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Philadelphia police say a 39th district police officer is lucky. He suffered only minor injuries during an attempt to stop a suspected stolen car in Germantown early Tuesday morning.

Trolleys, subways and buses were running again Monday and riders were trickling back to the city's transit system after an early-morning contract agreement ended a crippling six-day strike.

The trial of a man accused of killing a Philadelphia police officer in 2007 is scheduled to begin Thursday now that a jury has been picked.

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Science fiction and fantasy African American author Lawrence Johnson Sr. will join the panels during PhilCon.

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Representatives of Philadelphia's transit system and its largest union signed a contract early Monday, bringing an end to a strike that idled the city's subways, buses and trolleys for six days.

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PHILADELPHIA, PA, November 08, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Philadelphia union-side labor law firm Willig, Williams & Davidson is pleased to announce that Managing Partner Deborah R. Willig, Esq., has been inducted into the Temple University League for Entrepreneurial Women's Hall of Fame.

Official stand around a burned-out SEPTA R5 regional rail car that burst into flames around 7 a.m. this morning along Lancaster Avenue at Jefferson Street in West Philadelphia.

A national spokesman for the Philadelphia transit system's largest union says reports of a tentative agreement were "premature" and the negotiations aimed at ending a five-day strike continue.

Nov. 6, 2009--Many people are looking forward to March 2011 -- the anticipated opening of the expanded Convention Center -- and none more than those already selling the yet-to-be-completed meeting, exhibit, and ballroom spaces.

Police public affairs confirms a student has been shot in the back of a Philadelphia school bus.

A company spokesman says a Delta plane headed to Philadelphia had to return to the gate just before takeoff from Atlanta because of an engine fire.

Philadelphia police are looking for a suspect who allegedly shot and killed a man Saturday afternoon.

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SEPTA and its striking workers seemed to edge closer to a settlement yesterday, as Gov.

SEPTA buses sit idle at the the Frankford Transportation Terminal on November 3, 2009 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

A teenager shot and wounded another youth on a school bus taking students to a disciplinary high school this morning, police said.

Share + Nov 6, 2009 11:49 am US/Eastern PHILADELPHIA As the city's transit strike drags into its fourth day, tempers are frayed, commuter trains are packed, streets are clogged and some residents remain virtually stranded at home.