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17 percent of Philly public school kids involved in child welfare, juvenile justice systems
Kids who have gone through the foster care system or who have been been held in juvenile detention generally have a tougher time in schoo ...
12 years ago
Parking lingers as concern for St. Bridget Parish school-site development
As a zoning hearing looms related to the St. Bridget Parish’s shuttered elementary-school property, lingering parking issues and co ...
12 years ago
Philly first-grader brings heroin to school
Philadelphia school officials say 20 first-graders have been checked at a hospital after a student brought heroin to school.School offici ...
12 years ago
Morgan crash underscores danger of tired truckers
A New Jersey highway crash that severely injured Tracy Morgan and killed another comedian is drawing attention to the dangers of tired tr ...
12 years ago
N.J. inmates accused in $100,000 unemployment benefits scam
Five former jail inmates and three of their wives stand accused of stealing about $100,000 in unemployment insurance benefits while the m ...
12 years ago
Jeff Bell, New Jersey’s GOP candidate for U.S. Senate and ‘unapologetic conservative’
Emerging from the field of four New Jersey Senate candidates vying in this month’s primary election, former Washington policy analyst J ...
12 years ago
ListenDelaware officials on alert after shark bite claim [Updated]
Delaware officials closed all swimming areas at Cape Henlopen State Park as a precaution after a teenager claimed he was biten by a shark ...
12 years ago
N.J. considers tax break for small Shore businesses overlooked in Sandy recovery
Small businesses at the Jersey Shore could get a tax break to help them recover from the damage caused by Superstorm Sandy. State ...
12 years ago
World Cup news: Subway strike suspended in Sao Paulo, may hit Rio
Striking subway workers went back to work on Tuesday, but the union warned it could walk off the job again on Thursday — the day Sao Pa ...
12 years ago
Confirmed shark bite at Cape Henlopen State Park in Delaware, report says
A 16-year-old was bitten by a shark at Cape Henlopen State Park late Monday afternoon, according to a report on ...
12 years ago
Trio arrested at Northwest Philly theft-from-car hotspot
An undercover surveillance operation near Valley Green Inn resulted in the arrests of three alleged thieves involved in a vehicle break-i ...
12 years ago
Fahey fans keep American primitive guitar tradition alive in Philadelphia [video]
Just as folk music was exploding on the counter-culture scene in the 1960s, John Fahey started playing solo, steel-string acoustic guitar ...
12 years ago
Heinz, Ford team up on tomato byproducts research
Ford Motor Co. and the H.J. Heinz Co., the Pittsburgh-based ketchup maker, are teaming up on research to turn tomato skins into auto part ...
12 years ago
Philly Futures helps college-bound Northeast High student defy expectations, odds
Chris Felix wants to shatter the misconceptions about students in the Philadelphia School District. “When somebody hears tha ...
12 years ago
ListenThe state has instituted a hiring freeze at Pennsylvania’s prisons to save money, but the union that represents corrections officer ...
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