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Hardship hearing for Boyd Theatre next week, consultants say reuse requires subsidy

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PlanPhilly
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Live! Hotel & Casino partner: We’ve got the right team, the right location and the right program for Philadelphia

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January 22: $5M from EPA to study green infrastructure | Bixi bankruptcy | Comcast’s tech incubator | 2013 construction starts | Philly slumlords | WePAC opens 13th school library

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 Yinka Shonibare talks about his art and its meanings during a preview of the exhibit Magic Ladders at the Barnes Foundation. (Emma Lee/for NewsWorks)
Arts & Entertainment

Barnes Foundation commissions first work in eight decades

This weekend, the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia will exhibit the first works it has commissioned in more than 80 years. A seri ...

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 Seven cars of a CSX freight train derailed on a bridge that spans the Schuylkill River and I-76. Six carried crude oil and another is carried sand. (NBC10 Photo)

Close call on Philly oil train derailment fuels debate

It could be a few more days before crews finish clearing derailed train cars — including crude oil tankers — from a bridge over the S ...

12 years ago

Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: Smothering ‘The Pillowman’

The great triumph of Martin McDonagh’s “The Pillowman” is that it is convincing, moving, often funny and unrelentingly ...

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Dave Davies: Off Mic

GOP backs Costello for Gerlach seat in 6th District

Republicans seem to be uniting around Chester County Commissioner Ryan Costello as their candidate for the Pennsylvania Congressional sea ...

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Suspect in custody after sharing ‘wanted’ photo of himself on Facebook taunting police

Police in one Pennsylvania town have arrested a man after he shared a wanted photo of himself. The ...

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 Chris Christie takes oath of office for a second term as New Jersey's Governor. (photo by Phil Gregory)

Christie sworn in to second term as N.J. governor

In ceremonies Tuesday at the Trenton War Memorial, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie took his oath of office for a second term. Unlik ...

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Temple researcher explores environment’s impact on mental health

Genetics and stress hormones are among the factors known to affect our mental health, but researchers are investigating another possible ...

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Ex-NFLer Irving Fryar pleads not guilty to fraud

Former NFL player Irving Fryar and his mother have pleaded not guilty in a New Jersey court to charges that they conspired to steal more ...

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 Democratic leaders in N.J. Assembly and Senate leaders announcing the merging of committees (Phil Gregory/for NewsWorks)

N.J. lawmakers combine panels for single Bridgegate investigation

Democratic leaders in the New Jersey Legislature have decided to combine the Assembly and Senate committees created last week to investig ...

12 years ago

NJ Gov. Christie declares “State of Emergency”: What does it mean?

New Jersey Govenor Chris Christie issued a State of Emergency declaration Tuesday afternoon as a winter storm intensifies, potentially du ...

12 years ago

A sign announcing weather conditions seen from the southbound lanes of I-95, north of Street Road in Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 21, 2014 (Alan Tu/for NewsWorks)

Snowstorm brings school closings, SEPTA delays, PPA parking discounts

Conditions in and around Philadelphia are quickly deteriorating as a weather system bringing an estimated 8 to 12 inches of snow bears do ...

12 years ago

 Garden State Parkway at the Asbury Toll Plaza (milepost 104) around 2:10 p.m. Tuesday. (Image: @GSParkway via Twitter)
Down the Shore

Heavy traffic, treacherous roadways in NJ as storm intensifies Tuesday afternoon

Driving is downright rough this afternoon as the storm intensifies, according to various reports. And conditions will just get worse.&nbs ...

12 years ago

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