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.
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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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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