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The deadline for nominating people or companies or the Philadelphia Business Journala s inaugural Life Sciences Awards is just a few days away.

Share + Jul 30, 2010 2:34 pm US/Eastern Reporting Ben Simmoneau 1 of 1 Edwin Guzman was leaving his Oxford Circle home on the 6800 block of Dorcas Street around 7:30 Friday morning when two men forced him into his black Mercedes SUV and drove off.

The Philadelphia PowerBook User Group meets tomorrow in Philadelphia. I'll be on had to talk about the iPhone 4, iOS 4.0.1, Antennagate, the new Magic Trackpad and the best of the App Store.

Barely a month after a bitter court fight, Philadelphia and the Cradle of Liberty Council Boy Scouts are negotiating to settle the nearly decade-long dispute over the scouts' refusal to explicitly renounce the national organization's antigay policy.

A South Philadelphia woman from whom animal cruelty agents seized 88 Chihuahuas and Chihuahua mixes along with other animals two weeks ago was charged today with 134 counts of animal cruelty, the Pennsylvania SPCA announced.

Facing possible death penalties if convicted of first-degree murder, three men have pleaded guilty in exchange for varying prison terms in the April 13, 2008, robbery and shooting of a man entering a North Philadelphia mosque for morning prayer.

Ricci's Hoagie Shop, at 1247 S. 21st St. in South Philly, is sponsoring a gun buyback program to help make the community around the eatery safer.

Officer Gary F. Skerski, 46, a 16-year veteran of the police force, was shot and killed May 8, 2006, while responding to a robbery at a cafe at Arrott and Adams Avenues in the Northeast.

Share + Jul 29, 2010 12:06 pm US/Eastern PHILADELPHIA Four individuals, including a Philadelphia city employee, have been charged with offenses related to defrauding the city of more than $600,000. On Thursday, federal investigators announced that Kelly Kaufmann Layre, a Clerk Typist for the Philadelphia Police Reports Unit, had provided thousands ...

The 20-year-old Abington Township waitress -- who was willing to fall out of a moving car to get away from her kidnapper -- saved her own life, police say.

After receiving an award for 'sustainable fund-raising' at the American Library Association meeting in Washington, The Friends of the Princeton Public Library Book Sale got some more good news when NPR interviewed co-chair Sherri Garber and ran a segment Tuesday and Wednesday of last week about the Book Sale's success at a time when book stores are ...

At least two Philadelphia Police officers are accused of stealing cash and drinking alcohol from a Frankford bar while it was closed.

Share + Jul 28, 2010 11:31 pm US/Eastern Authorities have charged a Northeast Philadelphia man with killing his mother-in-law over the weekend.

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THE PROBLEM: John Taylor's neighborhood park is in bad shape. When he moved to Southwest Philadelphia three years ago, Taylor liked taking his grandkids to Eastwick Park across the street from his house.

Where Rocky lived in the 1976 movie - on Tusculum Street near Kensington Avenue - is viewed through the window of an abandoned house across the street.

The two men on trial for murder in the fatal shooting of a Philadelphia police sergeant after a 2008 bank robbery were found guilty today of first-degree murder.

In our beautifully shot July fitness feature, " Heavenly Bodies , " we asked 15 of Philly's fittest citizens to strip down, show off their bodies, and share what they do to look so good naked.

There were a few tense moments at Philadelphia International Airport Tuesday afternoon after a fuel truck overturned on the tarmac.

Walnut Street store under construction Apple today announced the grand opening of its new Walnut Street retail store in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.