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'I just thought that Philly was different,' said Steve Jamison, owner of Blue Sole Shoes. 'I thought we would respond in a different way.'PHILADELPHIA, P.A. — A men’s shoes and accessories store in Center City, Philadelphia was looted last summer during the Black Lives Matter riots. Owner Steve Jamison, a black man who started Blue Sole Shoes in 2007, did not see it coming. “I just thought that Philly was different,” he told me. “I thought we would respond in a different way.” Jamison was at home when people first broke into his store on May 31. His alarm company...

When President Obama unveiled the Affordable Care Act, he said, "You won't lose your doctor." However, thousands in our area say they are because their doctors are changing their practice. The doctors are switching to a concierge or boutique medical practice. --snip-- Dr. Lazowick says he wanted to get back to the reasons he became a doctor, which was difficult with the way healthcare is going. He says, "I was on this conveyor belt where I was treating a problem moving to the next." Dr. Lazowick is not alone. Many primary care doctors are taking this route. And the pace...

Just an example of one company's fuel formulations to keep federal, state and city EPA compliant. Sunoco, Inc. 100 Green Street (Rm. 124 - Main Office Building) Marcus Hook, PA 19061 610-859-3494 Quality Assurance Coordinator Karla V. Nicholson Fuel Name 260 GTX 87 OPRG 87 Sun RFG 5.7% Etha nol 87 Sun RFG 87 Sun OPRG 87 RFG Oxy Free 87 RFG 5.7% Ethanol 87 RFG 5.7% ETH Top Tier 87 RFG 10% Ethanol 87 RFG 10% ETH Top T ier 87 RFG 89 RFG 5.7% Ethanol 89 RFG 5.7% ETH Top Tier 89 RFG 10% ETH Top T ier...

Nearly five years ago, my husband and I left a university clinic practice to explore ways to spend more time with our patients. Denied the right to provide services to my patients because the patients' insurer did not deem it necessary, we felt we were losing personal control of the practice of medicine. Much of my practice was women's care, and the idea of providing comprehensive women's care in 12-minute visits was absurd. Furthermore, to maintain an "efficient" patient flow, my schedule was typically filled weeks in advance with physicals and Pap smears, so that acute care was frequently shunted...

WASHINGTON (AP)—``Boutique'' gasoline blends to help states meet clean air rules are not a factor in higher prices as President Bush has suggested, says a draft of a study ordered by the White House. Although often cited as a reason for volatile gasoline prices, so-called ``boutique fuels'' have not caused unusual distribution problems or contributed to price increases, the report concludes. The review was conducted by a task force headed by the Environmental Protection Agency and involving representatives from the 50 states as well as the Energy and Agriculture departments. Facing growing public outrage over soaring gasoline prices, Bush ordered...

'Boutique' hospital a pain to the others New surgical center in Austin may cut profits that fund care for poor. By Mary Ann Roser AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Monday, December 23, 2002 A new surgical hospital in Austin will bring more choice to consumers, new business opportunities to doctors and high blood pressure to administrators of established hospitals. Although hospital officials in Austin are not thrilled about sharing their patients with the Surgical Hospital of Austin when it opens in Rollingwood in March, their reaction has been restrained -- at least publicly. Some of their brethren across the country wasted no time...