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Train Ride With Santa on the West Chester Railroad

Santa Climbs Aboard The West Chester RailroadSaturday and Sunday-December 5 and 6Saturday and Sunday-December 13 and 19Sunday December 20Jolly Old St. Nick will be On board a Heated, Lighted, and Decorated Train with a Treat for All the Kids. Featuring Holiday Entertainment.Trains Depart Market Street Station at 11:00 am , 1:00 pm, and 3:00 pm* Please note the train will not depart from Glen Mills this season, you can only pick up the train in West Chester... Read the rest of "Train Ride With Santa on the West Chester Railroad"

Bernanke takes his lumps in Senate hearing

phillyinc - December 5, 2009 - 3:13pm
Still the Fed chairman should get another term to guide what will be a central bank with more power and more pressure on it.... Read the rest of "Bernanke takes his lumps in Senate hearing"

Proxy fight at USA Technologies

phillyinc - December 5, 2009 - 3:13pm
A white vs. blue contest is under way at unprofitable USA Technologies Inc., which provides technology for using credit cards in 60,000 vending machines, laundry machines, and photocopiers.... Read the rest of "Proxy fight at USA Technologies"

Comcast should get props for aiming high

phillyinc - December 5, 2009 - 3:13pm
Whether its acquisition of NBC Universal is successful won't be known for years, but Comcast's ambitions are most unlike other Philadelphia companies.... Read the rest of "Comcast should get props for aiming high"

Pennsylvania crafts a health information exchange plan

phillyinc - December 5, 2009 - 3:13pm
It's part of a push for electronic medical records and would be funded in part by the federal economic stimulus plan.... Read the rest of "Pennsylvania crafts a health information exchange plan"

American Realty Capital buys 15 CVS stores

phillyinc - December 5, 2009 - 3:13pm
The Jenkintown real estate investment trust continues to be active in buying up single-tenant commercial locations.... Read the rest of "American Realty Capital buys 15 CVS stores"

Readers see wider impact of loss of oil refineries

phillyinc - December 5, 2009 - 3:13pm
Jobs, direct and indirect, aren't coming back, they say. Regulators still see overcapacity in U.S. market.... Read the rest of "Readers see wider impact of loss of oil refineries"

Wharton's Siegel sees 4-5 percent GDP growth in 2010

phillyinc - December 5, 2009 - 3:13pm
The finance professor sees a lot of positive factors feeding into a better than expected economy next year.... Read the rest of "Wharton's Siegel sees 4-5 percent GDP growth in 2010"

Growth in the South prompts Cumberland Advisors to open Florida office

phillyinc - December 5, 2009 - 3:13pm
The Vineland-based money-management firm will retain its New Jersey offices, but co-founder David R. Kotok will be based in Sarasota, Fla.... Read the rest of "Growth in the South prompts Cumberland Advisors to open Florida office"

Cumberland Advisors opening Florida office

phillyinc - December 5, 2009 - 3:13pm
The Vineland, N.J. firm, with $1.3 billion in assets under management, stressed it was not leaving the state.... Read the rest of "Cumberland Advisors opening Florida office"

Bad economics for Valero, Sunoco makes for cleaner air

phillyinc - December 5, 2009 - 3:13pm
Both oil companies, in shutting down two refineries here in the space of six weeks, are signaling they don't expect demand to come back.... Read the rest of "Bad economics for Valero, Sunoco makes for cleaner air"

And Now For a Much-Needed Commercial Break

The700Level (featured blog 1/8 - 1/22/06) - December 5, 2009 - 3:08pm
With most of our Flyers discussion centering on losses and coaching changes and captaincy controversy, I think most of us are ready to just see some hockey players get on the ice and do some hitting and scoring. We'll have more on that a bit later, with the newish-look Flyers set to take on the Ovechkin-less Caps tonight, but for now, a little reminder of something we can all look forward to.  ... Read the rest of "And Now For a Much-Needed Commercial Break"

