- No injuries in 3-alarm fire that damaged pier in A.C.

- Barber shot to death after quarrel in North Phila.
HARRISBURG - For decades, Pennsylvania government has been haunted by ghosts - the illegal kind embodied by patronage hires who, though flesh and blood, don't do a stitch of work for their government salaries.
- City cyclists cheer one bill, boo others
- Councilmen to propose license plates for bicycles
Philadelphia police officers biked through Center City on a mission to make bicyclists more aware of their surroundings, their fellow travelers on the streets, and, most important, the laws they're supposed to follow.
When I lived in Old City, I would occasionally awake to the sound of workmen hollering into bullhorns that they were towing cars on my block.
- No injuries in 3-alarm fire that damaged pier in A.C.

- Barber shot to death after quarrel in North Phila.
HARRISBURG - For decades, Pennsylvania government has been haunted by ghosts - the illegal kind embodied by patronage hires who, though flesh and blood, don't do a stitch of work for their government salaries.
When a Philadelphia animal-welfare activist heard that nearly 400 Lancaster County dogs had been trucked to an auction in Ohio last month, he saw it as a chance to call attention to animal abuse in Pennsylvania.
HARRISBURG - Inflation, or a lack thereof, has done what Pennsylvania lawmakers refused to do - freeze their salaries, at least for the next year.
- NJ Dems see urgency for enacting social agenda
- What a deeper river would mean to commerce
Democratic lawmakers will elect leaders tomorrow, with a new role: Party spokesmen amid a GOP administration.
When Democrats return to Trenton tomorrow and choose Senate and Assembly leaders, their new chiefs will gain power, influence, and a role they didn't expect: party spokesmen during a Republican administration.
ATLANTIC CITY - Gov. Corzine's voice wavered as he choked out the words: "From the bottom of my heart, serving you as a U.S. senator and as governor have been the highest points of my life."
Gov.-elect Christopher J. Christie has offered few details on how he plans to cut taxes and the size of government, saying he doesn't want to make promises he cannot keep.
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