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Down the Shore

Spring-like weather early week; rainstorm likely on Wednesday

Spring is still over a week away but Mother Nature will deliver a preview over the next few days.  Temperatures will be in th ...

13 years ago

 Debo Adegbile (center), special counsel, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, speaks with reporters outside the Supreme Court in Washington. (AP file photo/Evan Vucci)
Politics & Policy

Even when you’re as guilty as Mumia, you deserve an able defense

It happened again. And it’s maddening.  Congress has punished a lawyer for doing what lawyers are supposed to do: represent th ...

13 years ago

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Cops uncover marijuana-growing operation at home

Authorities allegedly found an “elaborate” marijuana-growing operation at a southern New Jersey home after they went there as ...

13 years ago

Ex-Christie aides: Withdraw traffic jam subpoenas

Two figures in a political payback plot that has overshadowed New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s administration will attempt to convi ...

13 years ago

Delaware police warn of IRS impersonator calls

Police in Delaware are warning of a scam where someone is impersonating an IRS agent ahead of tax day. New Castle County police s ...

13 years ago

Gettysburg wax museum selling historical figures

A life-sized Abraham Lincoln is about to go on the auction block alongside other historical figures and scenes at the American Civil War ...

13 years ago

Students honored for accomplishments in afterschool STEAM program [gallery]

At an awards ceremony last week, students involved with Philadelphia Center for Arts and Technology’s STEAM project were honored fo ...

13 years ago

 A scene from an October vigil in memory of hit-and-run victim Ceeanna Pate. The driver's preliminary hearing will be held Wednesday. (Brian Hickey/WHYY)

Top 4 stories to watch for in NW Philly

Here’s a look at what’s to come: 1. In honor of Black History Month, Germantown resident and community activist Lisa H ...

13 years ago

What next for Corbett’s Medicaid proposal?

As part of the formal review process there will be a public comment period on Corbett’s plan through the end of the month. P ...

13 years ago

Penn State reports applications growth

Penn State University says it’s on pace to receive a record number of applications. President Rodney Erickson told the Board ...

13 years ago

 Clockmaker Tobey Reed checks the details on one face of a four face clock before it is shipped at the Electric Time Company in Medfield, Mass., Friday, April 5, 1996. The clock was built for a Deerfield, Ill., fire station. Daylight savings time begins on Sunday April 7th at 2 a.m. and clocks are set ahead one hour. (Charles Krupa/AP Photo)

Daylight Saving Time begins Sunday, set your clocks ahead before bed

A sign that spring is approaching: daylight saving time begins this weekend, so don’t forget to change your clocks. ...

13 years ago

 A prescribed burn in Wharton State Forest, Burlington County on March 3, 2013. (Image: NJ Forest Fire Service, Section B10)
Down the Shore

Prescribed burn in Monmouth Battlefield State Park today

If you smell what appears to be a fire in the Manalapan T ...

13 years ago

New report examines controversial 10 year tax abatement

A new report analyzed the Brewerytown Square development’s connection with the controversial abatement that gives a tax break to ne ...

13 years ago

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N.J. affordable housing panel told to meet

A New Jersey court has denied the state government’s attempt to delay an order forcing the state Council on Affordable Housing to m ...

13 years ago

Pa. GOP feud spills into public at sensitive time

A feud between Pennsylvania’s establishment Republicans and the party’s anti-establishment conservatives is exploding into th ...

13 years ago

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