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Panel pointing fingers over lapses in identifying Pa. suspects
In Pennsylvania, most arrests should be followed up by getting the suspect’s fingerprints on file. ...
12 years ago
PATCO seeking volunteers for advisory committee
The Delaware River Port Authority and PATCO are seeking some feedback from customers on how the agencies are are doing. Many ...
12 years ago
ListenCity of Philadelphia sued over paramedics’ handling of pregnant woman
Philadelphia is being sued because two paramedics failed to follow procedures when responding to a call from a pregnant woman with a hist ...
12 years ago
ListenReading program hopes to help Philly kids give ‘summer slide’ the slip
Education experts have long advocated for parents to keep their kids engaged in learning over the summer – when skills picked up during ...
12 years ago
ListenWith new tools to fight blight, communities look to arm themselves to reclaim neighborhoods
With the heavily boarded up community of Homestead as a backdrop, the Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania released a toolkit to fight blight ...
12 years ago
‘Philadelphia 11’ blazed trail for female priests in the Episcopal Church
Forty years ago, women were ordained for the first time as Episcopal priests at the Church of the Advocate in North Philadelphia. It was ...
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ListenMorgan Stanley paying $275M to settle SEC charges
Morgan Stanley has agreed to pay $275 million to settle U.S. civil charges that it misled investors about risky mortgage bonds it sold ah ...
12 years ago
Groups tell lawmakers to overhaul bail system
Several advocacy groups are telling New Jersey lawmakers that they should move ahead with a constitutional amendment to eliminate the rig ...
12 years ago
Corbett gambles on pension issue to turn race around
Seeing Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett drawing a line in the sand this summer over public employee pension reform reminds me a little of Pa ...
12 years ago
ListenCarousels, magic carpets and more for families this weekend
This weekend looks pretty promising weather-wise, so why not slip on those flip-flops and head out to enjoy summer activities in and arou ...
12 years ago
RJMetrics’ Robert J. Moore talks Philly, innovation, and recording a rap song
Philadelphia is on the map as a budding innovation hub, and it continues to grow. “I always have viewed Philadelphia as havi ...
12 years ago
ListenUnion carpenters working inside convention center as brothers protest outside
tWhile one group of union carpenters holds almost daily protests outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center saying they are locked out, s ...
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ListenConstruction equipment growing legs on New Jersey job sites
New Jersey now ranks fifth in the nation for thefts of backhoes and other construction equipment, according to rankings from the stolen v ...
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ListenGerman prosecutors criticized in Nazi probe
A lawyer for families of alleged victims of a suspected Nazi death camp guard who died this week before he could be extradited for trial ...
12 years ago
State ends hunt for snake in N.J. lake
A 16-foot-long exotic snake reportedly slithering around New Jersey’s largest lake is apparently a suburban legend. Or the snake ju ...
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