NASCAR moves to new knockout qualifying format
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - NASCAR overhauled its qualifying process Wednesday, switching to a knockout format similar to Formula One and IndyCar.Drivers and track owners applauded the change, saying it will...
View ArticleMethacton Post Prom Committee hosts adult dinner fundraiser
WHITPAIN - Everyone who lives in the Methacton School District and likes dancing is invited to a night of food, fun and the chance to win one of several prizes.On Saturday, Feb. 8, from 7-11 p.m. in...
View ArticleCOPS: Armed robbery under investigation in Norristown
NORRISTOWN - A Norristown man was the victim of an armed robbery near the intersection of Arch and West Fornance streets Wednesday evening, police reported.Norristown police responded to the area of...
View ArticleFLYERS: Snow delay gave healing Voracek a helping hand
PHILADELPHIA - Long recognized for its sports-injury healing powers, ice - snow, too - was of some benefit to injured Flyer Jake Voracek.According to coach Craig Berube, Voracek would be in the lineup...
View ArticleBobby Abreu signing the latest in a long line of head-scratching decisions by...
On Monday evening, word came out that the Phillies had signed a minor league deal with a washed up 39-year-old Bobby Abreu, who is one year removed from being washed out of the league. In the abstract,...
View ArticlePhiladelphia Flyers swept away by Hurricanes
PHILADELPHIA - Jiri Tlusty scored on a rebound with 6:10 remaining in regulation and the Carolina Hurricanes held on from there Wednesday night to take down the Flyers 3-2 at a somewhat lightly...
View ArticleGOLF: Blue Bell welcomes new course professional to staff
BLUE BELL - The Blue Bell Country Club has hired a new course professional, Mike Mitchell, to head up course duties. "I'm thrilled to be here," Mitchell said. "Blue Bell is great place, and I look...
View ArticleMilbank: Return of the spenders
WASHINGTON - Read the bill!It was a rallying cry of the tea party in 2010 and of Republicans bitter about a 906-page health care law that few proponents had read. Republicans made a "read the bill"...
View ArticleRobinson: Silence over a spill
WASHINGTON - The drinking water in nine West Virginia counties has finally been declared safe, or mostly safe. But many people say they can still smell the licorice-like odor of 4-methylcyclohexane...
View ArticleParker: She said, she said
WASHINGTON - The question du jour is, why did Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer wait so long to step forward and level her corruption charges at Chris Christie?As surely everyone knows by now, Zimmer claims...
View ArticleWill: For judges: Throw the flag
WASHINGTON - Disabusing the Republican Party of a cherished dogma, thereby requiring it to forgo a favorite rhetorical trope, will not win Clark M. Neily III the gratitude of conservatives who relish...
View ArticleRadnor police visit to developer's lawyer in Blue Bell raises hackles
The president and CEO of Brandywine Realty Trust, the largest commercial property owner in Radnor Township, sent the president of the Radnor Board of Commissioners a strongly worded letter protesting a...
View ArticleMcCaffery: Phillies' reluctance to trust Darin Ruf is starting to get old
PHILADELPHIA - Darin Ruf soon will leave with the Phillies for Clearwater, and then, he expects for a fulfilling, competitive season to follow. It's the way it works. It's the way it has always worked...
View ArticleGovernment panel urges end to phone data spying
WASHINGTON (AP) - A government review panel warned Thursday that the National Security Agency's daily collection of Americans' phone records is illegal and recommended that President Barack Obama...
View ArticleSubpoena issued over Parkhouse sale in Upper Providence
NORRISTOWN - An administrative subpoena has been issued in connection with the sale of Parkhouse, the county-operated geriatric center in Upper Providence, according to anonymous sources.The Times...
View ArticleVirginia AG to fight state's gay marriage ban
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Gay marriage moved closer to gaining its first foothold in the South when Virginia's attorney general said Thursday that the state's ban on same-sex matrimony is unconstitutional...
View ArticleAUTO RACING: Ted Christopher the man to beat at indoor races
Ted Christopher, who has been the most prolific winner of indoor racing events since Len Sammons Motorsports Productions brought indoor racing back to life in 2003, revealed that he and Donnie Preece,...
View ArticleUpper Merion supervisors approve contracts with same-sex spousal benefits
UPPER MERION - The Board of Supervisors Thursday approved two two-year employee group contracts that include same-sex spousal benefits. The two-year contract for non-uniformed employees includes a 2.75...
View ArticleWhitemarsh supervisors OK development plans
WHITEMARSH - The Board of Supervisors Thursday approved a pair of development plans from the Hines Rowing Center and Masonic Village. The Hines Rowing Center, 801 Washington St., is expanding its...
View ArticleNFL: Former North Penn High coach Mike Pettine to lead Cleveland Browns
CLEVELAND - The Cleveland Browns new head coach has a nickname skeptical fans might come to appreciate if it translates to his team on Sunday afternoons."I've been nicknamed B.F.T. - Blunt Force Trauma...
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