It's Academic: Dec. 1, 2012

• Heat hasn't worked in weeks at Northeast Philly senior housing, residents say

  

• New York man sentenced to 5 years probation for cyberstalking in Maryland

  

• Illinois lawmakers close to Bears stadium deal in Arlington Heights, sources say

  

• California to ban blackjack-style games from cardrooms by April

  

• Judge: Colorado woman's neglect at hands of her son, his girlfriend, "so horrible, so tortuous"

  

• Crews spent hours fighting fire at Ross Park Mall

  

• Man dies after being hit by Market-Frankford Line train, SEPTA says

  

• Proposed data center draws pushback from Washington Township residents