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Host Stephen Dubner has surprising conversations that explore the riddles of everyday life and the weird wrinkles of human nature-from cheating and crime to parenting and sports. Dubner talks with Nobel laureates and provocateurs, social scientists and entrepreneurs - and his Freakonomics co-author Steve Levitt.

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Milder temperatures this week; some shower chances

A mixed weather week is on tap, forecasters say.  After a chilly Sunday night, with a southerly flow, high temperatures on Mo ...

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Obama actually said that the midterms should be about him

Oh man. Willingly and inexplicably, President Obama really stepped in it the other day. Democrats are desperately trying to hold t ...

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At noon and 3 p.m. Saturday, more than 300 reenactors mustered on opposing ends of a two-block stretch of Germantown Avenue to face one a ...

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Delaware fire truck overturns en route to barn fire

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Armond James avoids mudslinging in uphill battle for Fattah seat

On a still Sunday afternoon, Armond James swung open the rusty door of a jam-packed corner store on Diamond Street, a couple blocks west ...

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On Friday, Pennsylvania’s Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Wolf visited West Oak Lane to “walk a day” in the ...

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An artist battles blight with a coat of gold paint

An artist is trying to help revitalize a blighted community starting with one old, abandoned, beloved building. To drive through W ...

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 FILE - In this file photo, a woman loads an oral syringe with cannabis-infused oil used to treat her 4-year-old daughter who suffers from severe epilepsy, at their home in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Brennan Linsley/AP Photo, file)

Mom seeks intervention on medical marijuana from Corbett

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Check back this week for a look at the Venice Island ribbon cutting. Community members got a sneak peek of the space in early Sept. (Tracie Van Auken/for NewsWorks)

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Here is a look at what is coming up this week in Northwest Philadelphia.    1. Venice Island ribbon cutting  ...

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