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 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

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

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Democrat: 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

 (Chuck Snyder/for NewsWorks)

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

 An image of prescribed burning on the Ocean/Burlington border yesterday from aboard New Jersey State Police's SouthStar Aeromedical helicopter. (Image via NJSP)
Down the Shore

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

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 Monday's 12z NAM model  indicating a major storm system developing offshore and pulling away to the northeast early Wednesday morning. (Image: Stormvistawxmodels.com via NY Metro Weather)
Down the Shore

Powerful 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

Education

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

 Dr. Vivek Hallegere Murthy, President Barack Obama's nominee to be the next U.S. Surgeon General, prepares to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014, before the  Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing on his nomination. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
National Interest

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 with his wife Lisa, Collins passed away in Sept. 2013. (File photo courtesy of Jaramogi Communications)

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

 Education Secretary Arne Duncan speaks as Attorney General Eric Holder looks on as they discuss the importance of universal access to preschool and the need to reduce
The Philadelphia Experiment

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

Dave Davies: Off Mic

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

 Undated Rutgers-Camden graduation ceremony (Bas Slabbers/for NewsWorks)

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

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