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Sticker shock comes to some Pa. customers switched electric providers

Some Pennsylvanians are getting sticker shock when opening their energy bills this month.  Acting Pennsylvania Consumer Advoc ...

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 Mike Cole, 14, of Jenkintown, Pa., performs a kick-flip over a trash can in JFK Plaza, or 'Love Park' as it's known to skateboarders, while tourists pose for a photograph in Philadelphia.  (Douglas Bovitt/AP Photo, file)

Councilman dares to bring up a return for skateboarding in Love Park

 A Philadelphia City Councilman wants to bring a banned feature back to LOVE Park as part of planned redesign. Councilman Jim ...

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NBC10: Blaze tears through popular restaurant, apartments

Crews battled a blaze in a South Philadelphia apartment building that holds a popular restaurant Friday morning. ...

13 years ago

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New Fisker owners plan to manufacturer in Delaware

Fisker’s new owner, Wanxiang America Corporation, plans to restart production of the luxury hybrid car in the United States. Aft ...

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 The team from the United States USA-2, piloted by Jamie Greubel with brakeman Aja Evans, prepare to start their third run during the women's bobsled competition at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (Natacha Pisarenko/AP Photo)
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Bucks County bobsledder had unlikely path to bronze medal

Jamie Greubel’s win was not supposed to happen. The native of Newtown, Pa. and her partner Aja Evans won the bronze medal fo ...

13 years ago

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Delaware targets prescription drug abuse with new law

A bill aimed at stopping illegal prescription drug use in Delaware now strengthens efforts to ensure that patients’ medications are ...

13 years ago

 Addressing tragic and often public deaths puts pressure on schools to grieve individual loss, to ramp up prevention services and to minimize potential bad publicity(<a href=Photo via ShutterStock) " title="ssdepressedx1200" width="1" height="1"/>

Do more? Do less? Universities struggle walk fine line in wake of student suicides

The University of Pennsylvania has created a task force on “student psychological health and welfare” in response to two stud ...

13 years ago

Spiking electric bills eyed by Pa. regulators

Pennsylvania utility regulators says they’ll look into complaints about spiking electric bills, saying the affected people had sign ...

13 years ago

 Soraida Ramos Morales and her son at their Georgetown home.(Paul Parmelee/WHYY)

Helping Delaware mothers one visit at a time

Delaware Governor Jack Markell wants to expand a program which uses nurses who make house calls to teaches new mothers how best to start ...

13 years ago

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 The patio outside Falls Taproom along Midvale Avenue was bolstered with a 2012 facade-improvement grant. Now, the owner seeks retroactive community support. (Brian Hickey/WHYY)

Falls Taproom seeks community support for existing outdoor patio

At the monthly East Falls Community Council zoning-committee meeting on Wednesday, Falls Taproom owner Marvin Graaf sought community supp ...

13 years ago

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LBJ, House of Cards, and more

We’re touching on several topics today, starting with the legacy of LBJ. ...

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Stormy Friday afternoon: heavy showers, locally strong winds possible

A strong cold front will sweep through the New Jersey region Friday afternoon, delivering a band of heavy showers and embedded thunder, f ...

13 years ago

Philadelphia’s wording change reflects progress, Nutter says

It’s now Philadelphia law that the phrase “intellectual disability” will be used in place of a far less politically cor ...

13 years ago

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 Firefighters battle a fire in Philadelphia (Matt Rourke/AP Photo, file)

Firefighters Bill of Rights introduced in City Council

Philadelphia City Council is considering a “firefighters bill of rights.” Councilman Jim Kenney proposed the bill whic ...

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Christie in Washington for governors’ events

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie heads to Washington Friday for two days of Republican Governors Association and National Governors Associa ...

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