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Abandoning the grand jury his predecessor had seated to investigate a controversial police shooting, District Attorney Seth Williams yesterday charged a recently fired police sergeant with killing his unarmed neighbor.
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Even in a winter in which the surreal has been the rule, this forecast has hallucinatory qualities. It calls for yet another mega-snowstorm, a foot plus, maybe up to 20 inches, more than enough to make this the snowiest winter on record in Philadelphia.
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Multiple storms deplete snow-removal budgets
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Haverford Township Manager Larry Gentile, sick of this weather, is "ready to move south." His snow-removal budget has already gone there.
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With two major snowstorms in less than two months and a third on the way, municipalities are devouring snow-removal budgets and, without state or federal help, may be forced to cut services to cover winter's costs.
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- The first Vietnam combat veteran to serve in Congress was Pa.'s longest-serving House member.John P. Murtha, 77, the powerful dean of Pennsylvania's congressional delegation who survived scandal and seismic political shifts to become the longest-serving House member from the state, died yesterday at a hospital in Arlington, Va., after complications from gallbladder surgery.
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In Aston, an unlikely capital of ice dancing
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It's hard to imagine a more macho-flavored chunk of the Philadelphia area than lower Delaware County. Ride west from the Delaware River refineries to Baltimore Pike's strip malls and you'll pass through a vibrant blue-collar world of bars, parish gyms, street-hockey games, hoagie joints, Eagles flags, Phillies hats, Flyers decals, and rowhouses whose sports-crazed occupants are as rock-hard as the brick facades.
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Amber DiMarino, Joe Hinchliffe, and Phyllis Squillaciotti thought something was off. Reviewing medical bills for Philadelphia police, the trio repeatedly noticed two bills for visits to the eye doctor on the same day.
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The good news is 95 percent of Philadelphia streets have been plowed. The bad news is all that snow had to go somewhere - onto sidewalks and curbs.
- The cost-cutting measures would also reduce health benefits for government workers and teachers.TRENTON - Senators from both parties introduced a package of bills to cut government pensions and health benefits yesterday, aiming to reduce costs and setting the stage for a battle with public-worker unions.
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HARRISBURG - As the prosecution's star witness in the Bonusgate corruption trial of former State Rep. Mike Veon, Mike Manzo has testified for 34 hours over five long days.
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CAPE MAY - Still struggling to recover from the weekend nor'easter, weary Jersey Shore emergency officials yesterday were ramping up for a second severe storm that could bring sleet, high winds, and up to 18 more inches of snow to some coastal areas by tomorrow night.
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TRENTON - The Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday approved the first two of Gov. Christie's cabinet nominees to come for interviews.
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TRENTON - Even many opponents of a bill to abolish the state Council on Affordable Housing agree the current system needs reform.
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A former Downingtown West High School quarterback who was working as a custodian at his alma mater has been accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old female student.
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The Delaware County District Attorney's Office yesterday withdrew charges against a former member of the Penn-Delco school board who had been accused of embezzling funds from a private high school sports booster club.
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A prosecution witness in a federal trial resulting from the starvation death of 14-year-old Danieal Kelly underwent a bruising cross-examination yesterday, with defense lawyers trying to discredit testimony that she was asked to forge signatures on social-service documents.
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A 33-year-old man from the city's Logan section was arrested yesterday and charged with murder, accused of killing a 20-month-old toddler with Drano drain cleaner.
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The Clifton Heights man who was asleep on his couch with heroin nearby when a house fire broke out and killed his young son pleaded guilty yesterday in Delaware County Court.
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INQUIRER STAFF WRITER Mayor Nutter yesterday put some numbers behind the city's overhauled effort to give more business to companies owned by women, minorities, and disabled people.
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A Bucks County chiropractor was charged with arson yesterday for a 2008 fire that destroyed his office and neighboring businesses - a fire he blamed on Spanish-speaking gang members.
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Two shovel-toting, enterprising teenagers who trudged through their snow-covered Gloucester Township neighborhood trying to scrounge up extra cash over the weekend went home with empty pockets.
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Many city employees in Philadelphia will soon have a health-insurance plan known as self-insurance. Here is a brief explanation of how it works:
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Police have charged two men in separate rape cases from more than 10 years ago - the third and fourth arrests police have made in "cold" rape cases since last month.
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A Philadelphia police firearms expert testified yesterday that he believed it likely that Mustafa Ali fired the shot that shattered a windshield corner of a Loomis armored van before he then shot and killed two Loomis guards.
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