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Where have all the monarchs gone?: Counting butterflies at the Schuylkill Center [photos]

When Jan Clark-Levenson’s daughter, Michelle, was eight and attending the Miquon School, she found a rare white butterfly with symm ...

12 years ago

 A young Hillary Rodham at Park Ridge (Ill.) East High School in a 1964 yearbook photo. She was junior class vice-president. (AP Photo, file)
National Interest

What do Hillary and John Adams have in common?

When Hillary Clinton was a young lawyer, she defended an accused rapist whom she knew was guilty. Some conservatives seem to think this i ...

12 years ago

1 injured in south Jersey chemical plant blast

Firefighters are on the scene of a chemical plant explosion in southern New Jersey. The explosion happened at the ...

12 years ago

The Philadelphia Experiment

Dousing the flames in the Liberian community

Sometimes stories are too heartbreaking to understand. Such is the case with the fire that killed four children in the heart of So ...

12 years ago

 Two cyclists use a foot rest with handles at a major intersection on a downtown Copenhagen street with bicycle-friendly features. (AP Photo/Jan M. Olsen)
Keystone Crossroads

Scott Bricker on cycling infrastructure, parking spaces and the Ultraviolet Loop

“Five Questions with …” is a regular Keystone Crossroads feature where we seek to glean wisdom and ideas from some ...

12 years ago

‘Lucy the Elephant’ celebrating 133 years of tusk love

On Monday, July 14, five days before her 133rd birthday party, Lucy the Elephant, the symbol of Margate, New Jersey, will get her toenail ...

12 years ago

 Cyrus Newitt, Ginna Hoben, Suzan Perry, Joseph Robinson, and Marianne Tatum are shown in a production of
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

3 Jersey Shore theaters to check out in their summer season

Ah, the Shore: Surf and cotton candy, sand and fine dining, Skee-Ball and theater. … Theater? Yes — professional thea ...

12 years ago

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Operation Dorm to Gourm storms Dover AFB

A gourmet, state-of-the-art kitchen inside Dover Air Force Base’s Health and Wellness Center caught the attention of a Dover bakery ...

12 years ago

 Gov. Jack Markell (file/NewsWorks)

Is Markell’s restraint an effective political strategy?

One thing you can admire about Gov. Jack Markell is his ability to remain on an even keel.  With the clock ticking down on hi ...

12 years ago

 Carmen Johnson places a rose next to a T-shirt remembering her son, Rasheem who died Jan. 12, 2014.  The memorial, 144 T-shirts, mark the names of Chester residents who have died to gun violence in Chester, Pennsylvania since 2009.  (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads

Chester city government battles ‘epidemic’ violence

This summer the city of Chester is fighting crime like it never has before. After rates of gun violence reached “epidemic ...

12 years ago

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 Jessica DalCanton as Olivia in Commonwealth Classic Theatre Company's 'Twelfth Night' opening performance, at the Parkway outside the central Free Library. (Photo courtesy of Howard Shapiro)
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: ‘Twelfth Night’ in a comedy of real-life errors

There are enough challenges in a Shakespeare play for any troupe of actors, and often for audiences. But on Thursday, the opening-night c ...

12 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Eyes on the Street: Refocusing as a place for perspective

12 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

July 11: State Budget Drama | New Taxis | Italian Market Vendor Rules | Transit and Freedom | Spring Garden Tunnel of Terror

12 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

What Do You Think? Should We Boost SEPTA Service to Wilmington

12 years ago

 Steam clouds rise from the Salem Nuclear Power Plant in Lower Alloways Creek Township, N.J., Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012. (Mark Lennihan/AP Photo)

Lawmakers maneuver to get N.J. back in regional emission-cutting effort

New Jersey lawmakers are planning to deploy a rarely used legislative maneuver that would force the Christie administration to rejoin the ...

12 years ago

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