Never in its long history has the NFL had two 11-0 teams

Football News From A Chick - December 5, 2009 - 3:00pm
Quarterback Drew Brees #9 of the New Orleans SaintsQuarterback Peyton Manning #18 of the Indianapolis Colts... Read the rest of "Never in its long history has the NFL had two 11-0 teams"

Obama's Bet

MyDD - December 5, 2009 - 2:36pm
A report by Peter Baker in the New York Times this morning provides some insights into the intense and often agonizing behind the scenes deliberations over the Afghanistan review that took place inside the Obama White House. [H]is advisers say he was haunted by the human toll as he wrestled with what to do about the eight-year-old war. Just a month earlier, he had mentioned to them his visits to wounded soldiers at the Army hospital in Washington. "I don't want to be going to Walter Reed for another eight years," he said then. The economic cost was troubling him as well after he received a private budget memo estimating that an expanded presence would cost $1 trillion over 10 years, roughly the same as his health care plan. Now as his top military adviser ran through a slide show of options, Mr. Obama expressed frustration. He held up a chart showing how reinforcements would... Read the rest of "Obama's Bet"

Obama Blissfully Ignores Climate-Gate

After all, he is the smartest man in the room. Just ask him. The controversy swirling around the leaked e-mails of climate scientists apparently trying to downplay data and exclude dissenting opinions has led to calls for President Obama to skip this month’s climate summit in Denmark until the e-mails can be investigated. Instead, the White [...]... Read the rest of "Obama Blissfully Ignores Climate-Gate"

The Linc - Vick tops a list, Umenyoria gets demoted, & Georgia Eagles

Bleeding Green - December 5, 2009 - 2:00pm
Bernard Hopkins, left, of Philadelphia, poses with Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick after Hopkins'  non-title light heavyweight boxing match against Enrique Ornelas, of Mexico, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009, in Philadelphia. Hopkins won in 12 rounds with a unanimous decision. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) by Matt Slocum - AP 2 days ago: Bernard Hopkins, left, of Philadelphia, poses with Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick after Hopkins' non-title light heavyweight boxing match against Enrique Ornelas, of Mex... Read the rest of "The Linc - Vick tops a list, Umenyoria gets demoted, & Georgia Eagles"

The Crazy Season

As Mike Lux points out, nothing means anything in the healthcare bill right now.... Read the rest of "The Crazy Season"

Martha Coakley

Apparently it struck a chord with women around the country when the Massachusetts senatorial candidate spoke out against the Stupak amendement, because she’s raking in the bucks from women: Women from every state have donated, usually in small-dollar amounts, to the campaign war chest of Attorney General Martha Coakley, who, through the most recent reporting period, had raised about twice as much as her nearest competitors in the four-way race that will be decided in Tuesday’s special primary. Political fund-raising has long been dominated by men, but for the Coakley campaign two-thirds of its donors are women, a review by the Globe of her campaign finance reports shows. Take 72-year-old Carol Lakin of ... Read the rest of "Martha Coakley"

Today in Philly Sports History: Eagles Blanked 42-0 by Seahawks, 2005

The700Level (featured blog 1/8 - 1/22/06) - December 5, 2009 - 1:15pm
2005 When your quarterback gets pulled in favor of a 33-year-old Koy Detmer haflway through a game, chances are better than not that you're going to lose that game 42-0. The Eagles found that one out the hard way on December 5th, 2005, when the Seattle Seahawks came to the Linc and very rudely thrashed their guests to the titular six-TD+PAT tune. Awash in the TO fallout and missing QB1 Donovan McNabb for the remainder of the seaosn, the game was the worst of a very bad season, dropping the Eagles to 5-7 and basically ensuring their absence from a fifth straight NFC Championship game. Oddly f... Read the rest of "Today in Philly Sports History: Eagles Blanked 42-0 by Seahawks, 2005"