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- Caught by a footprint ... in snow. Damn you, mother nature! [CBS 3]
- A fire in Delaware County killed ten pit bulls. The fire was contained within an external garage. Police are investigating whether there was an illegal breeding operation. [WPVI]
- The Sony plant in southern New Jersey is closing. Roughly 300 employees will lose their jobs as a result. [NBC Philadelphia]
- Pennsylvania Governor-elect Tom Corbett has selected Ronald Tomalis as the head of the Department of Education. Tomalis previously managed the implementation of the No Child Left Behind act, among other things. [FOX 29]
- The city is pushing students to apply for college financial aid. That is fantastic; it might also want to focus on having more than fifty-percent of its students graduate, too, though. [Philadelphia Inquirer]
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