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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
Philly tax collection doing better but still struggles to catch up with deadbeats
City Council is reviewing why Philadelphia doesn’t collect all the taxes it’s owed. Council members are taking an even ...
12 years ago
ListenDemocrat: Report clearing Gov. Christie incomplete
The head of a New Jersey legislative panel investigating a political payback plot says a review undertaken by Gov. Chris Christie’s ...
12 years ago
Socialist unrealism in Putin’s nostalgic imagination
Poor Vladimir Putin. It must be tough to spend your career working for the KGB, the iron fist of a truly evil empire, only to see i ...
12 years ago
Winter storm cleanup costs Delaware $16 million
Mother Nature has hit Delaware where it hurts the most: its pocketbook. The latest storm figures show that the state spent more th ...
12 years ago
Prescribed burning ongoing at numerous locations in southern half of NJ Monday
The New Jersey Forest Fire Service is conducting prescribed burns in the southern half of New Jersey Monday. ...
12 years ago
PUC to hold hearings on power outages in Pennsylvania due to storm
A hearing will be held tonight to review this winter’s power outages in the Philadelphia region. The Pennsylvania Public ...
12 years ago
ListenPowerful storm likely to spare area major impacts
An ocean storm that forecasters say will rapidly and explosively develop will likely spare the area major impacts. Two pieces of e ...
12 years ago
Temple student attacked with brick wants to return to classes
A brutal attack dislocated the teeth and fractured the jaw of a 19-year-old Temple University student, but the terrifying incident won ...
12 years ago
Surgeon general nominee foiled by NRA weaponocracy
In a more rational world, a world not governed by fear and cowardice, the new U.S. surgeon general would be Vivek Murthy, a Yale-educated ...
12 years ago
E. Steven Collins’ widow sues Chestnut Hill Hospital for ‘negligence’ and ‘carelessness’
The widow of E. Steven Collins, the late Philadelphia radio icon and civic activist, has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit claiming that Che ...
12 years ago
Basketball enthusiasts come out for 2nd annual Hoops Madness [photos]
The Chestnut Hill Community Association hosted its second annual Hoops Madness basketball tournament at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy ...
12 years ago
A black dad reacts to racial school-discipline disparities
As a black father, my concerns for my children are much the same as those of other parents. I want my children to be safe, to be brillian ...
12 years ago
AG Kane should stand on her own feet
This is how crazy it is: The attorney general of Pennsylvania comes to a newspaper editorial board meeting Thursday and brings a lawyer, ...
12 years ago
N.J. lawmakers start discussion on making college more affordable
Two New Jersey lawmakers have unveiled a package of 20 bills aimed at making college more affordable. One of the measures would fr ...
12 years ago

