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Archives: Articles

ICYMI: Marsh misuse, historical heaps of misinformation, making tough decisions

Here’s a look at some of the best stories you may have missed in the most recent edition of The Pulse< ...

12 years ago

Philly wipes $1B in unpaid bail off books

Court officials in Philadelphia are wiping $1 billion in debt owed by one-time fugitives off the books. The debt involves ten ...

12 years ago

Judge: NFL concussion opt-outs due Tuesday

Tuesday remains the deadline to opt out of the NFL’s settlement of concussion claims after a judge in Philadelphia denied an extens ...

12 years ago

Politics & Policy

New documentary, Citizenfour, is witness to Snowden NSA leak

A new documentary captures Edward Snowden’s leak of NSA documents as it unfolds from the vantage point of his Hong Kong hotel room. ...

12 years ago

Money

US says some nations not doing enough on economy

The United States is expressing frustration that a number of countries are not doing enough to boost growth in their economies as finance ...

12 years ago

Politics & Policy

Seven plaintiffs in no-fly list lawsuit cleared to fly

Seven people who filed a lawsuit challenging their placement on the government’s no-fly list have been cleared to fly. The s ...

12 years ago

Foundation created for N.J. boy who died of virus

The family of a 4-year-old New Jersey boy who died from a virus causing a severe respiratory illness across the country has launched a fo ...

12 years ago

Politics & Policy

Documents show how White House defended Clinton

New documents from the National Archives show that the Clinton White House made a public push to defend President Bill Clinton during sev ...

12 years ago

Politics & Policy

Pollsters: Corbett now at point of no return

With the election less than four weeks away, pollsters say they cannot find an example of a candidate in modern Pennsylvania history who ...

12 years ago

N.J. enforces isolation order for NBC crew

New Jersey officials have issued a mandatory quarantine order for members of an NBC crew that was exposed to a cameraman with Ebola after ...

12 years ago

Tropical Storm Fay
Down the Shore

Tropical Storm Fay forms; no threat to US

Tropical Storm Fay, the sixth named system of the 2014 Atlantic hurricane season, has formed, according to the National Hurricane Center. ...

12 years ago

City Councilman Curtis Jones Jr. presented Kay Sykora of the Manayunk Development Corporation with a commemorative street sign honoring her efforts in the transformation of Venice Island. (Brad Larrison/for NewsWorks)

Top 8 stories of the week in Northwest Philly

Here’s a look at the top stories you may have missed in Northwest Philadelphia this week. 1. ...

12 years ago

Pennsylvania's Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday passed an amendment to weaken a bill that aims to make it easier for victims of childhood sex abuse to file charges against their attackers.(Shutterstock)

Threatened with Pa. fee increase, lobbyists go to work

Gov. Tom Corbett’s administration is taking another run at raising Pennsylvania’s fee for lobbyist registrations. A st ...

12 years ago

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie

Christie’s stump for Corbett gives me hope for ‘genuine leadership’

When I arrived at Valley Forge Military Academy and College’s handsome Mellon Hall for the rally on Thursday evening, I was thinkin ...

12 years ago

(NewsWorks file photo)

Pa. grant to help preserve Eastern State Penitentiary

A shuttered prison in Philadelphia that opened nearly 200 years ago is in line for a $500,000 state grant to help with its preservation.< ...

12 years ago

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