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Newspaper guild can’t pay $77 million price tag for Inquirer

The Newspaper Guild of Philadelphia announced it would not enter a bid for the Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News and Philly.com because o ...

12 years ago

9/11 museum film draws heat for portrayal of Islam

Critics say a film that will be shown at the National September 11 Memorial Museum in New York unfairly links Islam and terrorism. < ...

12 years ago

 (Courtesy of Alisha Cultrera via JSHN shortly before 1 p.m. today)

Ocean County forest fire expands to 300 acres

A large forest fire in western part of Beachwood, in Ocean County has now burned 300 acres, according to the Berkeley Township Polic ...

12 years ago

2 due in N.J. court on murder-for-hire charges

A Philadelphia auto shop owner and one of his employees are charged with orchestrating a murder-for-hire plot in New Jersey. Ronal ...

12 years ago

 (Sound of Many Waters, Brooke Rogers)

April 25th – May 2nd: Ain’t Misbehavin’, Requiem and Sound of Many Waters

Hey Delaware, are you looking for something to do this weekend? We have some recommendations on what’s happening around the First S ...

12 years ago

NRA seeks universal gun law at national meeting

The National Rifle Association’s annual meeting is bringing a renewed push for a law requiring all 50 states to recognize concealed ...

12 years ago

FDA proposes extending its oversight of tobacco

The federal government wants to extend its oversight of tobacco to include cigars, hookah, nicotine gels, pipe tobacco and dissolvable to ...

12 years ago

Fetal tissue used to power Oregon homes

An Oregon commission has ordered a waste-to-power facility to stop accepting boxed medical waste after learning it might be using the rem ...

12 years ago

2-week truce for Sriracha maker, California city

A cooling-off period has been called in the fight between the makers of a popular hot sauce and the Southern California city that says it ...

12 years ago

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What if we let kids learn by asking questions rather than taking tests?

Considering the new SAT, education seems incredibly backward: the idea that answering test questions should constitute learning. What if ...

12 years ago

 Just some of the films at WilmFilm.

A celebration of independent films in Wilmington

For three days only, Delaware cinephiles will have front-row seats for newly-released independent and documentary films. The ...

12 years ago

Down the Shore

Possible child luring incident in Manalapan Wednesday evening

The Manalapan Police Department is investigating what is described as a possible child luring incident in the township Wednesday eve ...

12 years ago

 Mel Anthanasiadis lays out two rolls of blueprints detailing his plans for the property that the city seized. (Emma Lee/for NewsWorks)

Philly pizza shop owner loses land but not livelihood to eminent domain

An eminent domain struggle in Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood is coming to a close. This weekend a community group br ...

12 years ago

Listen
 New Jersey Forest Fire Service crews battling a large brush fire in Brick on April 13, 2014. (Photo: NJFFS)
Down the Shore

Mind your butts! Critical fire danger throughout New Jersey today

The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warnin ...

12 years ago

Evesham town hall reopens after suspicious package

Evesham’s municipal complex has reopened after the State Police bomb squad detonated a suspicious package addressed to the townR ...

12 years ago

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