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Top 7 stories of the week in Northwest Philly
Here are the stories you may have missed in Northwest Philadelphia this week … 1. ...
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Pennsylvania Ballet’s new artistic director makes entrée
One of the first things Ángel Corella did after arriving in the Pennsylvania Ballet’s new building, on North Broad Street in Phila ...
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Corbett, Wolf to meet in first debate
After a summer of increasingly acerbic television ads, Gov. Tom Corbett and his Democratic challenger Tom Wolf will face off in their fir ...
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New Temple project sees medical crisis as catalyst for drug treatment
Hospitals, especially in poor urban areas, tend to see a relatively small group of patients who are constantly in and out of their facili ...
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John F. Kennedy’s WWII letters sell at auction
A collection of letters John F. Kennedy sent to the family of a lost PT-109 crewmate has sold for $200,000 at an auction. RR Aucti ...
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Cell phone ‘kill switch’ might become mandatory in N.J.
New Jersey lawmakers are working on an idea to deter smartphone thefts. Assemblyman Tom Giblin is proposing that New Jersey requir ...
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Bass, Kinsey release joint statement on pending Germantown High, Fulton sales
In light of Thursda ...
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Search for ambush suspect centers on dense woods
With tens of thousands of acres of undisturbed northeastern Pennsylvania forest offering ample opportunity to hide, the self-taught survi ...
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N.J. lawmaker offers his two cents on coin-counting transparency
New Jersey lawmakers want to make sure consumers know they may have to pay a price for using a coin-counting machine. The Assembly ...
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With Corbett’s approval, Pa.’s Public Welfare getting new moniker
Pennsylvania’s Department of Public Welfare is poised to get a makeover. The agency would become Department of Human Service ...
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U.S. grants help Philly-area agencies help hundreds of moms-to-be
Programs to support pregnant women and their families are scaling up to expand their services to hundreds more women in Delaware County a ...
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Saving energy sparks Delaware group to become active again [video]
A group of energy leaders are coming back together to encourage Wilmington businesses to help the environment and save energy. The ...
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Police seek 5 suspects in Mt. Airy Wawa robbery
Police are looking to identify the suspects for a robbery in East Mt. Airy that took place on Sept. 9 at 3:20 a.m. A 31-year-old male and ...
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Review: The double edge of ‘La Bête’
It happens all the time: Everything seems to be pumping along in an organization, and then some boob with bad ideas comes in and it’ ...
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ListenPa. drug kingpin’s underling gets life in slayings
A co-defendant of Philadelphia drug kingpin Kaboni Savage has been sentenced to life in prison for his role in a firebombing that killed ...
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