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 A protester in Sao Paulo, Brazil, is shown protesting in July 2013 against their government's rejection of the asylum application of Edward Snowden, who leaked top-secret documents about sweeping U.S. surveillance programs. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, file)
National Interest

NSA spying: ‘Orwellian’ or ‘vital tool’?

Thanks to AWOL whistle-blower Edward Snowden, 2013 was the Year of Big Brother. We learned for the first time that the National Security ...

12 years ago

 Brittany Lynn (left) and Crystal Electra, members of the Miss Fancy Brigade and the Mummers LGBT Liaison Committee announcing plans for this year's New Year's parade. (Emma Lee/for NewsWorks)
Philly Parenting

10 ways to ring in the New Year with kids in Philly

Whether you’re searching for ways to please big kids, little kids, or kids at heart, New Year’s in Philly has something for e ...

12 years ago

 Fireworks burst over Penn's Landing in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Tim Shaffer, file)
Arts & Entertainment

Earlier New Year’s Eve fireworks display offers family-friendly revelry in Philly

Fireworks will light up the Philadelphia sky not once but twice tonight as the region celebrates New Year’s Eve.  Party ...

12 years ago

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 A guide to preventing car break-ins in Northwest Philadelphia (Sept. 16): About reporting car break-ins, 14th District Police Lt. Dennis Rosenbaum says

What Happened Next: Updating stories from Sept., Oct. and Nov.

NewsWorks went back to check in on several of the stories it covered this year. These “What Happened Next” updates w ...

12 years ago

Philadelphia School District top cop talks safety in midst of ongoing budget crisis

In college, and for a brief time in the NFL, it was Chief Inspector Carl Holmes’ job to protect the quarterback from being flattene ...

12 years ago

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 Philadelphia-area runners participate in an April 18, 2013, community run in support  of the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY, file)

#whyilovephilly — Running through the streets of Philadelphia

As a student, I had little time or money for exploration, and I visited my family on the weekends. Philly never felt like home. But ...

12 years ago

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Voices in the Family

Switching from work mode to vacation mode

Do you have a few days off over the holidays – and are trying really hard to relax? Switching from work mode to vacation mode can b ...

12 years ago

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 Surveillance cameras captured images of Wheeler walking through a Wilmington parking garage just days before his death (photo courtesy Newark Police)

Delaware mystery death three years later: still no answers in John Wheeler case

Still no answers in the mysterious death of the former Pentagon official who disappeared in Wilmington three years ago this week. ...

12 years ago

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The Pulse

Who killed the chemistry set? And an effort to reinvent it

A Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit is seeking the next great science toy. Jennifer Landry is opening an “atomic energy” ...

12 years ago

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Politics & Policy

Big institutions, and their leaders, elude punishment

When complex, powerful organizations become seedbeds of wrong-doing, how do you hold them accountable? Whom do you punish?   ...

12 years ago

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PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

2013 REWIND: What you were reading on EOTS

12 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Angels in the garden

12 years ago

Vacancies to bring change to Pa. Legislature

The Pennsylvania Legislature’s two-year election cycle will be circling back around in the coming year. New district boundar ...

12 years ago

N.J. foreclosure pipeline remains clogged

The number of homes entering foreclosure across the nation is at its lowest level in years. But a big backlog of cases has left New Jerse ...

12 years ago

Nearly 600 vases stolen from cemeteries in Del.

State police and cemetery officials say close to 600 bronze vases have been stolen from cemeteries in Delaware since late November. < ...

12 years ago

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