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• New Jersey increasing minimum wage Jan. 1, no increase in Pa. or Delaware

  

• New tax rules create questions around year-end giving for Sacramento charities

  

• Replica Liberty Bell is helping Philadelphia ring in the New Year

  

• Wind, snow sweep into Chicago, make for holiday travel challenges

  

• Retired educator delivers thousands of books to help Atlanta students

  

• Gospel music legend Richard Smallwood dies at 77

  

• Minnesota company vital in keeping data centers cool

  

• Sports betting in Chicago to continue amid challenge to city's tax and licensing law