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 Limes are back on the shelves in Philadelphia and some are working to avoid any future shortages. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Money

The Limepocalypse — Could help be on the way?

In recent months, a lime shortage tragically marred margaritas, tacos and pho around the country.  At Tres Jalapeños in ...

12 years ago

 A scene from the 2013 Barnegat Bay Festival. (Image courtesy of The Riverside Signal)
Down the Shore

Fun, education promised at Barnegat Bay Festival in Island Heights Sunday

The 17th annual Barnegat Bay Festival is this Sunday in Island Heights, promising to mix in education with an abundance of fun. ...

12 years ago

 (courtesy of duPont Middle School)

Police: Wilmington school bomb threat ‘unfounded’

Wilmington Police have determined that a bomb threat called into a city middle school was false.  At approximately 9:41 a.m. ...

12 years ago

 A Wednesday night forum in Germantown focused on the causes of poverty, and re-entry issues facing ex-offenders. (Michelle Barrett/for NewsWorks)

Challenges facing ex-offenders the focus of Germantown forum

Helping ex-inmates return to society after prison was the focal issue at a Wednesday morning forum hosted by state Rep. Stephen Kinsey at ...

12 years ago

 A windshield shattered by a bullet is shown at the scene of a shooting on Saturday, May 24, 2014, in Isla Vista, Calif. A drive-by shooter went on a rampage near a Santa Barbara university campus that left seven people dead, including the attacker, and others wounded, authorities said Saturday. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Gallup: American attitudes on gun control unlikely to change much in the long term

Last week’s mass killing near the UC Santa Barbara campus is spurring new efforts in the Senate to prevent those deemed mentally il ...

12 years ago

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N.J. GOP sticks with Christie on Sandy ‘Bill of Rights’ veto

Republicans in the New Jersey Senate are sticking with Gov. Chris Christie and won’t vote to override his conditional veto of the S ...

12 years ago

Police, coroner probe man’s death from balcony

Police and the county coroner have been trying to determine whether a man fell or jumped to his death from a seventh-floor apartment balc ...

12 years ago

Port Authority reforms announcement canceled

It was billed as a meeting of the minds of lawmakers from two states to announce new efforts to reform the embattled Port Authority of Ne ...

12 years ago

6th Great Extinction headed our way…

The planet is infested… by us. Prominent biologist Stuart Pimm of Duke University is the lead author of a study publish ...

12 years ago

 (Nichelle Polston/WHYY)

A partnership arises to put Wilmington back to work

Community groups and city officials are working together in an effort to get jobs for unemployed Wilmington residents. On Thursday ...

12 years ago

 An American oystercatcher nests in Barnegat Lighthouse State Park on Long Beach Island. (Tracy Samuelson/WHYY)

After Sandy, balancing the needs of nesting birds and people

A small gray bird crouches in the sand at Barnegat Lighthouse State Park. Except for its bright orange beak, the American oystercatcher i ...

12 years ago

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 This photo provided by The Guardian Newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden, who worked as a contract employee at the National Security Agency, on Sunday, June 9, 2013, in Hong Kong. (The Guardian/AP Photo)
National Interest

Edward Snowden: Patriot? Traitor? Traitorous patriot? Patriotic traitor?

So what do we think of Edward Snowden now? Thumbs up or down? White hat or black hat? Three cheers or Bronx cheer?  NBC News ...

12 years ago

 Police were first called to the ballpark on Wednesday after someone threw bottles containing chemicals onto the field. (John Jankowski/for NewsWorks)

Young teens arrested at Wilmington baseball stadium

The boys were arrested after they were caught loading household chemicals into plastic bottles outside Frawley Stadium. A worker a ...

12 years ago

Delaware marijuana bill receives support

Supporters of cannabis use are praising Delaware lawmakers for introducing a bill that would allow users to possess small amounts of the ...

12 years ago

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Delaware budget writers trim spending; “park” money at UD over data center

The Delaware Joint Finance Committee completed two weeks of budget mark-ups in order find ways to reduce the governor’s recommended bud ...

12 years ago

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