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DOJ suing the School District of Philadelphia for religious discrimination

The city’s school district has been accused in a federal lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice of discriminating against an em ...

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 United States Olympic Winter Games para olympic snowboarding participant Evan Strong poses for a portrait at the 2013 Team USA Media Summit on Monday, Oct. 1, 2013 in Park City, UT. (AP Photo/Carlo Allegri)

If even NBC cares about the Paralympics, I guess I can too

Snowbound and watching TV, my younger brother and I flip to the Winter Olympics on NBC. Gracie Jones performs her graceful skating routin ...

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How does smoking marijuana affect the adolescent brain?

According to a 2013 National Institutes of Health survey, campaigns in several states to legalize marijuana have led many teens to believ ...

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Christie avoids the tough questions

Bridgegate? Never heard of it. I would say that seems to be the line we’re being fed by Gov. Christie Christie these days, b ...

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Complaints about firms, contractors bilking Sandy victims still coming in

More than a year and a half after Sandy hit New Jersey, the state is still getting complaints from victims who say they’ve been rip ...

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Nutter commits funding for new positions at L&I

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Summer version of Winterfest coming to Penn’s Landing; new pier parks opening this summer and fall

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AAA ponders options in Pennsport

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Liquor privatization plan still alive in Pa.

Gov. Tom Corbett says the liquor privatization issue that has been a priority for him for more than a year is still the subject of negoti ...

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As train transport of oil increases, Pa. railroads, first responders quizzed on emergency plans

The number of trains carrying crude oil is on the rise in Pennsylvania. So, are first responders prepared for potential accidents? T ...

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Debating recreational pot from personal and community perspectives

A post from NewsWorks blogger Solomon Jones against the legalization of recreational marijuana sparked a response from South Jersey  ...

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Revolutionary War reenactors and pyrotechnics accompany the announcement of the beginning of site preparation for the Museum of the American Revolution at Third and Chestnut streets. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Museum of the American Revolution set to break ground

A new museum about the history of the American Revolution will soon break ground in Philadelphia. Philadelphia-based INTECH Constr ...

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