Hold on to your Phillies, Flyers and Sixers hats, Philadelphia sports fans — the U.S. Federal Communications Commission ruled last week that Comcast Corp. now has to start making its Comcast-only SportsNet programming available to satellite TV providers. The FCC ruling came in a 4-1 decision to close a “terrestrial loophole” that had allowed Comcast…

What do you get when you mix an overzealous county prosecutor, cellphone pranks and a group of teen-aged girls and boys together? Well, in Wyoming County, Pa., in the Tunkhannock School District, you apparently get a huge controversy that brings in the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania to take on a county prosecutor who…

Were you or a loved one injured at work? You may be able to file a third-party claim for pain and suffering in addition to collecting workers’ compensation from your employer. In this video blog, attorney Dean Weitzman of MyPhillyLawyer, discusses third-party injury claims. He stresses the importance of hiring a personal injury lawyer who…

Jan. 26, 2010 UPDATE:  Toyota announced that it will immediately suspend production and sales of eight vehicle models bound for the U.S. market to further investigate and repair the cause of sudden acceleration that has been plaguing some Toyota vehicles since last year, according to The New York Times. For the second time in less…

Some 1.5 million Graco brand baby strollers are being recalled due to design defects that allow children’s fingers to be caught in the sunshade hinges. Five children have already suffered fingertip amputations and two others have suffered fingertip cuts due to the design, according to the voluntary product recall announced yesterday by the U.S. Consumer…

It’s not enough that we have to worry about the safety of the vehicles we drive in, the airplanes we fly in and even the toys our children play with. Now, in a story in The New York Times last week, we are reminded to always be concerned about the packaging used for the food…