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 Brothers Billy (left) and Steven Dufala are planning a funeral for the home at 3711 Melon St. in Mantua, a community art project organized by Temple University's Tyler School of Art. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Bidding farewell to proud, sad remnant of Philadelphia’s past with ‘Funeral for a Home’

The house at 3711 Melon St. in Philadelphia’s Mantua neighborhood was never grand. Built in 1872, it was first the home of I ...

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Pension changes could save Pa. $11 billion over 30 years, analysis says

Pennsylvania House lawmakers have the actuarial analysis they need to start collecting votes on a measure to overhaul the state’s p ...

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Politics & Policy

Who’s right about increasing inequality, Thomas Piketty or his critics?

French economist Thomas Piketty’s latest book, Capital in the Twenty-First Century, has attracted both praise and criticism for its ...

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Dave Davies: Off Mic

Best debate answer I’ve ever heard

I probably recorded 25 hours of candidate debates this spring, and I wanted to share the two-minute piece of audio above, which might be ...

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 Early forecasts were geared primarily to military use and commercial aviation.  (Credit: NOAA)

Television weather forecasts should get serious about climate change

According to the American Meteorological Society, we have “unequivocal evidence” that “human activities” — espe ...

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 Bernie Wagenblast plans to record a unique sound in every New Jersey town and city. Pictured, he stands on the grounds of the Roebling Museum in Florence Township, N.J. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)

One man recording the sound of every town in N.J. [photos]

Wagenblast still announces traffic in New York City on weekends. He’s also the voice of the announcements on New York subway platfo ...

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Two Delaware medical examiner’s office employees arrested

Two employees of the Chief Medical Examiner’s office have been arrested as the state continues to investigate drug evidence tampering.< ...

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 Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia have found that the amount of blood flow to the brain changes in adolescence -- but in different ways for girls and boys. (Shutterstock)

Penn, CHOP study finds blood flow to the brain changes in teens

Researchers have found that the amount of blood flow to the brain changes in adolescence — but in different ways for girls and boys ...

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Immigrants seek Pa. support on issuing driver’s licenses

For a decade, Pennsylvania allowed undocumented immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses. Now immigrants in the commonwealth face lon ...

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Armed Philly Community College student held

Police say an armed student who flashed a gun at the Community College of Philadelphia is in custody.Authorities said a 23-year-old man w ...

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South Jersey man charged with strangling girlfriend

Murder charges have been filed against a South Jersey man accused of strangling his girlfriend.Camden County prosecutors said bail was se ...

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Delaware wants to know about sick or dead birds

The state is asking Delaware residents to report sick or dead birds to its mosquito control unit for 2014 West Nile virus monitoring. ...

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Christie: 3,000 homes on Sandy wait list to be rebuilt soon

New Jersey will have enough federal aid to help rebuild all eligible homes destroyed by Superstorm Sandy, Gov. Chris Christie assured a t ...

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 As of August 2013 the city of Philadelphia had paid American Collision more than $1.2 million to repair public vehicles. The contract began in fiscal year 2011. Philadelphia has since cut ties with the repair shop. (Nathaniel Hamilton/for NewsWorks)

Dozens charged in Philly insurance fraud that made use of dead deer

Following a grand jury report that sounds more like a movie script than your typical Philadelphia indictment, 41 people have been charged ...

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Philly charter head calls state Supreme Court decision against his school ‘political’

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in favor of the School Reform Commission in a case involving student enrollment caps at a Ph ...

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