* Philadelphia man convicted of killing a pregnant mother and her unborn child during a what authorities say was a drug-deal gone wrong will spend the next several decades in prison.

* Pennsylvania State House Republicans are introducing a series of bills aimed at curbing violent crime.

* Philadelphia high school students were exposed to construction careers, courtesy of the firm that's redeveloping the former PES refinery.

* A former landfill and the surrounding area in Gloucester County have been removed from a national list of superfund sites.

* A new report from the American Cancer Society on breast cancer statistics for this year shows mortality rates are down overall, but some demographics are seeing more cases than others.