog clones Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:12:22 GMT Booger is back. An American woman received five puppies Tuesday that were cloned from her beloved late pitbull, becoming the inaugural customer of a South Korean company that says it is the world's first successful commercial canine cloning service. |
| Small towns object to N.J. police fees Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:01:00 GMT For nearly 90 years, state troopers have patrolled rural New Jersey, responding to medical emergencies, car crashes and burglar alarms. |
| Rivals focusing on economy Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:01:00 GMT Democrat Barack Obama blamed stagnant wages and a lack of federal oversight of the credit and housing markets during President Bush's administration for the U.S. economic slowdown. |
| Councilman's aide, 3 others plead not guilty to fraud, conspiracy Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:01:00 GMT City Councilman Jack Kelly's top aide, his campaign treasurer, and his two top political contributors pleaded not guilty to federal fraud and conspiracy charges yesterday and were released on $10,000 bail. |
| In Phila., mayors urge action on crime Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:01:00 GMT Something is missing from the presidential campaign, according to many of the nation's mayors and police chiefs: a substantive debate about crime and how best to fight it. |
| Plan for I-80: No tolls for short runs Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:01:00 GMT HARRISBURG - If Washington allows I-80 to be turned into a toll road, most short-distance drivers on the heavily traveled interstate wouldn't pay any fees at all under a plan presented yesterday by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission. |
| Karen Heller: Helping hands for Nicetown Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:01:00 GMT To heal a wounded city takes more than reform efforts and policy initiatives. Citizens need opportunities for work, education and, equally important, play. |
| Clinton wants her delegates heard Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:01:00 GMT DENVER - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is seeking a way for her delegates to be heard at the Democratic National Convention, telling supporters such a step would help unify a party that split during the hard-fought nominating contest. |
| Counties revert to paper ballot Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:01:00 GMT SAN DIEGO - Come November, more Americans might cast their ballots on paper than in any other election in U.S. history. |
| Kelly's chief of staff accused of taking developers' bribes Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:16:33 GMT City Councilman Jack Kelly's chief of staff, Chris Wright, was accused yesterday of using his government post to help two local developers and their attorney in return for a series of bribes. |
| Police chiefs & mayors converging here to confront crime patterns Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:16:33 GMT Soaring gas prices, rising unemployment and mounting home foreclosures are taking a toll on the nation's police chiefs. Top cops and mayors, gathering in Philly today for a crime forum sponsored by the U.S. Conference of Mayors, said that they are seeing an increase in crimes that they attribute to economic hardship - like shoplifting or the theft of metal to sell as scrap. |
| Register online for alternative-energy fund Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:01:00 GMT HARRISBURG - Homeowners and businesses seeking new ways to produce and conserve energy can register online for updates on the state's new $650 million Alternative Energy Investment Fund. |
| Ex-Pa. lawmaker, aide get probation Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:01:00 GMT HARRISBURG - A former Erie County state lawmaker and an aide avoided jail time by pleading guilty yesterday to forging signatures, including a dead person's, on nominating petitions for the 2006 primary. |
| Obama, McCain spar for 2d day over energy Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:01:00 GMT YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - Democrat Barack Obama yesterday blamed Republican energy policies for some of the nation's economic woes, while GOP rival John McCain advocated a large expansion of nuclear power. |
| In virtual town hall, McCain fields Pa. queries Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:01:00 GMT Near the end of a virtual town-hall meeting last night with suburban Philadelphia voters, conducted by telephone, Republican presidential candidate John McCain got a question that went right to the heart of the matter. |
| John Baer: Ed and Specter are up in new poll; DeWeese and Legislature down Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:01:00 GMT THE LEGISLATURE'S lousy, Bill DeWeese must go, Arlen Specter beats Chris Matthews and even though nobody likes Gov. Eddie's policies, everybody still loves Eddie. |
| Sunoco profit plummets, yet beats forecast Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:43:00 GMT Sunoco Inc.'s second-quarter net income plummeted from last year's record, but was better than expected by Wall Street analysts, as the Philadelphia oil refiner shifted production toward more profitable products. |
| Philadelphia-area firms investing in their factories Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:15:00 GMT In a summer filled with bad economic news and rampant complaints about tight credit, many manufacturers are still investing in their factories. |
| Comcast buys Web style newsletter Daily Candy Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:01:00 GMT Comcast Corp. is buying the popular e-mail newsletter aimed at stylish women, Daily Candy, for an estimated $125 million. The purchase expands the Philadelphia cable giant's push into online-content properties that it hopes will draw traffic to its various entertainment Web sites, including Fandango.com, Fancast and Movies.com. |
| Common Market distributes local farmers' produce Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:01:00 GMT In their 27 years of farming, Andy and Dawn Buzby have taken all the usual routes to selling the produce from their 153-acre Salem County farm. |
| PhillyDeals: Despite Fed's nonmove, home-loan costs rise Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:01:00 GMT The Federal Reserve's Open Market Committee voted not to boost interest rates yesterday, and shares briefly spiked for battered home lenders such as Washington Mutual Inc. and Sovereign Bancorp Inc. on hopes borrowers would come back. |
| Small-business rebates to upgrade lighting Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:40:00 GMT Applications are being accepted until Aug. 31 for rebates available to small businesses replacing old or inefficient lighting. |
| PennDot grants available for rail, aviation Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:54:00 GMT PennDot is accepting grant applications for its Rail Transportation Assistance and Aviation Transportation Assistance programs. The programs's grants, authorized by the Pennsylvania General Assembly and approved by Gov. Rendell, could provide up to $40 million in funding to improve rail and aviation facilities throughout the state. |
| Kulicke & Soffa posts net loss for 3Q Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:54:00 GMT Kulicke & Soffa Industries Inc. today reported an increase in net revenue to $180.1 million for the quarter ended June 30, up from $168.6 million for the third quarter 2007. |
| Aqua reports flat revenue for the quarter Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:34:00 GMT Aqua America Inc. today reported flat revenues of $150.8 million for the second quarter ended June 30, compared with $150.6 million in the second quarter of 2007, due mostly decreased consumption resulting from unfavorable weather - flooding in some regions, drought restrictions in others - and economic conditions. |
| Adolor Corp. increases 2Q net income Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:03:00 GMT Exton-based drug developer Adolor Corp. yesterday reported net income of $7.5 million, or $0.16 per share, for the second quarter (ended June 30), compared with a net loss of $11.6 million, or $0.25 per share, for the same period in 2007. |
| Fed's good news propels Wall St. Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:01:00 GMT NEW YORK - An already soaring Wall Street extended its advance yesterday after the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged and assuaged some of the market's fears about the economy. The Dow Jones industrial average shot up more than 330 points, and all the major indexes had gains approaching 3 percent. |
| Nation's airlines improve baggage, on-time ranking Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:01:00 GMT WASHINGTON - The Transportation Department said yesterday that the nation's airlines were on time more often in June than they were a year ago and that customers filed fewer complaints about their baggage. |
| Phila.-area gas prices continue retreat Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:35:00 GMT The region's gas prices are continuing to retreat from their highs of just a few weeks ago, according to numbers released this morning by AAA Mid-Atlantic. |
| Sprint Nextel swings to 2Q loss Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:41:00 GMT KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Sprint Nextel Corp., the nation's third-largest wireless carrier, said today that it swung to a second-quarter loss on severance and other charges but still beat Wall Street expectations and said it had slowed customer defections. |
| Whole Foods’ 3Q earnings miss view Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:00:00 GMT Whole Foods Market Inc. said yesterday that a tough economy pinched shoppers and pushed its net income down more than 30 percent for the third quarter. |
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