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Slow warming trend begins Thursday, then cold returns Sunday

Asta Riporti captured this Long Branch sunrise shot last week. Temperatures at 9 a.m. range from 24 at High Point to 39 in Point Pleasant ...

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Husband, wife die in fiery tow truck crash in Jackson

A husband and wife en route to an accident were killed when their tow truck went through a stop sign, struck trees, and burst into flames ...

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Barack Obama
National Interest

Wow, did Obama diss Gettysburg? (Laugh track)

Our debased civic dialogue doesn’t afford us many laughs, which is why yesterday’s right-wing head-detonation over Obama and ...

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Amtrak train to NYC ends up in Philly suburbs

Amtrak officials are looking into how a New York-bound train took a wrong turn and ended up in the Philadelphia suburbs. The Keyst ...

13 years ago

On third go, House green-lights transportation plan

A $2.3 billion amendment to a transportation funding plan passed a preliminary vote in the state House Tuesday night, within 24 hours of ...

13 years ago

 Chip Flowers (file/NewsWorks)

Delaware legislative committee asks Chip Flowers about Alaska trip

Delaware Treasurer Chip Flowers continues to answer questions regarding his travel expenses after reports that he misused funds during a ...

13 years ago

 Jillian Mueller, the female lead of
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Review: The flash (and not) of ‘Flashdance’

This just in, from the stage of “Flashdance: The Musical” at the Academy of Music: The three majestic rivers that define the ...

13 years ago

 Richmond KY, Sony a65 15mm f8.1 iso400 (Photo by David Bennett)

NASA rocket streaks above the eastern U.S. [photos]

An Air Force Minotaur 1 rocket carrying support payload for Department of Defense’s Operationally Responsive Space Office’s O ...

13 years ago

 Philip Shenon speaking at Philadelphia University in East Falls on Monday night. (Aaron Moselle/WHYY)

Former New York Times reporter says JFK assassination was ‘easily preventable’

Phillip Shenon’s research into the JFK assassination led him to a simple, but important conclusion: the whole thing was “easi ...

13 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Selective demolition at South Kensington’s Gretz Brewery

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PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

November 20: PA House reverses, passed transportation funding bill | “Gentrification relief” update | Land Bank bill still being debated | Condos vs apts for 260 S. Broad | Construction waste recycling

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PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Planning Commission approves billboard overhaul, opposes ads in schools

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PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Zoning board hears arguments about ‘underground’ parking at Dranoff tower

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 A young Filipino takes a shower at a school turned into a temporary shelter for those affected by Typhoon Haiyan, in Tacloban, Philippines, Monday, Nov. 18, 2013. Hundreds of thousands of people were displaced by Typhoon Haiyan, which tore across several islands in the eastern Philippines on Nov. 8. (Dita Alangkara/AP Photo)

N.J. company supplies water purifiers to devastated Philippines

A New Jersey company contracted by the U.S. Marines has sent three solar-powered water-purification systems to the typhoon-ravaged Philip ...

13 years ago

 The display racks at Dunkin' Donuts at 7th and Market streets in Philadelphia include calorie counts. (Emma Lee/for NewsWorks)

Nutritional info on menus leads to healthier choices, Drexel study finds

Researchers from Drexel University say including nutritional information on menus actually does lead diners to order food with fewer calo ...

13 years ago

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