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A Few Clouds and 76 degrees F at Philadelphia International Airport, PA
Winds are South at 9 MPH. The pressure is 30.25" (1024.3 mb) and the humidity is 50%. The heat index is 78. Last Updated on Aug 21, 8:54 pm EDT.

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Source: CBS3.com - Philadelphia's Source For Breaking News, Weather, Traffic and Sports
CBS3.com - Philadelphia's Source For Breaking News, Weather, Traffic and Sports

Foxwoods Casino Officials Consider Relocating
For the first time, officials with one of Philadelphia's two controversial riverfront casinos, say they're considering relocating their project.

Back-To-School Free Backpack Giveaway
It's that time of year again, kids are heading back to school and parents are struggling to make sure they can get them all of the right supplies.

Arrest Made In Decades Old Murder Of Teen
Police have arrested a man in the 1985 killing of a 13-year-old eastern Pennsylvania boy, who apparently was killed over stolen marijuana plants.

Wild Boars Plaguing Gloucester Co.
Rural Gloucester County has a boorish problem on its hands: wild boars. More than 100 of the creatures are ripping up golf courses, wrecking farms and fields, and killing native plants.

Local Guard Members Charged With Sexual Assault
Three Pennsylvania National Guard soldiers were charged with sexually assaulting a woman they met at a bar during an encounter inside a barracks building late last year.

Lt. Gov. Knoll Diagnosed With Cancer
Lt. Gov. Catherine Baker Knoll was diagnosed with cancer in early July and has been undergoing radiation and chemotherapy treatments, her spokesman said Thursday.

Former Bucks Co. FOP Officials Arrested For Thefts
The Bucks County District Attorney's office announced a pair of former Fraternal Order of Police officials have been arrested in connection with thefts from the organization.

NCC To Host African American Exhibit
The National Constitution Center in Philadelphia will host the national debut of "America I AM: The African American Imprint," a four-year touring museum exhibition that will celebrate 400 years of African American contributions to this country.

Semi Overturns Near I-95 In Bucks County
An overturned tractor trailer shut down an onramp to I-95 in Bucks County Thursday morning.

80 Arrested In Sweeping City Drug Busts
A total of 83 people were arrested after narcotics officers made sweeping drugs bust across Southwest Philadelphia.

Source: philly.com: Inquirer Local and Regional News
Inquirer local news coverage.

Community mourns young shopkeeper in E. Germantown
Yesterday morning, almost exactly seven years to the day that Fakhur Uddin came to America from Bangladesh, he was slain - bound with duct tape and string, shot in the head, and left in the back room of the East Germantown gift and sundry store he was minding for his ailing father.

New teachers' anxieties calmed in Williamstown
The first time William Hartwyk stood in front of a classroom, his pupils were fellow Marines who hadn't realized they would need high school algebra to navigate boats far from shore.

Property taxpayers told of new relief
MONROE, N.J. - Relief is on the way for hundreds of thousands of New Jersey taxpayers. Gov. Corzine, U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, and U.S. Rep. Rush Holt visited the Middlesex County home of two taxpayers yesterday to promote a little-known provision in a new federal law that could put $500 or $1,000 in property taxpayers' pockets.

Phila. DA names advocate for abused animals
Citing a "dramatic increase" in the number of animal-cruelty cases, District Attorney Lynne M. Abraham yesterday named Barbara Paul to serve as an advocate for the city's abused and neglected cats and dogs.

Glendora fire critically injures two children
Two children - a 2-year-old and 5-year-old - yesterday were critically injured in a fire that raced through the basement of a home in the Glendora section of Gloucester Township, authorities said.

Karen Heller: The importance of who is No. 2
Time to discard the John Nance Garner jokes comparing the vice presidency to "a warm bucket of spit" and calling taking the position "the worst damn fool mistake I ever made." The job matters.

Prototype of new SEPTA train is arriving, slowly
The train is late. It is in fact, expected to be 40 hours behind schedule, and counting. Of course, the train isn't on a track, and if you want to get technical, it isn't even a real train.

Fixing what the fire tore asunder
Rob MacNamara saw the wedding album on the grass Thursday while monitoring a water-main break near the site of the fire, which destroyed two apartment buildings and displaced hundreds of residents. Firefighters from the Upper Gwynedd Township Fire Company, Truck No. 80, had found the album among the debris, he said. "Whoever it belonged to, we wanted them to get it back, especially if they lost a lot in the fire," MacNamara said.

One eyesore down, thousands to go
Through the burned-out home's empty window frames and gaping doorway, neighbors on narrow Rush Street in North Philadelphia could see dirty mattresses, stray cats and trash.

Shaw is not Frankford rapist, lawyer says
Dorrell Shaw has made some bad decisions, but he is not the Frankford rapist. So says Shaw's attorney, Donald Chisholm, who took his 26-year-old client - a convicted burglar - to police Tuesday. He said Shaw volunteered a DNA sample to clear his name in the sexual assaults of six women this summer.

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