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Identities Of Mother-Daughter Tourists Killed In Atlantic City Are Released

Antoinette Pelzer is charged with the stabbing deaths of 80-year-old Po Lin Wan and 47-year-old Alice Mei See Leung.

2012/05/23

Philadelphia Company Developing Painless Blood Sugar Monitor

Echo Therapeutics has developed the system – which uses an adhesive glucometer and a “wand” of sorts – to monitor blood sugar levels in capillaries just below the skin surface.

2012/05/10

(Striking SEPTA police officers, members of the Fraternal Order of Transit Police, outside a SEPTA subway entrance at 15th and Market Streets. Credit: Pat Loeb)

SEPTA Transit Police Go On Strike Without Warning

Officers with SEPTA’s transit police have gone on strike following a stalemate in negotiations regarding a new contract.

2012/03/21

(credit: PATRIK STOLLARZ/AFP/Getty Images)

Local Curator Offers Tips For Early Spring Gardening

The official start of spring comes next week – but one look around your neighborhood and chances are someone is already working in the garden. But there are some DOs and DON’Ts for this early spring.

2012/03/15

Drexel Hill EMT Charged With Stealing, Drinking Leftover Morphine

Ronald Ferrell, 35, faces a dozen counts of theft, acquisition of a controlled substance, and receiving stolen property.

2012/02/22

Broad Street Run race director Jim Marino. (Credit: Hadas Kuznits)

2012 ‘Broad Street Run’ Registration Fills Up in Five Frenetic Hours

The open registration field is limited to 30,000, and organizers say it took four days to reach that capacity last year.

2012/02/15

Father Judge H.S. Officials Hoping For Definitive Answer To Sunday Illnesses

School officials at Father Judge High School were meeting on Wednesday with members of a company they’ve hired to see if they can determine what sickened between 150 and 200 people over the weekend.

2011/12/07

Phoenixville Cops Hunt For Serial Smash-and-Grab Thief

In the early hours of November 10th, Phoenixville police says someone threw chunks of cement through the plate glass windows of four businesses in the Acme shopping center on Starr Road.

2011/11/30

Deer Season Opens Across Pennsylvania

Monday is the first day of deer season in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Big deal, you say?

2011/11/28

Pa. Attorney General Says Philadelphia Judge Should Hand Off Case Of Facebook “Friend”

The Pennsylvania attorney general’s office has asked Judge Charles Hayden to step aside from the case because he and the accused — a state lawmaker — are “friends” on Facebook.

2011/11/16

Eagles: David Akers Says ‘Thanks’ To Philadelphia With I-95 Billboard

Maybe you’ve seen it: a billboard from former Eagles’ kicker David Akers has gone up along I-95 near the sports complex in South Philadelphia, thanking fans for the past 12 years.

2011/08/10

PennDOT Considers 8-Year Driver’s License Renewals

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is looking for ways to cut administrative costs so it can save more of its funding for infrastructure maintenance and repairs.

2011/06/24

Philadelphia Charity Seeks Fans, Soft Drinks For Area’s Elderly And Disabled

A local nonprofit organization is looking for window fans and cold drinks to deliver to homebound elderly and disabled adults in the five-county Philadelphia area.

2011/06/01

(People walk past a ruined bus stop which was crushed by part of fallen outer wall of a nearby building in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, after Japan was struck by a strong earthquake off its northeastern coast on Friday. AP photo/Kyodo News)

Philadelphians With Japan Connections Try To Get Word After Massive Quake And Tsunami

For Philadelphia area residents with family in Japan, now is a time of waiting and worrying.

2011/03/11

City Officials Meet with Bloggers and Small Biz Owners

An evening question and answer session with city officials about Philadelphia’s business license fees drew several dozen people Wednesday evening to a bar in Old City, bloggers among them.

2010/09/08