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Judge Robert Simpson last week issued an order scheduling the voter ID trial for July 15, 2013, at the Pennsylvania Judicial Center in Harrisburg. The trial is expected to last about a week. Plaintiffs are seeking a permanent injunction to stop implementation of the state’s voter ID law.

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“A roll of the dice” one would-be wit called it. Others have described it in considerably less family friendly terms. But, however, described, it’s described a lot. Indeed, it’s been widely reported nationally as well as across Pennsylvania.

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Federal economists estimate that 2 million jobs go unfilled today as a result of skills, training and education gaps. The same is true in Pennsylvania. A report submitted last year by the Governor’s Manufacturing Advisory Council noted that the number of new workers entering the industry…

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Mayor Nutter announced a partnership between the City of Philadelphia and the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses initiative to help create jobs and economic growth by providing small businesses in the area with practical business education, business support services and access to capital.

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A 5-year-old girl was blindfolded, forced to change out of her clothes and made to hide under a bed after being abducted from her class at a public school, police said Wednesday. Capt. John Darby described the victim’s ordeal while releasing information about a new, second suspect in the kidnapping…

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On 01/14/13, Chelsea Ramsey-Jones a 14 year old black female, was reported missing from 100 block of N. 60th st. after Chelsea failed to return home from Barry Elementary School on 01/14/13. On 01/17/13 Southwest Detectives were informed that the complainant is Autistic and suffers cognitive impairment.

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As reported by the Inquirer/Daily News, State Rep. Cherelle L. Parker, leader of the city’s House delegation in Harrisburg, was found guilty of drunken driving Wednesday for a 2011 incident in which her blood-alcohol level tested at twice Pennsylvania’s legal threshold of intoxication.

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This Valentine’s Day, City Food Tours is back with their slightly naughty, yet light hearted, three course dinner event featuring a feast of foods that get you in the mood. For one night only, more than 18 different aphrodisiac ingredients are seductively intertwined in three dishes…

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For those of you who have not already noticed, long time syndicated radio host Michael Baisden is no longer on the air on WDAS 105.3 FM. Baisden had been on the air in Philadelphia for many years, however, Clear Channel made a decision to go in a different direction with their afternoon programming.

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Philadelphia County Sheriff Jewell Williams is busy. Really busy. But it’s a good busy. It’s a busy that includes helping people find a home through the Sheriff’s Sale process. It’s a busy that includes helping people hold on to their homes.

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