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 Keri Rakickas is the owner of Halcyon Floats, where patrons float in a sensory deprivation tank for 90 minutes to achieve clarity of mind. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Watch your worries float away inside a sensory deprivation tank

Stress is bad for us. Study after study has shown the terrible impact it has on our physical and mental health. But life is hectic, it ...

12 years ago

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PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

Proposals would dismantle enforcement agency, centralize planning and development

12 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

September 26: PUC vs Uber | Cedar Park business district | 22nd St bike lane pilot | P3s at PennDOT

12 years ago

 'It is my firm belief that cookies are an absolute good. And among cookies, chocolate crinkles are the absolute best.' —Amy Quinn, NewsWorks social media manager
Speak Easy

8 favorite cookie recipes inspired by science (sort of)

This week’s edition of The Pulse features a segment with Dr. Bethany Brookshire demonstrating the scientific method with cooki ...

12 years ago

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

Sun-soaked weekend ahead

Sunny and unseasonably warm weather is on tap for the first weekend of autumn. After a dreary Thursday, Friday will be a transitio ...

12 years ago

 Classic Car Auction at the Wildwoods Convention Center (Image courtesy of WildwoodsNJ)

‘Second Season’ events keep visitors returning to Shore long after summer

Even though Labor Day has come and gone, there is still plenty of activity at the Jersey Shore, and towns are working to bring people out ...

12 years ago

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Dave Davies: Off Mic

A crooked judge – what we don’t see scares me

It’s a sad day when a judge admits to taking cash and then influencing cases. “You run into a problem with any of your ...

12 years ago

Money

Regulators advised against granting Uber a license

Uber, the ride-sharing service that’s trying to expand its operations in Pennsylvania, is calling a preliminary regulatory recommen ...

12 years ago

Standing in the rain, the somber crowd listens to a series of speakers, many of whom urged hate crime legislation that would include attacks motivated by sexual orientation. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Hundreds gather in LOVE Park to call for better law against hate

Carrying signs and wielding umbrellas in the rain, hundreds of Philadelphia residents and officials gathered in Love Park Thursday callin ...

12 years ago

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

Pa. pension managers inclined to keep $7.6 billion in hedge funds

Managers of Pennsylvania’s two pension systems say they have no plans to change their investment strategies to oblige Pennsylvania& ...

12 years ago

 A heroin addict holds a used syringe in his mouth after shooting up. (Brennan Linsley/AP file photo)

Pa. measure to curb drug overdoses goes to governor

State lawmakers have passed a measure they hope will halt the growing trend of fatal narcotics overdoses in Pennsylvania. Gov. Tom Corbet ...

12 years ago

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Delaware secures $137,000 in drug company settlement

Delaware will get a piece of a national $56.5 million settlement with Shire Pharmaceuticals. The Pennsylvania-based drug company i ...

12 years ago

 A scene from last year's Manayunk Fall StrEAT Festival. (Jana Shea/for NewsWorks, file)
Philly Parenting

From museums to wizards: 5 family-friendly activities for the weekend

Whether you’re a foodie, a wizard, a sailor or all of the above, there’s something for you this weekend.   ...

12 years ago

 A shot from Germantown High School in 1963. (Image from Temple Urban Archive)

GHS Class of ’64 slated for 50th reunion this weekend

More than 150 people, including 110 alums and four former teachers, are expected to attend the Germantown High School Class of 1964’ ...

12 years ago

 Mayor Michael Nutter discusses the recommendations of his blue-ribbon panel to split Philadelphia's Department of Licenses and Inspections. (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)

In wake of fatal building collapse, Philly panel advises splitting Licenses & Inspections

Ever since the 2013 fatal building collapse in Center City, people have been talking about overhauling the Philadelphia Department of Lic ...

12 years ago

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