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Philadelphia police and a SWAT team are going door-to-door Tuesday looking for a man who opened fire inside a Kmart store.

Those of you looking for a family-oriented holiday activity that requires little aside from relaxation with a touch of escapism, look no further.

The preliminary hearing for William Allan Foster, the Levittown man charged with vehicular homicide in the Nov.

Neurotez , Inc., a company developing therapies for Alzheimer's disease, today announced that it has been selected as a Featured Company for the 2008 MAC Conference.

Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., says he's ready for a tough re-election race in 2010, whether it's against MSNBC pundit Chris Matthews or someone else.

Specter, 78, declined to speculate on whether he would face Matthews, who reportedly met with Pennsylvania Democratic Party leaders last week about a run. But the GOP moderate said he expected challenges from the left and right as he seeks a sixth term.

'I never look over my shoulder, never look behind. Somebody may be gaining on me. I run with blinders. I'll be prepared, whoever my opponents are,' Specter said on CNN's 'Late Edition.'

BENSALEM, Pa. - November 30, 2008 -- A man is being charged with murder after he allegedly rammed is truck into a person outside a Bucks County bar.

Philadelphia police said an officer faces DUI charges after an off-duty crash in the Rhawnhurst section of the city.

Gov. Ed Rendell and legislative leaders are intensifying their search for budget cuts and spare millions as the deteriorating economy continues to unravel Pennsylvania's $28.3 billion spending plan.

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia is planning to launch a $200 million capital campaign next year.

A man who was brutally beaten on a Philadelphia subway concourse in September is preparing to sue the city and its main transit agency.

A Pennsylvania Democratic party leader says MSNBC pundit Chris Matthews is considering a run for U.S. Senate in 2010.

After meeting seven years ago, three locals combined forces to take a ground-level look at Philadelphia through a camera lens.

Now, investigators want to know if any other children have been harmed. Philadelphia police captain John Darby says 29-year-old Calvin Moore had been watching the 11-year-old boy he victimized at 17th and ...

A long line of holiday shoppers queue up at 12:01 a.m. for the early opening of the Vanity Fair Outlet stores for Black Friday sales and discounts November 28, 2008 in Reading, Pa.

B reeding a show dog is a lot like producing a champion thoroughbred: breed the best to the best, and hope for the best.

'Tis the season for goodwill and peacefulness. 'Tis also the season for five-finger discounts, police say.

A teenager was in stable condition yesterday at Temple University Hospital after being shot and wounded Wednesday night outside of a store at 25th and Oxford Streets in North Philadelphia, police said.

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A fire in a vacant warehouse in the Kensington section of the city Monday was set, the Philadelphia Fire Department said yesterday.

Police arrested a convicted sex offender who they say forced his way into a neighbor's South Philadelphia home and sexually assaulted an 11-year-old boy while his father was running an errand.