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Camden struggles to get abandoned homes demolished

A New Jersey city is having trouble carrying out part of its plan to deal with blight. Camden officials put a contract out for bid ...

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Trick-or-treating back on after Pa. manhunt ends

Trick-or-treating is back on in a northeastern Pennsylvania town that spent the last seven weeks gripped by a massive manhunt for the sus ...

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Sons hire investigator to solve parents’ deaths

The sons of a hospital executive and his wife have hired an expert to help investigate their parents’ mysterious deaths in their Ne ...

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 Brandon Turner is facing rape and kidnapping charges. (photo courtesy Dover Police)

Dover woman rescued after scrawling plea in McDonald’s bathroom

A kidnapping victim wrote her cry for help in makeup on a McDonald’s bathroom wall, eventually leading to her rescue. Dover ...

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 A windy day in South Seaside Park in August 2014. (Photo: Justin Auciello/JSHN)
Down the Shore

Wind is the main story this weekend; rainy Saturday, mostly sunny Sunday

A low pressure system will track well offshore during the first half of the weekend, delivering periods of rain Saturday, but the main ev ...

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 Apple chief executive and Alabama native Tim Cook waves to the crowd during an Alabama Academy of Honor ceremony at the state Capitol Monday, Oct. 27, 2014, in Montgomery, Ala. Cook and seven others including University of Alabama football coach Nick Saban were inducted into the Alabama Academy of Honor. (Brynn Anderson/AP Photo)
National Interest

Tim Cook’s iGay: Will his rollout have global resonance?

Until yesterday, 0 percent of the Fortune 500 CEOs were openly gay. Tim Cook’s coming out – a metaphor for a more tolerant Am ...

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Council to hold hearings on health plan change

Philadelphia City Council is concerned about the Nutter administration’s decision to charge some city workers more for prescription ...

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Lessons learned from how New Jersey handled Sandy relief

This is the second story in a two-part series. Read the ...

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 Republican Garry Cobb (left), and Democrat Donald Norcross are running to represent New Jersey's 1st Congressional District. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Former Eagle Cobb has only ‘Hail Mary pass’ chance against Norcross in NJ’s 1st District

It’s a David and Goliath battle in New Jersey as a former Philadelphia Eagle tries to enter the world of politics against a state s ...

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 State Capitol in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in an undated photo. (AP Photo, file)
Politics & Policy

Advice for Pa gov: play nice with lawmakers

We’re going to find out Tuesday whether Pennsylvania voters want to change governors, which means a lot of attention is going to be ...

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 A University of Delaware professor says, after 30 years of research, 'I cannot find any evidence that any child has ever been killed or seriously hurt by a contaminated treat picked up during the course of trick or treating'(<a href=Photo via ShutterStock) " title="shutterstock_223487347" width="1" height="1"/>

Poisoned Halloween candy a bunch of ‘hocus pocus,’ says Delaware professor

Did you hear the story about the trick-or-treater who was sickened by a poisoned-laced candy? What about the child who swallowed a ...

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 A voter steps into voting booth at the Oregon New Years Association in Philadelphia. An analysis of Department of State data shows turnout in Pennsylvania's struggling communities in 2010 was down nearly 20 percent from 1994. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Keystone Crossroads

Voter turnout trends lower in distressed cities, but Harrisburg and Erie are exceptions

An a ...

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Halloween is one sweet opening day for Mt. Airy candy shop

Ask Wendy Weinstein about her new candy shop in Mt. Airy and you’ll hear what can only be described as dizzying excitement. ...

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Frein arrested, could face death penalty

Authorities have captured Eric Frein, the suspect in a police barracks shooting in Blooming Grove, Pike County, ending a seven-week manhu ...

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A ghastly ghoul hangs at the Halloween festivities organized for West Rockland Street in Germantown by Emaleigh and Aine Doley on Halloween evening. (Tracie Van Auken/for NewsWorks)
Philly Parenting

4 family-friendly activities for the weekend

As if Halloween isn’t enough excitement, there are plenty of options for family fun around Philly this weekend. (And ...

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