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Pa. urges: Be wary of dialing certain area codes. They could be overseas toll calls.
A Philadelphia woman who wanted to prevent her elderly parents from being scammed ended up being victimized herself - one of many recent cases that prompted a warning yesterday from the state attorney general.
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The defense in the murder trial of the man accused in the 1985 shooting death of Police Officer Thomas Trench raised the possibility yesterday that the execution-style slaying was carried out in retaliation for the deadly MOVE bombing two weeks earlier.
- Susan Slawson is well-connected, the mayor says.Mayor Nutter yesterday named as recreation commissioner a 20-year police veteran who runs the Police Athletic League, saying the appointment would better link the city and its police force with a generation of young residents in need of a safe place to have fun.
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Outfitted in full firefighter gear and breathing apparatus, Mayor Nutter recently braved 900-degree flames inside a burning building, climbed out a third-story window onto a 35-foot ladder, and cut open a car with the Jaws of Life.
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- 3 convicted sex offenders in N.J. are believed to be the first to be charged under the new law.Three convicted sex offenders have been charged with surfing MySpace and Facebook, the New Jersey Attorney General's Office announced yesterday.
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A second Burlington County man has been arrested and charged in the April 14 slaying of a Westampton gas station attendant, authorities said.
- Some see murky waters in situations like the death of a Pine HIll woman. Others call lines safe and responsible.The death of a Camden County woman who fell from a cruise ship Sunday night has recast a spotlight on an industry that has been criticized in recent years for its handling of onboard passenger mishaps.
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WOODBRIDGE, N.J. - New Jersey's frazzled drivers are getting some help. Besides showing off a new $29 million traffic management center designed to keep traffic moving, state officials yesterday unveiled a Web site and telephone system to help commuters navigate the Garden State's jammed roads and save money on ever-increasing gasoline.
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At least two teams of private investors and operators have offered about $12 billion to lease the Pennsylvania Turnpike, sources said yesterday.
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Although Internal Affairs investigators said they were making progress in identifying the Philadelphia police officers depicted in a news video kicking and beating three shooting suspects, the criminal probe of those three has developed its own problems.
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After getting thumped in Montgomery County Orphans' Court, the people who want to keep the Barnes Foundation's art collection in Lower Merion are looking west for a strategy.
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These are dark days for a once-bright idea in Philadelphia. Charter schools have been a core element of Philadelphia public school reform. Charter schools get taxpayer money, but operate outside the traditional system's rules.
- Two victims speak of 1980 sex crimes.Three decades after he preyed on teenage girls in a church youth group, a 76-year-old former pastor pleaded no contest to rape and guilty to sexual assault in cases involving two women now in their 40s.
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She has held the same tortured pose for more than 130 years, her face contorted, her mouth open wide in a scream. Bony hands press against her sides, and strands of strawberry-blond hair fall behind her.
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Making a fortune changing oil is not the traditional path to a college presidency. But for Stephen Spinelli Jr., it helped seal the deal at Philadelphia University, the former textile college that has rebranded itself as a top-notch design school.
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Confessed hitman Len Jenoff, serving a 23-year sentence for the murder of the wife of Cherry Hill Rabbi Fred Neulander, wants his conviction and sentence overturned.
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Lehigh University yesterday announced a $34.2 million gift, the largest in the school's history, from the estate of famed graduate and longtime board of trustees member Donald B. Stabler.
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Police are investigating a computer hacking by a 15-year-old student who authorities say broke into an office at Downingtown High School West and downloaded files containing restricted information on several dozen teachers and thousands of district taxpayers.
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Eric DeShawn Floyd, arrested in a Southwest Philadelphia hideout five days after the shooting death of Police Sgt. Stephen Liczbinski, apologized to the officer's family in a confession admitting his role in the killing.
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A frenzy of filming in Philly
- Tax breaks drawing moviemakers to Pa.When David Frankel agreed to direct the movie adaptation of John Grogan's best seller Marley & Me, he expected to shoot in Philadelphia at The Inquirer, where Grogan had been a columnist.
- There was no oversight at Phila. Academy, probers say.Brien N. Gardiner, the founder of Philadelphia Academy Charter School, and the former chief executive officer, Kevin M. O'Shea, were the only people at the school with authority to write checks, and there was no oversight on how the money was spent, according to lawyers hired by the school's board.
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The chief of staff for Democratic Pennsylvania State Sen. Michael Stack is a member of the board of directors of a Texas company at the center of an FBI organized-crime-linked fraud investigation.
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INQUIRER STAFF WRITER Three former Philadelphia police officers who contended they suffered retaliation because they opposed discrimination against African American officers said yesterday they felt vindicated by the $10 million verdict awarded by a federal court jury.
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A Montgomery County judge has thrown out an attempt to stop the Barnes Foundation's $5 billion art collection from moving to a new Philadelphia exhibition space.
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