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Online petition aims to preserve 7 Temple sports programs
Student athletes at Temple University are down, but not out. On Friday, school officials dropped a bomb: Seven of the school’ ...
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NJ Spotlight highlights 10 N.J. cities still struggling after Superstorm Sandy
Many visitors to the Jersey Shore this summer saw scarcely any damage from Superstorm Sandy, though residents up and down the coast tell ...
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Hunters may get $25 bounty for each coyote killed in Pa.
Hunters in Pennsylvania could collect a bounty for coyotes under a measure passed by the state House. Legislation would allow the ...
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5 ways to get around Philly with no car
WHYY’s urban life correspondent Elizabeth Fiedler has a great story today about ...
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NJ Spotlight explainer: Where does New Jersey get its electricity? (Podcast)
Every once in awhile you just need to hear something explained like you’re a five-year-old. Today we bring clarity and simplicity t ...
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Pa. measure requiring drug tests of prospective teachers, school workers advances
A bill calling for drug testing of prospective teachers and school employees in Pennsylvania has passed in the state House. ...
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A southern New Jersey-to-Philadelphia commuter train line has received its first prototypes for refurbished cars. PATCO unveiled i ...
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Prescription sought to keep young physicians in Pa.
Doctors are calling for improved strategies to keep new physicians in Pennsylvania. They’re urging state lawmakers to increa ...
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Business tax phaseout plan draws ire of Philly social service groups
Community groups are upset about a measure that would pare back business taxes in Philadelphia. The bill under consideration ...
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ListenWomen sentenced in fatal shooting of Pa. musician
Two women will spend time in custody for participating in a botched robbery that left a Philadelphia-area musician dead. The ...
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Gingerbread house workshop to benefit area nonprofit
A group of Philadelphia restaurant pros will come together this holiday season for a gingerbread house workshop to benefit military famil ...
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Pa. pensions board meets amid employee probe
The board of Pennsylvania’s state employee pension fund is convening in Harrisburg amid questions about an investigation into its c ...
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Hundreds more Delawareans sign up for health insurance
The second month of open enrollment under the federal Affordable Care Act has fared better than the first month when Obamacare first roll ...
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One year later: Talking with kids on the anniversary of the Sandy Hook school shooting
December 14 is the one year anniversary of the Sandy Hook school shooting. I won’t recount the details of that event here because I ...
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