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College athletes sue NCAA, major conferences over pay cap

The NCAA is headed to court. But it’s not to watch a March Madness basketball game. The college sports association is being sued in ...

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 Jason Schein, assistant curator of natural history at New Jersey State Museum (left), and Ted Daeschler, curator of paleontology at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, hold two matching pieces of turtle bone.  (Maiken Scott/WHYY)

‘Once in a lifetime’ chance brings ancient turtle bones back together in Philly

Two pieces of an ancient puzzle have been reunited in Philadelphia, stunning a group of seasoned paleontologists. They just published a r ...

12 years ago

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TEDxPhiladelphia: Workshopping green stormwater infrastructure

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Maplewood Mall redesign selections expected in early April amid online local-hire debate

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March 25: N. Philly could see $30m HUD grant | Tax deadbeats, slim progress | Tindley Temple | Uptown’s uphill battle | More collapses | Gas lines

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Politics & Policy

The keys to Philadelphia’s land bank success

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Politics & Policy

Tasco takes issue with Kromer analysis of Clarke’s affordable housing plan

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 Anti-fracking activist Vera Scroggins, center, and her attorney Scott Michelman, left, speak to the media after a hearing in Montrose, Pa. Last fall, a judge signed off on an order barring Scroggins from more than 300 square miles of Susquehanna County or all the land owned or leased by Cabot Oil and Gas. (Katie Colaneri/for StateImpact)

Driller defends court order barring anti-fracking activist from Pa. land

Susquehanna County’s biggest driller is defending a court order curbing prominent anti-fracking activist Vera Scroggins from settin ...

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(Lynne Sladky, AP Photo, file)

Hospitals encouraging expectant moms to carry babies to full term

Maternity wards across the region are learning to stave off early deliveries that aren’t medically necessary. For years now, ...

12 years ago

 Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane (Matt Rourke/AP Photo, file)
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Former prosecutor doesn’t buy Kane’s case

A former prosecutor who’s handled state and federal cases says that much of Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane’s cas ...

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 Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Rob McCord.(Emma Lee/for NewsWorks, file)

McCord calls for 10 percent ‘drillers’ tax’ to help fund Pa. education plan

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rob McCord says his education plan for Pennsylvania would be funded largely with a 10 percent natural ...

12 years ago

Sebelius stops in North Jersey urging procrastinators to enroll for health coverage

With the health care enrollment deadline fast approaching, the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services paid a visit to Montclair Stat ...

12 years ago

U.S. Supreme Court to hear Pa. firm’s challenge of contraception mandate

A company based in Pennsylvania’s Lancaster County is one of two family-owned businesses taking on the “contraception mandate ...

12 years ago

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Prosecutor: Smoking caused N.J. motel fire that killed 4

A prosecutor says careless smoking caused a fire that killed four people at a New Jersey shore motel. Ocean County Prosecutor Jose ...

12 years ago

 Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy wave to the crowd as they arrive on the red carpet at the premiere of the film on Tuesday, March 11, 2014, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Philly Parenting

Is ‘Muppets Most Wanted’ for the kids?

We were lucky to get an early glimpse of “Muppets Most Wanted.” I grew up a little too old for “The Muppet Show,” ...

12 years ago

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