Perhaps you've been hearing a bit about Alan Greenspan's new book lately? The former Fed Chairman has been out flogging his memoir, "The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World," and from the media reaction we think sales should be alright. Greenspan was on 60 Minutes last night and...
New VBR is designed to offer a less invasive surgical approach to the thoracolumbar spine MARQUETTE, Mich., Sept. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Pioneer Surgical Technology, Inc. announced today the market release of the Cross-FuseTM Lateral Option System. The Cross-Fuse is Pioneer's latest addition to a comprehensive family of...
HealthEast Care System announced today thatEric Nussbaum, MD, FACS, has been named a Physician Hero of the Year for2008 by the American Heart Association AHA, Greater Midwest Affiliate forhis accomplishments in treating patients dealing with aneurysms, strokesand other neurovascular conditions. His patient, stroke survivor BarbaraLadd McNamara, has been named...
Don't plan to pick up a bottle of chenin blanc along with that lemon pepper rotisserie chicken at Wegmans in Cherry Hill any time soon. Wegmans has had access to a liquor license for almost a year, but the supermarket chain is still deciding whether to set up a liquor...
SEPTA's gender-specific weekly and monthly passes are under fire. The Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations yesterday denied SEPTA's motion to dismiss a complaint from a bus passenger - a pre-operative transsexual female - who said she was challenged by a driver who suggested that she was male. SEPTA had argued...
The long-expected $1 increase in Delaware River bridge tolls is set for Sept. 14, following approval yesterday by the port authority board. Tolls will go from $3 to $4, and PATCO train fares will rise 10 percent. Only an unanticipated veto by Gov. Corzine could block the hikes. Additional fare...
Wine aficionados are trampling on Pennsylvania's latest effort to regulate direct shipments of wine to consumers, calling the proposal too restrictive and too expensive. They have urged state lawmakers to bottle up a bill that would require wineries to ship customers' wines to the state Liquor Control Board, which would...
A Delaware River Port Authority committee yesterday gave preliminary approval to a plan hiking bridge tolls from $3 to $4 and increasing PATCO fares by 10 percent despite intense public opposition, agreeing only to abandon restrictions on senior citizen discounts. The plan, approved without dissent by the authority's finance committee,...
SEPTA construction crews are on schedule to complete the most disruptive phase of rebuilding the Market-Frankford Elevated line in West Philadelphia by Aug. 25. Street closures and detours that began Friday remain around 63d and Market Streets, as crews work around the clock to replace the elevated structure over Market...
NJ Transit and SEPTA will sell tickets to all of each other's stations, as part of a joint ticketing operation announced yesterday. Tickets to SEPTA and NJ Transit destinations are now available at NJ Transit vending machines, at rail ticket windows at the Trenton station, and at SEPTA ticket windows...
The last major road closures and detours for Market-Frankford El construction will begin Friday and last 16 days. The biggest bottleneck will be at the intersection of 63d and Market Streets. The intersection will be closed to all traffic from 7 p.m. Friday until 4 a.m. Aug. 25. As in...
In an effort to protect pedestrians and reduce car crashes on deadly Roosevelt Boulevard, the state is installing 488 pedestrian-crosswalk countdown timers at 46 locations. The first timers were installed over the weekend, and U.S. Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D., Pa.), along with city and state officials, will officially introduce the...
New Jersey got the lowest marks - again - in a study of how effectively states spend their highway money. New Jersey has ranked last since 2000 in the annual report on highway performance by the Reason Foundation, a Libertarian think tank. Pennsylvania ranked 36th, the same spot it had...
As the lobbying battle in Washington heats up over a proposal to place tolls on I-80, a leading opponent met yesterday with the head of the federal agency that is considering Pennsylvania's application. U.S. Rep. John Peterson (R., Pa.) urged acting Federal Highway Administrator Jim Ray to deny the application....
Capabilities and social justice; the political philosophy of Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum. Alexander, John M. Ashgate Publishing Co. 2008 187 pages $99.95 Hardcover HB523 Alexander (economics and ethics, U. of Leuven, Belgium) develops...
The legislature may be on vacation, but there's no rest for the combatants in the battle over a lease of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Opponents and supporters of the lease plan are busy lobbying in Harrisburg, Washington and the rural reaches of Pennsylvania in preparation for what they expect to be...
Long-Term Projected Rise in Healthcare and Gas Prices Have Boomers Looking to Mexico for Retirement LOS ANGELES -- An ever-increasing rise in the cost of living has Boomers concerned about life after work. In search of affordable healthcare, reasonable gas prices and a lifestyle comparable to home, retirees...
State Sen. Diane Allen (R., Burlington) has come up with an idea for stopping the proposed toll hikes on Delaware River bridges: A veto by Gov. Corzine. Allen yesterday sent Corzine a letter asking him to veto any action by the Delaware River Port Authority to increase the bridge tolls....
Rebuffed in its effort to lease old NJ Transit railcars, SEPTA officials yesterday agreed to buy eight railcars from NJT to help ease overcrowding on Regional Rail lines. SEPTA's board agreed to pay $670,000 for the eight cars, a scrapped car for parts, and associated parts and service. Last month,...
The final episode of "Nightmare on Market Street," brought to you by SEPTA, will debut Friday night in West Philadelphia and will run sporadically through August. As SEPTA moves to complete its overdue, overbudget reconstruction of the Market-Frankford Subway-Elevated Line, it is alerting transit riders, motorists and residents to...
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