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  • Gas Works v. Nutter Mayor owed $507 gas bill

    Mayor Michael Nutter is a busy man. So busy is he that Nutter may have forgotten to pay his gas bill. Philadelphia Gas Works filed a claim against the mayor May 18 for failure to pay $507.76 owed to the city agency for gas service at the mayor's house on North 50th Street in the Wynnefield section of West Philadelphia. The amount was eventually paid this month, according to a court ...

  • At Germantown High a final goodbye

    The final graduating class of Germantown High said goodbye on Wednesday - to each other, to their teachers, to a historic but troubled school that's being closed by a district desperate to save money and improve academics. "I'm holding back tears," said Principal Emeritus Margaret Mullen-Bavwidinsi. Others let them flow. The 146th commencement brimmed with sadness and joy, ...

  • General managers approve mandatory visors hybrid icing

    have approved all the recommendations of the competition committee on Wednesday. Those recommendations include the grandfathering of visors, hybrid icing, shallower nets and video review on all four-minute high-sticking penalties. Beginning next season, all players coming into the league will be required to wear a visor. Players who have played more than 25 career NHL games will not be forced ...

  • Mayor Nutter Forgets to Pay Gas Bill

    The Mayor’s Office confirmed that a lien was placed on Mayor Michael Nutter’s home by the Common Pleas Court last May because he didn’t pay his gas ...

  • Fitch Releases Report on Philadelphia PA

    Money Market Funds Explore Callable Commercial Paper in Value Search Money market funds (MMFs) are slowly increasing exposure to a relatively new short-term instrument - callable commercial paper (CP), according to Fitch Ratings. MMFs are exploring callable CP as a way to add additional yield and diversification to portfolios, as well as in response to banks' reduced appetite for providing ...


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Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence [Blu-Ray]

Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence [Blu-Ray]

Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence is a curio of early-80s international cinema: A story about a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in Java set in the early years of World War II, it was produced by internationally minded British producer Jeremy Thomas (who has ... ...

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  • Dom Speaks With Pa. Senator Chuck McIlhinney About Liquor Bill

    - WPHT's Dom Giordano spoke withPa. Senator Chuck McIlhinney on Wednesday as he unveiled the Senate’s version of the Liquor Bill. The senator explained how there would still be state control in the wholesale sector, but no longer in retail. McIlhinney says the idea that Pennsylvania does not have enough liquor licenses is false. "There's 14,000 liquor licenses out there ...

  • Claude Giroux voted best 22nd overall draft pick of all time

    NHL.com has compiled a list of the best first-round selections of all time. The all-time best 30th overall pick was announced on June 1, while the best first overall selection will be announced on June 30, the day of this year's draft. Although Flyers fans may not have much to smile about after this past season, the inclusion of Claude Giroux on the list has to make hockey heads happy. ...

  • Neil Degrasse Tyson blows your mind Bickell on Mario Kart Daly on Devils

    Here are your Puck Headlines: a glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey ...

  • Naked Woman Arrested for Beating Baby

    Police were called to the 5000 block of Ridge Avenue around 2:20 p.m. Tuesday for a report of a woman hitting a baby girl outside a home. Investigators say a driver passing by was able to remove the 17-day-old baby from Tiatiana Vorobev, 29, before police ...

  • Pregnant Woman Struck in Triple Shooting

    Police say the suspect opened fire on the three victims shortly before 4 p.m. on the 2300 block of North 10th Street. A 32-year-old woman who is five-months pregnant was shot once in the chest, once in the right hip, once in the right buttocks and once in the left leg. She was taken to Temple University Hospital where she is listed in serious ...

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