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Comcast drops controversial data caps

Critics have complained that data caps imposed by Comcast and other Internet service providers are an end run around network-neutrality rules. Comcast says it is dropping them.

The inevitable happens: Cell phones allowed in flight

As Facebook grows, millions say, ‘no, thanks’

Don't try to friend MaLi Arwood on Facebook. You won't find her there.

Foreclosure filings up in Philadelphia region

Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, along with New Jersey, saw higher rates of foreclosure filings in April from a year ago, RealtyTrac reported Thursday.

Human Genome Sciences again says no to GSK, exploring options

Human Genome Sciences said Thursday that its board of directors again rejected the $2.6 billion takeover offer from GlaxoSmithKline and it is talking to other pharmaceutical companies.

Peco lists neighborhoods, townships for tree pruning

Peco Energy announced Thursday it would prune the trees along 300 miles of aerial electric lines in Philadelphia and Delaware Counties to improve electric service reliability for about 80,000 customers.

Trade group sees smart-meter growth

The Institute for Electric Efficiency, a utility industry trade group, said Thursday that 36 million smart meters are now installed, up from 27 million in September, and that 65 million households will have the devices by 2015, about half the American households.

Cell phones and planes

Leading insurer pays $109M for dog bite claims

Dog bites man does not get a lot of attention in the news, but it costs insurance companies hundreds of millions in claims every year.

Phila.-area hospitals report higher profit margins

Profitability at hospitals in Philadelphia and its Pennsylvania suburbs improved slightly last year, but the revenue growth rate continued sliding, according to an annual report by the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council to be released Thursday.