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V-tolls: What they are and why you might be paying them if you travel the Pa. Turnpike
Mysterious charges appeared on E-ZPass statements of Pennsylvania Turnpike customers at least 350,000 times over the course of a year.
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Pa. Corrections secretary cautions against ‘knee jerk’ reaction after parolee murders
Five onetime state inmates have killed six people since May. It’s unclear if there’s a pattern.
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Philly’s BlackStar Film Festival is looking for a new home
The annual showcase of African-American cinema launched at UPenn’s International House, but the building’s pending closure may force the fest to relocate.
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Listen 1:40Many fear Hahnemann’s story will send a message: Buying a failing hospital pays
Because the hospital real estate is owned separately from its business, some worry that its for-profit owner will sell to developers and come out ahead.
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Listen 1:29Cohabiting couples can now adopt in Delaware
On Tuesday, Gov. John Carney signed legislation expanding who is eligible to adopt in Delaware.
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New Jersey targets growing student debt with new reforms
The laws are meant as safeguards for students across New Jersey who are taking on growing financial burdens to attain advanced degrees.
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City emulates Mural Arts’ ‘same-day pay’ work model after seeing big demand
Demand for the work program run by Mural Arts is greater than the slots available. Now, Philly is doubling down on the model with $300k and another pilot.
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Wilmington offering help instead of handcuffs to cut violence
The Group Violence Intervention program, used with success in other cities, offers social services to certain street-crime offenders instead of arrest.
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Listen 1:50Small, gelatinous blobs along N.J. beaches are harmless salps, not sea lice
The little gelatinous, translucent blobs now making their annual appearance at New Jersey's beaches are known as salps.
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GOP in Pa. swing county posts, then deletes, ‘Jihad Squad’ image
The mock movie poster, which was photoshopped to show one of the lawmakers holding a handgun, remained on the Northampton County GOP’s Facebook page for about 12 days.
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Mariner East opponent heads to appeals court to obtain PUC risk assessment
A Delaware County pipeline foe thought he’d get PUC information on the Mariner East risk, but now he’ll have to fight for it in court.
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New rules for 2nd debate: No 1-word answers or show of hands
CNN pledges not to ask questions that require a show of hands by the politicians and will not ask them to confine answers to a one-word "yes" or "no."
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A Cirque du Soleil moment: ‘Amalŭna’ under the big top
The production is loosely based on Shakespeare’s “The Tempest.” It’s the magic, and the tumbling, the flying, and the daredevils, that make the experience.
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What is race? It isn’t skin color, as some young people are learning
It’s a tough question: Why do we look different? As one high school’s syllabus puts it, race is “both a biological myth and a social reality.”
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Listen 5:50SEPTA Regional Rail paper Trailpasses will disappear starting in August
SEPTA is phasing out its paper monthly and weekly Trailpasses. All passes will be sold as Key card purchases starting in August. Click for details.
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