Skyview Upper Elementary School, Lower Providence, holds Career Day
LOWER PROVIDENCE - Skyview Upper Elementary School presented its third annual Career Day Friday as 75 presenters from various fields of endeavor shared information about their vocations and businesses.
View ArticleUConn basketball programs have become unrivaled in unified success
Kevin Ollie climbed a ladder at Madison Square Garden last Sunday, clipped the final strands of a net and cupped his hand to his ear, eliciting yet another roar from the UConn crowd.A little over 24...
View ArticleTruck crashes into house in Lower Providence
LOWER PROVIDENCE - The driver of a J&J Environmental work truck lost control of the vehicle and struck a residence in the 3000 block of Germantown Pike Friday at approximately 4:20 p.m. First...
View ArticleMLB: Bullpen, hitters come through for Phillies in win over Cubs
CHICAGO - Going by body language, Roberto Hernandez was in a groove.The Phillies' No. 4 starter was finishing pitches with panache, and he had Cubs hitters looking less and less imposing. By the time...
View ArticlePHILLIES NOTES: Utley shows pop as lineup continues to improve
CHICAGO - Chase Utley's Grapefruit League performance lacked pop. And when it comes to the Phillies and their aging hitters in the middle of the lineup, even the most subtle sign of regression can make...
View ArticleFinal Four is a bonus bananza for Donovan, Calipari
ARLINGTON, Texas - Florida's Billy Donovan has both the SEC trophies from this season. Kentucky's John Calipari has the bigger bonus check, at least for now.If the Gators get past Connecticut in...
View ArticleColumn: Stanford women's basketball team fights 'bad' image
STANFORD, Calif. -- The Stanford women's basketball team is full of nice young women.Are they too nice to win a national championship?No, said forward Mikaela Ruef, one of the roster's tougher members....
View ArticleThe Times Herald's Montgomery County Selfie Scavenger Hunt
Do you use Twitter? Do you like to take selfies? Want to go on a local adventure? Then join in on The Times Herald's Montgomery County Selfie Scavenger Hunt! We have 10 clues that will help you find 10...
View ArticleThe FCA was wrong. But financiers seeking redress is hard to take
Two years ago, Martin Wheatley told insurance and pension companies that his new get-tough Financial Conduct Authority would "shoot first and ask questions later". But it's Wheatley who is now dodging...
View ArticleAmazon unveils new Fire TV streaming device
NEW YORK >> Amazon is making a bid to enter living rooms with Amazon Fire TV, a new streaming device that delivers online video, music and other content to televisions.The company says the $99...
View ArticleNew York Homeowners Construction earns Outstanding Achievement Award
SYRACUSE >> New York Homeowners Construction Co. LLC (nyhconstruction.com) was named the 2012-2013 Outstanding Achievement Award winner for the Assisted Home Performance with ENERGY STAR Program....
View ArticleMichael Lewis has shown how tech nerds rigged the stock markets. But who will...
Light travels at 186,000 miles a second in a vacuum, which is another way of saying that it covers 186 miles in a milli-second - a thousandth of a second. Given that much of our contemporary electronic...
View ArticleMarks & Spencer: chic in Paris, but losing ground at home
Everyone looks their best when they are on holiday - even Marks & Spencer, which escorted investors and the press corps around "gay Paree" last week. Boss Marc Bolland was able to trumpet the...
View ArticlePublishing: we can't see the right track for all the digital platforms
Hollywood screenwriter William Goldman's famous saying - "nobody knows anything" - might now equally be applied to the world of books. Every week brings yet more confusing news from the digital...
View ArticleAmazon unveils new Fire TV streaming device
NEW YORK >> Amazon is making a bid to enter living rooms with Amazon Fire TV, a new streaming device that delivers online video, music and other content to televisions.The company says the $99...
View ArticleColumn: Let college basketball suffer, let freedom ring
Everybody's complaining.But they know in their hearts they shouldn't.Everybody wants college basketball improved.But the price for that improvement is too steep.Basketball is stuck, then, wedged...
View ArticleMLB: Lee redeems himself as Phillies blank Cubs
CHICAGO - Cliff Lee appreciated the offensive support he received in his opening-day win at Texas, but he was hoping to be a little more supportive himself the second time around.A goose-egg met the...
View ArticleJurgen Klinsmann will get chance to be America's maverick in World Cup
America needed a maverick. Now 10 weeks away from the FIFA World Cup in Brazil this summer, it's time for the maverick to keep on doing what he does best. Jurgen Klinsmann, hired in the summer of 2011...
View ArticleUConn's improbable run reaches title game after Final Four win
ARLINGTON, Texas - DeAndre Daniels had 20 points and 10 rebounds Saturday to help UConn snap Florida's 30-game win streak with a 63-53 upset of the Gators at the Final Four.Shabazz Napier had 12 for...
View ArticleMLS: Union surrender late lead in draw with Fire
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. - Juan Luis Anangono headed in the tying goal from a difficult angle in the 86th minute to lift the Chicago Fire into their fourth straight draw, a 2-2 tie with the Philadelphia Union...
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