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Well, at least they waited until the World Series games were over. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports : "Hundreds of thousands of commuters scrambled this morning to find a way to work or school after SEPTA's largest union staged a surprise pre-dawn strike, shutting down down all subway, bus and trolley service in the city.

Dozens of retired public school teachers knew Robert Sturman as the financial adviser who for years had astutely handled their life savings.

November 3, 2009 -- At 3:00 a.m. Tuesday most SEPTA service in Philadelphia came to a grinding halt as the city's largest Transport Workers Union went on strike.

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This 1904 photo of Jackson's Lock on the Schuylkill Canal in Reading is among the images in a new book "Along the Schuylkill River." The boats are Hiester's excursion boats, which took people on trips along the river from the late 1800s through 1917.

Through her 10 years on the bench, Judge Carol Van Horn has seen the amount of juveniles involved in serious crimes increase.

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Friends, family members and fellow alumni of IUP can participate in festivities such as the annual Homecoming Ball on Friday and the parade on Saturday morning, which will be followed by a celebration in the Oak Grove.

Construction crews pour concrete for an abutment that will support the Route 202 parkway bridge over Route 309.

This small northeastern Cambria County town near the Blair County border swelled with pride Saturday as residents held Operation Welcome Home to pay tribute to six area Pennsylvania Army National Guard soldiers who returned in September from Iraq.

Key sticking points - natural gas drilling on state lands, table games in casinos, and a welfare bill - continued to hold up Pennsylvania's state budget on Wednesday, the eve of the 100th day since the state's fiscal year began without a full spending plan.

Regional planners predict an 11 percent increase in population and a 13 percent increase in jobs in the Delaware Valley by 2035.

Elise Holland and her brother, Patrick, have been going on bike rides with their Palmer Township parents ever since they were kids.

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The Republican candidate is leading in a three-way race for a vacant state Senate seat in a special election in southeastern Pennsylvania.

A group of Mercersburg area residents is asking the local fire company to postpone demolition of one of the oldest stone houses in the borough.

Estimated number of jobless who exhausted all unemployment benefits at the end of last week: Berks: 840 Bucks: 1,010 Carbon: 170 Lehigh: 640 Monroe: 340 Montgomery: 1,160 Northampton : 430 Schuylkill: 390 Statewide: 23,400 Source: Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry

Frank Davis Jr. says Westmoreland County puts too much value on his Penn Township home.

Pennsylvania Oak Log Homes Address: 131 Oley Furnace Road, Ruscombmanor Township Phone: 610-790-7479 or 610-790-7447 Web site: www.paoakloghomes.com Owners: Colleen M. and Dennis L. Gabel Dealers: Gastineau Log Homes Why oak? a It a hardwood known for durability.

Campaign considerations are never far from the minds of Pennsylvania 's state lawmakers, and these days they have a new worry -- the state budget standoff that has sunk their poll numbers.