Storm brings flooding, evacuations in Ozarks
ST. LOUIS - Tropical Depression Bill dumped up to 7 inches of rain on the Ozarks in southern Missouri overnight, causing flash floods that forced the evacuation of some towns and campgrounds and...
View ArticleOSHA cites Delco contractor for repeat violations
A Havertown building contractor cited after two workers were injured when they came in contact with power lines, has been cited again by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health...
View ArticlePolice check new lead on escaped N.Y. prisoners near Pa. border
FRIENDSHIP, N.Y. - The search for two killers landed Saturday in New York's southern tier near the Pennsylvania border, about 350 miles from the prison in the Adirondacks where they escaped two weeks...
View ArticleChester firm a millennial success
It wasn't Google, Facebook, Twitter, Yelp, or Zappos - none of these high-profile new-age companies nabbed the top spot on Fortune Magazine's first-ever list of best workplaces for millennials....
View ArticleHavana, before the deluge
"We want to see Cuba before it changes." Simultaneously, on multiple continents, the brilliant Germans, Turks, Argentinians, Mexicans, and other Americans staying at our Havana guesthouse all had...
View ArticlePennsylvania prevails in shortened Big 33 Classic
HERSHEY, Pa. - Before lightning and heavy rain ended the contest at halftime, Imhotep Charter's D.J. Moore hauled in an 86-yard touchdown catch and Great Valley's Ryan Buchholz applied consistent...
View ArticleHaven: Church called home in Brewerytown
A stately house of worship, designed in the Gothic style by famed architect Frank Rushmore Watson and built in 1888, was saved by real estate developer Jordan Brody in 2012, just as the wrecking ball...
View ArticleClearing the record
A "How They Voted" box with a story Friday on Philadelphia City Council action incorrectly stated how two Council members voted on a bill to raise the city's parking tax. Kenyatta Johnson voted against...
View ArticleTourists 'like' Philadelphia to tune of $10.4 billion in 2014
Leisure travelers "like" us - enough to generate $10.4 billion in economic impact in 2014, according to the Philadelphia region's leisure tourism marketing agency, Visit Philadelphia. In its annual...
View ArticleNine people shot at Mantua barbecue
Nine people were shot, including a baby and two children, during a barbecue Saturday night in Philadelphia's Mantua section, police said. The shotgun blasts left the three juveniles and three of the...
View ArticleSaxbys blends community designed franchises with national branding
When Nick Bayer, now 37, went to college, he had no idea what he wanted to do. Business, industry, finance - each internship served to eliminate those as possibilities. "I remember Sunday nights were...
View ArticleU.S. jobless rate falls in June to lowest point in 7 years
With the nationadding 223,000 jobs in June and the U.S. Department of Labor reporting Friday the unemployment rate's decline to 5.3 percent - the lowest since April 2008 - that should have been widely...
View ArticleSaxbys blends community designed franchises with national branding
When Nick Bayer, now 37, went to college, he had no idea what he wanted to do. Business, industry, finance - each internship served to eliminate those as possibilities. "I remember Sunday nights were...
View ArticlePCC unions question change on carpenters, Teamsters
Did a state hearing examiner face "undue political pressure," causing him to change his opinion whether to hear a case involving whether union carpenters and Teamsters had been improperly barred from...
View ArticleU.S. jobless rate falls in June to lowest point in 7 years
With the nationadding 223,000 jobs in June and the U.S. Department of Labor reporting Friday the unemployment rate's decline to 5.3 percent - the lowest since April 2008 - that should have been widely...
View ArticleLesniak seeks court's help on cleanup deal
TRENTON - A Democratic state senator is petitioning Superior Court to intervene in the Christie administration's proposed settlement with ExxonMobil Corp. Raymond J. Lesniak (D., Union) filed the...
View ArticleAlliedBarton says it's seeking new ownership
AlliedBarton, the Conshohocken-based security company now owned by Blackstone Group, a private equity firm, is looking for new ownership, the company said in a statement. "Management believes that this...
View ArticleComcast shareholders approve company's slate of directors
Comcast Corp. shareholders on Thursday approved the company's slate of 12 directors, the appointment of Deloitte & Touche L.L.P. as an independent auditor and a renewed cash bonus plan for...
View ArticleEmily Bittenbender
General contractor Emily Bittenbender, 48, who describes herself as a high-end red neck, loves four-wheeling in the Pine Barrens. She also owns "two mean dogs," made her ex-fiancee her business partner...
View ArticleForman Mills' TV makeover was the real thing
Nearly a year ago, Rick Forman, chief executive of Forman Mills, was hunched over a toilet in his West Philadelphia store, wiping the bowl and trying to stay focused long enough to clean the bathroom...
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