HARRISBURG - The state House reconvened this morning to consider legislation authorizing table games at Pennsylvania slots parlors, but quickly broke for yet another round of closed-door talks without beginning public debate. Full Story »
City Council will hold hearings on Joaquin Rivera's death in the emergency waiting room at Frankford Hospital, which went unnoticed for more than an hour. Full Story »
It looks increasingly like Democrats are going to have a dogfight on their hands in suburban Philadelphia's 6th Congressional District. Full Story »
The NJ Transit board yesterday approved $9 million for an environmental impact study to advance a proposed South Jersey rail line from Camden to Glassboro. Full Story »
In the commotion that followed the death - and robbery - of Joaquin Rivera while waiting for care at a hospital emergency room late last month, his niece's dog Tuti somehow disappeared. Full Story »
An Upper Darby Township school-bus driver pulled over his big yellow ride Tuesday to pick up money that had been doused in red dye and tossed in the street by a bank robber after a dye pack exploded in his stash, police said. Full Story »
Homicide investigators are investigating the suspicious death of a 6-year-old boy in Southwest Philadelphia yesterday afternoon. Full Story »
President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize is arguably not the most controversial choice to come out of Norway, and certainly not the worst. Consider these choices and non-choices: Full Story »
Former KYW-TV anchor/reporter Diane Allen ran for (and won) a New Jersey state Senate seat. And now that sources say former Fox 29 and KYW-TV anchor Dawn Stensland is pondering a congressional run in Delaware County, the Daily News has selected a dream slate of broadcasters who we'd like to see in office. Full Story »
Few things turn the stomachs of those in law enforcement like having to arrest one of their own. That's especially true when someone with a badge is locked up for trying to solicit sex from a minor. Full Story »
When Brendan J. Buss was angry at his distant cousin, he went to the man's Pen Argyl home and started busting windows. Police arrived and Buss fought with them, biting, punching and scratching and trying to grab one of their handguns. Full Story »
Storm made it difficult for rescuers to reach the twin home, which burned to the ground. A fire that leveled a twin home in Jim Thorpe early Wednesday morning and left one resident hospitalized in critical condition could have been burning for hours before anyone noticed it, according to Fire Chief Bill Diehm. | VIDEO, PHOTOS Full Story »
Ralph Puerta declines to stay on as president. Lachlan Peeke is chosen to replace him. After leading the Saucon Valley School Board during tumultuous negotiations with the teachers union, board President Ralph Puerta handed off his title to another school director at the board reorganization meeting Tuesday. Full Story »
Hazleton mayor seeking Kanjorski's 11th District seat in U.S. House. He discounts GOP challenge from Monroe lawyer. Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta, a Republican who gained national prominence for his anti-illegal immigrant stance, announced Wednesday he will run a third time for Congress from the 11th District in northeastern Pennsylvania. Full Story »
The 2010 budget proposed by Emmaus borough officials calls for the borrowing of $1.5 million to complete capital projects and purchases and a 6 percent property tax increase to cover rising costs. Full Story »
Police are investigating the sudden death of a 6-year-old boy whose body was found inside a Southwest Philadelphia home Wednesday. Full Story »
Storm water runoff from Tuesday night's heavy rains caused the sewer system to back up in one North Philadelphia neighborhood. Several homes on the 3300 block of Smedley Street had as much as two feet of raw sewage backing up into their basements. Full Story »
Eyewitness News has learned investigators are one step closer to solving dozens of burglaries along the Main Line. Full Story »
A Philadelphia police officer has been arrested on charges he solicited a 15-year-old boy. Investigators said Officer Adrian Makuch, 49, was arrested Tuesday for allegedly soliciting a 15-year-old for sex and nude photos. Full Story »
Rodney Stuckey scored 27 points and hit the winner with 8.7 seconds left to lead the Detroit Pistons to a 90-86 win over Philadelphia on Wednesday night, the 76ers' 11th straight loss. Full Story »
Firefighters were called to a two alarm condo fire in Warrington, Pa. on Thursday morning. Full Story »
Police say the suspect had just gotten out of prison last week. Full Story »
Police say a baby who was stabbed multiple times in a knife attack that killed his mother in New Jersey remains in critical but stable condition. Full Story »
