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Obama and Congress move to address VA firestorm

The Obama administration and Congress are moving quickly to respond to a growing political firestorm over reports of treatment delays and ...

12 years ago

Family challenges church’s sale of Eakins portrait

Descendants of Msgr. Patrick Garvey are challenging the Archdiocese of Philadelphia’s plans to sell a portrait of Garvey painted by ...

12 years ago

Testing inconclusive, suspected bobcat returned to N.J. owner

A judge has returned a 38-pound feline to a New Jersey woman after DNA testing couldn’t conclusively say whether it was a purebred ...

12 years ago

Hidden camera found by students in Hershey School

An employee at a Pennsylvania school established by the Hershey chocolate company’s founder has been fired after a hidden video cam ...

12 years ago

 Soldiers from the Wisconsin Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 120th Field Artillery fire powder charges from a M119A2 towed 105-mm howitzer on July 2, 2011. (Wisconsin National Guard photo by 1st Sgt. Vaughn R. Larson)
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Rumbles and booms: Training at the Joint Base this weekend

Residents near Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst may hear ...

12 years ago

 Students became graduates at Chestnut Hill College last weekend. (Bas Slabbers/for NewsWorks)

Top 5 stories of the week in Northwest Philadelphia

Here’s a look at stories you may have missed in Northwest Philadelphia this week: 1. ...

12 years ago

 Students became graduates at Chestnut Hill College last weekend. (Bas Slabbers/for NewsWorks)

Top 5 stories of the week in Northwest Philadelphia

Here’s a look at stories you may have missed in Northwest Philadelphia this week: 1. ...

12 years ago

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Review: In ‘Woody Sez,’ a Guthrie of car-cars and wandering

One of the endearing qualities of the late Woody Guthrie, a man whose plain-talk songs are now well-woven into the fabric of our folk cul ...

12 years ago

 Philadelphia Energy Solutions is the largest oil refining complex on the Eastern seaboard. (Nathaniel Hamilton/for NewsWorks)

EPA calls for measuring benzene, other things wafting over from refineries

The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing new emissions rules for refineries aimed at protecting neighborhoods nearby from to ...

12 years ago

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Pa. legislature audit of its own spending overdue

An annual audit of the Pennsylvania Legislature’s expenses is overdue, prompting an activist to call out the late accounting.  ...

12 years ago

Ex-Pa. sportscaster denied public defender

A judge has rejected a request from former Philadelphia television sportscaster Donald Tollefson to have a public defender represent him. ...

12 years ago

$2M loan could revive shuttered shore restaurant

A landmark Jersey shore restaurant that was demolished by Superstorm Sandy and moved inland, only to shut down when business was slow, ma ...

12 years ago

Ex-Port Authority official praised after 9/11 dies

A 41-year veteran of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey praised for his leadership after the Sept. 11 terror attacks has died. ...

12 years ago

No charges for N.J. fire director who ran into kids

No criminal charges will be filed against the director of New Brunswick’s fire department for running into three children who were ...

12 years ago

 (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Lawyer: Philly newspaper auction set for May 27

The feuding owners of Philadelphia’s two largest newspapers will vie for the company at a head-to-head auction set for May 27. ...

12 years ago

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