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Google’s latest: A spoon that steadies tremors

Just in time for the holidays, Google is throwing its money, brain power and technology at the humble spoon. Of course these spoon ...

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Suit alleges TGI Friday’s hid high drink prices

Customers in New Jersey are suing the TGI Friday’s restaurant chain, claiming it didn’t print drink prices in its menus so cu ...

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Three kids rewarded for honesty in South Jersey

Three children in southern New Jersey have learned it pays to be honest. Thirteen-year-old Ricky Cote, his 9-year-old sister, Bell ...

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Frontier suspending all flights out of Delaware

Frontier Airlines is suspending all flights out of the New Castle County Airport beginning next year. The suspensions will begin i ...

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 Brian Meehan (Image courtesy of the Philadelphia DA's Office)

Philly attorney accused of sexually assaulting 14-year-old victim of human trafficking

A grand jury has accused a Center City lawyer of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl who had been forced into prostitution. &nbsp ...

12 years ago

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 President Barack Obama listens as Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel talks about his resignation during an event in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 24, 2014. Hagel is stepping down under pressure from Obama's Cabinet, senior administration officials said Monday, following a tenure in which he has struggled to break through the White House's insular foreign policy team. (Susan Walsh/AP Photo)
National Interest

Barack Obama, steward of perpetual war

Read this sentence, from President Obama’s second Inaugural Address, and get ready to roll your eyes: “A decade of war is now ...

12 years ago

East Falls neighbors spar over proposed dog park near Kelly Drive

Proposed as a potential East Falls dog-park location, a small parcel of Philadelphia Parks Commission land now sits at the center of neig ...

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 PennDOT's Keith Zeglin drives southbound on Columbus Boulevard to test the road for roughness.  (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads

When is the road too rough when it comes to driving to Thanksgiving dinner?

If you’re traveling this Thanksgiving you might hear a lot of complaints about how horrible the roads are in Pennsylvania. ...

12 years ago

 (Illustration by <a href='http://michaelekellyart.com'>Michael E. Kelly</a>/for NewsWorks)

The Amazon-ification of commerce, separating the makers from the takers

When I shop in the real world, whether on Main Street or Broadway, the blurring of boundaries makes me queasy. The more diverse the merch ...

12 years ago

 A protester at City Hall in Philadelphia. (Bas Slabbers/for NewsWorks)

Hundreds march through Philadelphia protesting decision not to indict in Ferguson

The Missouri grand jury’s decision yesterday not to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown spar ...

12 years ago

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Down the Shore

Wintry weather to mostly miss the Jersey Shore Wednesday; travel still messy

A coastal storm expected to track up the Eastern Seaboard Wednesday will deliver mainly rain at the Jersey Shore, forecasters say. ...

12 years ago

 Protestors took to the streets of Philadelphia after the grand-jury decision was announced on Monday night. (Bas Slabbers/for NewsWorks)
The Philadelphia Experiment

The Ferguson grand-jury decision is a call to action

St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert McCulloch announced Monday night that Ferguson (Mo.) Police Officer Darren Wilson has not been indicte ...

12 years ago

Pa. agency renamed to help end stigma

Pennsylvania’s Department of Public Welfare is making its name-change official. Employees of the newly christened Department of Hum ...

12 years ago

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November 25: Ride-sharing and paratransit | Delivery vehicles and street design | #blackfridayparking

12 years ago

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Urban Planning

Zoning board approves redevelopment of Orinoka Mills in Kensington

12 years ago

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