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Jim Beam, Jose Cuervo, and Johnny Walker are in the pokey. State investigators confiscated 1,000 open bottles from 29 bars and restaurants across the state to see whether the contents were premium brands or substituted cheap booze - or worse - and being sold as the good stuff.
The District Attorney's Office will ask a judge Friday to keep Herbert and Catherine Schaible behind bars on a probation violation even if the Philadelphia faith-healing couple posts bail in the murder case of their infant son.
The Boy Scouts of America threw open its ranks Thursday to gay Scouts but not gay Scout leaders _ a fiercely contested compromise that some warned could fracture the organization and lead to mass defections of members and donors.
The New Jersey Assembly has overwhelmingly approved a bill that would prevent medical-marijuana patients from being disqualified for receiving organ transplants because they are using a drug that historically was deemed illegal.
SEPTA's governing body approved fare increases to take effect July 1, including raising cash fares to $2.25 from $2 and tokens to $1.80 from $1.55 for...
HARRISBURG — Inside Pennsylvania’s liquor privatization debate, everyone wants a taste. A new special interest is asking for a seat at the...
Leaders from more than 20 Philadelphia charter schools today joined the school district's campaign to obtain more state and city aid to cover a looming $304 million shortfall.
Jermaine M. Jackson was sentenced to life without parole for masterminding a robbery scheme that ended with the shooting death of a popular Bucks County musician.
Authorities in Montgomery County did some expensive weed whacking recently, cutting about $1 million in high-grade grass from the region's marijuana black market and shutting down an operation they say brought about 3,670 pounds into the area over the last year.
Drowning was the leading cause of deaths during Superstorm Sandy last fall, leading to one-third of all fatalities during the hurricane. A report issued...
Four Penn State students will serve probation for supplying alcohol to a party where a cheerleader was seriously hurt in a fall from a fifth-floor window.
Authorities say a western Pennsylvania man allegedly chained his 11-year-old stepson to the dinner table after he refused to eat the food on his plate.
Freebies from Verizon and Comcast could add to the fun of the Memorial Day Weekend.
Making no reference to protesters outside the Westin Hotel, Mayor Nutter welcomed 32 mayors and more than 200 other municipal officials Thursday to a three-day conference on innovation in city got government. The "Mayors' Innovation Summit," cosponsored by the city, the U.S. Conference of Mayors and Temple University's Fox School of Business, is designed to let cities share ideas and accomplishments in using technology to improve city services.
Jim Beam, Jose Cuervo, and Johnny Walker are in the pokey. State investigators confiscated 1,000 open bottles from 29 bars and restaurants across the state to see whether the contents were premium brands or substituted cheap booze - or worse - and being sold as the good stuff.
The District Attorney's Office will ask a judge Friday to keep Herbert and Catherine Schaible behind bars on a probation violation even if the Philadelphia faith-healing couple posts bail in the murder case of their infant son.
The Boy Scouts of America threw open its ranks Thursday to gay Scouts but not gay Scout leaders _ a fiercely contested compromise that some warned could fracture the organization and lead to mass defections of members and donors.
The New Jersey Assembly has overwhelmingly approved a bill that would prevent medical-marijuana patients from being disqualified for receiving organ transplants because they are using a drug that historically was deemed illegal.
SEPTA's governing body approved fare increases to take effect July 1, including raising cash fares to $2.25 from $2 and tokens to $1.80 from $1.55 for...
Lyle Denniston examines the argument, made by some, that reporters can be tried under the Espionage Act for seeking out the news about a classified program...
Leaders from more than 20 Philadelphia charter schools today joined the school district's campaign to obtain more state and city aid to cover a looming $304 million shortfall.
Jermaine M. Jackson was sentenced to life without parole for masterminding a robbery scheme that ended with the shooting death of a popular Bucks County musician.
Authorities in Montgomery County did some expensive weed whacking recently, cutting about $1 million in high-grade grass from the region's marijuana black market and shutting down an operation they say brought about 3,670 pounds into the area over the last year.
Pa. and N.J. account for nearly 40 percent of deaths from hurricane
Drowning was the leading cause of deaths during Superstorm Sandy last fall, leading to one-third of all fatalities during the hurricane. A report issued...
A beef with a strip club bouncer erupted into high-powered violence when a patron returned with an AK-47 and shot up the club. Police continued this...
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