06/09/11 The orange brick Spring Garden School in North Philadelphia resembled a clay oven Wednesday afternoon. Inside the steamy behemoth described as "hell" by teacher assistant Karen Green, temperatures reached 90 degrees or more in places, principal Laureal Robinson said.
06/09/11 Identical twins Rock and Tiger Allen, two of the most accomplished and best-known amateur boxers ever to come out of Philadelphia, suffered serious injuries in a one-vehicle crash Tuesday night.
06/09/11 David Reid would have been a starting offensive lineman for Andy Talley's Villanova football team in 2004. Reid drowned in the summer before that season. His family - mom Barbara, dad Mark, brothers Sean and Mark, along with relatives and friends - wanted to find a way to honor David.
06/09/11 Fourteen leading scientists and advocacy experts in vaccines and infectious diseases have announced the formation of a new international Foundation to advance and accelerate vaccine research and development against infectious diseases. The Foundation for Vaccine Research will be headquartered in Washington, DC...
06/02/11 President Barack Obama's key fundraisers are being asked to raise $60 million for the president's re-election campaign and the Democratic Party by the end of June.
06/02/11 PHILADELPHIA, PA--(Marketwire - 06/02/11) - Binswanger has been named exclusive agent by Philadelphia Media Network to represent them on the sale of their 526,000 sq. ft. building with adjacent five-level parking garage offering 502 spaces, and a .46 acre surface lot offering 200 additional parking spaces. The property is located at 400 North Broad Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The ...
06/02/11 LANCASTER, Pa.-Closer Tim Hamulack has been acquired by the Cincinnati Reds, it was announced today. He will join their Class AA affiliate in North Carolina.
06/02/11 David Buchanan, slated to start tonight at Greensboro, has easily been the most consistent starter for the Single-A Lakewood BlueClaws this season.
06/02/11 # wakeupdeadspin Your morning roundup for June 2, the day a museum curator finally recognized that one of Flavor Flav's 100+ neck clocks is worthy of celebratory display. Video via Mocksession . More »
06/02/11 Five state and city entities have forged a new Delaware River basin policy that looks to decrease downstream flood damage while protecting fish populations and water quality.
05/30/11 Joel Spivak does not know where he picked up the railroad bug. All he knows is that he has it, and so do a lot of other people.
05/26/11 PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Two of three U.S. judges hearing an appeal of former Pennsylvania Sen. Vince Fumo's corruption sentence suggested Wednesday that the 55-month sentence is flawed.
05/26/11 "Let's face it, they're going to get to pick and choose" who they let in By Lauren Daley.
05/26/11 "A colleague of mine calls it a right-wing conspiracy." By Chris Young.
05/20/11 David Braneky is thinning arugula shoots, weeding rows of baby broccoli, and feeling great. Of course, he is. His day-off to-do list is shorter by two tasks, and he gets to watch the miracle of spring unfold, row by row. Those are no small gifts, as every gardener knows.
05/20/11 WORCESTER - Jose Antonio Rivera is putting all his comeback eggs in one basket, and he's betting that Luis Maysonet can't break them. Rivera, the former three-time world champion from Worcester, comes out of retirement for the second time tonight at age 37 to fight 40-year-old Luis Maysonet of Hartford in an eight-round attraction at the Palladium, 261 Main St.
05/20/11 God is an Astronaut have announced their first North American tour dates since 2008
05/20/11 The Associated Press The Associated Press READING, Pa. A 26-year-old Berks County woman has been sentenced to up to seven years in prison after she faked cancer and collected nearly $12,000 in donations for treatment. Jenna Esslinger, of Maidencreek Township, had said she was diagnosed with cancer and treated at two Philadelphia hospitals. Prosecutors say she set up a charity fund and held ...
05/14/11 Chesapeake Energy Corp., the largest Marcellus Shale natural gas drilling company, on Friday resumed hydraulic fracturing operations after its investigation into an April 19 accident in Bradford County.
04/18/11 Princeton Borough Kimberly Greenfield, 23, of Lawrenceville, was charged with driving while intoxicated. At 11:53 p.m. on April 7, police stopped Ms. Greenfield at Nassau Street. Police determined she was intoxicated and arrested her. She was later released, pending court. | 
