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Deal struck to end Philly transit strike
Philadelphia :: PA :: USA | 1 day ago
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Pennsylvania Gov. Edward Rendell says a tentative agreement could end Philadelphia's transit strike by Saturday night...Philly commuters who use the subway, buses and trolleys to find other ways to get around. The Philadelphia Inquirer said the tentative...
Tags: Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, Philadelphia Inquirer, transit strike, Philly, philly transit, Ed Rendell, transit union, transport authority
Locals wage legal fight to keep Philly newspapers
Seattle :: WA :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility The owners of Philadelphia's two major dailies are waging a late-stage battle to keep the newspapers from creditors in a looming bankruptcy auction. Senior lenders now have the right to use the $300 million owed them to win The Philadelphia Inquirer and...
Tags: Philadelphia Daily News, Philadelphia Inquirer, stage battle, Philadelphia Newspapers, bankruptcy auction
Man charged in daughter's death found dead
Philadelphia :: PA :: USA | 13 days ago
Credibility A father charged with fatally abusing his 10-year-old daughter was found hanged in a Philadelphia jail, authorities said. Domingo Ferreira, 53, was found dead Sunday, a bed sheet tied to the upper bunk in a cell at the Curran-Frumhold Correctional Facility,...
Tags: Philadelphia Inquirer
Creditors Get Higher Bid for Bankrupt Philadelphia Papers
Philadelphia :: PA :: USA | 18 days ago
Credibility Tierney, chief executive of the bankrupt Philadelphia newspapers, on Tuesday raised its bid to keep control of the papers to at least $86.5 million, from $66.5 million. Mr. Tierney and his backers, who are Philadelphia-area investors, want to prevent...
Tags: Philadelphia Daily News, Philadelphia Inquirer, locals group, philadelphia papers
New math program has fans, detractors
Philadelphia :: PA :: USA | 28 days ago
Credibility Several Philadelphia area schools are loyal to a new elementary math program that critics says is weak on basic facts, educators say. Everyday Mathematics was developed 20 years ago at the University of Chicago and is popular at public and private schools...
Tags: Philadelphia Inquirer
Discrimination found at Pa. swim club
Philadelphia :: PA :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility A state panel has found probable cause of racial discrimination at a suburban Philadelphia swim club that asked a day camp group of mostly black and Hispanic children not to return, a ruling the club's lawyer blamed late Tuesday on the "media firestorm"...
Tags: swim club, racial discrimination, Northeast Philadelphia, Philadelphia Inquirer, hispanic children, suburban philadelphia
Rendell optimistic of accord on state budget
Harrisburg :: PA :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility After meeting with legislative leaders in a closed-door session last night, Gov. Ed Rendell made an abrupt turnaround and sounded much more optimistic about reaching an agreement on the state budget. "We are not there yet, but we have made progress toward...
Tags: Ed Rendell, Senate Republican, Rendell Reverses, Mr. Rendell, Philadelphia Inquirer, Pennsylvania, month budget, budget impasse
Judge faults newspapers, creditors in ad dispute
Philadelphia :: PA :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility Local investors hoping to win Philadelphia Newspapers at a bankruptcy auction should pay for the newspapers' "Keep It Local!" publicity campaign, a judge suggested Wednesday. At the same time, he called complaints about the ads from rival creditors "overheated,"...
Tags: Philadelphia Newspapers, Philadelphia Daily News, Philadelphia Inquirer
Politician will have to adjust to jail
Philadelphia :: PA :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility A Philadelphia politician faces rough treatment by staff and other prisoners when reports to serve a federal prison sentence, a prison consultant said...Fumo faces harassment by inmates and staff who want him to know he is no longer a power broker, Jeff...
Tags: Sen. Vincent Fumo, Senate, Fumo Heading, federal prisoners, Philadelphia Inquirer
3 teens guilty of causing fatal asthma
Philadelphia :: PA :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility Three Philadelphia teenagers have been convicted of killing a man who died of an asthma attack after being pummeled in a subway concourse while going to work. Jurors found Nashir Fisher, 17, and Ameer Best, 18, guilty of third-degree murder and conspiracy...
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