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07/10/11 The weather was perfect for the 39th annual American Cancer Society's bike-a-thon which began at the foot of the Ben Franklin Bridge, closing it for slightly more than an hour on Sunday morning.
07/10/11 Quick, somebody get Ben Franklin on the cellphone, and tell him to bring his kite and his key to The Broadmoor.
06/27/11 The Associated Press The Associated Press CAMDEN, N.J. Drivers who cross from New Jersey to Pennsylvania on four Philadelphia-area bridges will have to pay a dollar more starting Friday. The cost of crossing the Ben Franklin, Walt Whitman, Betsy Ross and Commodore Barry bridges is scheduled to rise to $5. Drivers only pay when they're travelling into Pennsylvania on the Delaware River Port ...
06/24/11 Philadelphia Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins will attempt to break a world record on Monday. Instead of taking a day off, Rollins will take part in Red Bull Ball Park Cranks in an attempt to break a Guinness World Record for longest batted ball, and he is heading to the Ben Franklin Parkway to do it. The current record stands at 576 feet, which is far out of Rollins' normal range so he will be ...
06/22/11 Long before Web-era gurus popularized the notion of an 'Attention Economy,' there was Ben Franklin telling us that time = money.
06/05/11 Ben Franklin Transit is looking at changing some routes and adding buses because of growing traffic
05/18/11 A Hatfield company will receive $85,000 from the Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania, which invests in early-stage technology and life sciences companies.
05/05/11 A ribbon-cutting for the launch of the Ben Franklin TechCelerator@Carlisle will be held at 3:30 p.m. Thursday at the Murata Business Center, 453 Lincoln St., Carlisle.
04/20/11 The AuSable Artisan Village entered into a lease last week for the Ben Franklin's store in downtown Grayling. The group of artists and volunteers hope to have building remodeling done in time for Memorial Day weekend.
04/16/11 Ben Franklin believed the bald eagle was a scoundrel and a scavenger, not fit to be the national bird.
04/11/11 Technology firm supporter announces annual awards. Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania has announced the winners of its annual Northeastern Pennsylvania Innovation Awards for technology companies.
04/05/11 Associated Press - April 5, 2011 10:35 AM ET RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) - The Washington state auditor's office says Ben Franklin Transit lacked enough oversight to prevent an employee from stealing...
04/05/11 The Washington state auditor's office says Ben Franklin Transit lacked enough oversight to prevent an employee from stealing nearly $18,000 over a two-year period.
04/04/11 Ben Franklin once said the only certainties in life were death and taxes. For the more than 100 million taxpayers expected to file their 2010 returns online, one more guarantee exists: with the proper security in place, filing taxes can be safe, fast and easy, despite threats of cyber criminals.
03/30/11 Douglass Township police Wednesday released the name of the 25-year-old Pottstown man struck by a hit-and-run vehicle while walking along Ben Franklin Highway in the township.
03/28/11 Politics have been integrally connected to just about every stage of Peter Roskam's life, even helping him find love. Roskam, who displayed an aptitude for politics during his elementary days at Ben Franklin Elementary School in Glen Ellyn, is known for toting a report about Illinois that he wrote in fourth-grade when he visits suburban schools.
03/24/11 Ben Franklin so admired the wild turkey that he wrote about making it the national bird of the fledgling United States.
02/23/11 BETHLEHEM, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania invests a total of $875,000 in BioSample Solutions, Pivitec, PROVA Systems, RantNetwork, Electrikus, Hydro Recovery, and ZeroTruck Corp.
02/22/11 Oklahoma Junteenth Historical Foundation will present a jazz concert and lecture by Dr. Ronald Myers at 9 a.m. today at Ben Franklin Science Academy. Myers of Mississippi is the National Junteenth chairperson.
02/20/11 Many cities have statues of icons that represent the spirit of those towns. New York has the Statue of Liberty. Metropolis, Ill., has a statue of Superman. And of course, Philadelphia has statues of Ben Franklin and Rocky Balboa. Detroit's thinking of getting a statue, too of RoboCop. read more
02/19/11 Senior point guard Devante Chance had the ball in his hands when it counted and, as a result, Philadelphia Electrical came away with a 59-57 win over Vaux in a Public League basketball quarterfinal on Friday at Ben Franklin. | 