A Pa. drank herself unconscious for her 20th birthday, and ended up having parts of both legs amputated. Full Story »
The woman and 3 kids scrambled to the roof of their car during heavy rains Wednesday morning. Full Story »
Bundle up today because temperatures won't get out of the 30s. Full Story »
We searched far and wide for the elusive Phillies fan who popped up on the TODAY Show. Full Story »
A procession of blue led the body of Sgt. Mark Renninger out of Philadelphia International Airport to his family's home in Bethlehem, Pa. late Wednesday night. Renninger was one of four officers slaughtered in an ambush attack late last month in... Full Story »
Beating happened after Asian-American students attacked a disabled African-American student off-campus, according to administrators. Full Story »
If you're a criminal, you're gonna want to steer clear of Donald Kaign's house. Full Story »
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- New Jersey Gov.-elect Chris Christie Full Story »
A 59-year-old North Jersey man was behind bars on Wednesday, accused of stabbing his wife 47 times to death with a boning knife at their Sussex County home, police said. Full Story »
State senators have postponed a potential landmark vote that had been planned for today on legislation that would grant gay couples the right to marry in New Jersey, with the proposal's fate far from certain. Full Story »
The New Jersey Education Department has denied a financial appeal from the Freedom Academy Charter School to repay $415,938 in aid for violating state regulations. Full Story »
A day after Jon Stewart, the Jersey-born host of the popular "Daily Show" on Comedy Central took a shot at Camden, several city officials took the opportunity Tuesday night to fire back. Full Story »
Atlantic City police and State Police are investigating a three-car accident. The accident happened at about 8:30 a.m. Thursday, on the eastbound lanes of Route 30, near the ramp for the Atlantic City Expressway Connector. Full Story »
ATLANTIC CITY - Four politically connected law firms walked away with an additional $440,000 in added costs Wednesday after city legislators approved their added change orders. Full Story »
ATLANTIC CITY — A man was seriously hurt Wednesday when he jumped or fell off a curb, was struck by a taxi cab and hit his head on an object, police said. Full Story »
Gamblers play in the smoking areas of the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort in November 2008 in Atlantic City. Councilman Dennis Mason announced Wednesday that City Council will not consider a full smoking ban in casinos for at least two years. Full Story »
ATLANTIC CITY - A looming fiscal crisis in 2010 is not stopping Mayor Lorenzo Langford from trying to re-create a government office dedicated to multicultural affairs, a defunct city division deleted by rival council members about six years ago. Full Story »
DOYLESTOWN, Pa. -- A former Lambertville restaurateur yesterday was found guilty of attempted homicide, rape, kidnapping and robbery in a brutal attack on his ex-girlfriend last spring. Full Story »
As opponents and supporters of the state's proposed gay marriage bill count votes ahead of expected legislative action this month, Sen. Shirley Turner, D-Lawrence, is hearing it from both sides. Full Story »
HAMILTON -- Cheers and applause erupted in council chambers late Tuesday night as the zoning board denied adult store Video Xpress its proposed expansion in a 5-2 vote. Full Story »
TRENTON -- A passing car was struck by stray bullets during a shootout near the intersection of St. Joe's Avenue and Girard Avenue last night, police said. Full Story »
PHILADELPHIA -- A New Hope, Pa., couple were among five people indicted in a foreclosure rescue and mortgage fraud scheme that involved lawyers, mortgage brokers and more than $14.6 million in loans. Full Story »
Philadelphia city councilman Frank DiCicco said on Thursday he's going to try again to rein in the use of plastic grocery store bags in the city. Full Story »
Pakistani officials say five young American Muslims arrested there wanted training from Al-Qaida. Full Story »
In Norway, President Obama said he's undeserving of the Nobel Peace Prize and acknowledged the irony of winning such an award as a wartime president. INTERACTIVE SLIDESHOW Full Story »
Mom-and-pop business owners at a Montgomery County, Pa. shopping center say a supermarket’s refusal to give up its lease after shutting its doors earlier this year is hitting them hard financially. Full Story »
A $5,000 reward is now being offered for information leading to the arrest of Darryl Young of West Philadelphia, wanted in connection with several murders. Full Story »
A tree is reflected in a rain puddle in the German city of Stuttgart. AFP/DDP/Sascha Schuermann
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