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N.J. hospitals staging Ebola-readiness drills
Last week the Ebola virus spread from a Dallas, Texas patient to his nurse. This week some caregivers are asking if their hospital is pre ...
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Fear and anxiety spreading more quickly than Ebola virus
The Ebola outbreak has dominated the news for several weeks now, and experts say all this coverage could cause high levels of anxiety, es ...
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Philly courts reversing course on aggressive collections
Philadelphia’s court system has spent the last four years trying to collect $1 billion in forfeited bail from criminal defendants d ...
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Pa. might allow victims to block offenders’ speech
Pennsylvania lawmakers expect to pass a bill this week that would allow the courts to muzzle criminal offenders if their behavior causes ...
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Hurricane Gonzalo forms; no threat to mainland US
Hurricane Gonzalo has formed while moving through the northern Le ...
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Nutter touts $8.5 billion of building activity in Philly
With little more than a year left in office, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter started to paint his legacy Monday. Speaking to abo ...
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For the past 30 years, I’ve been urging my students to put themselves in the shoes of people who lived in the past. So why do we ma ...
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As engineers reach tentative deal, talks continue with largest SEPTA union
After five years of talks, the engineers who operate SEPTA’s regional rail trains have a tentative deal with the transit agency. Me ...
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Mad legislative dash in two remaining days of Pa. session
Pennsylvania’s Legislature convenes this week in Harrisburg for its final two days of voting scheduled before the November election ...
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First-ever tour takes visitors through historic cemeteries in Germantown [photos]
Hood Cemetery historian Eugene Stackhouse has a few fun facts about William Hood, the man who paid for the ornate 1850 wall dividing the ...
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The porno email scandal — wake me when it’s over
Enough, please. No more stories about Pennsylvania state officials passing around sexually explicit emails on their office computers. I d ...
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An elected school board for Philly? No thanks
The sad state of Philadelphia’s public schools inspires fury, frustration, and now, from the Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom ...
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