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In search of a hero, CNN finds Camden’s Tawanda Jones
Tawanda Jones of Camden, N.J., is one of the 2013 Top 10 CNN Heroes. To be perfectly honest, Jones is in good company, competing against ...
13 years ago
Delaware marks 50 years of interstate driving
Fifty years ago, President John F. Kennedy helped the First State open the first section of I-95. The creation and eventual expansi ...
13 years ago
Insurance delays give Philly policyholders time to weigh options
Now that President Barack Obama is delaying the cancellation of individual health care plans that don’t comply with the Affordable ...
13 years ago
Foraging workshop to turn backyard weeds into edible fare
If you have trouble eating your vegetables — or even if you love them — listen up. A workshop this weekend may turn that pesky bunch ...
13 years ago
Here’s to the guy who broke into my car in Mt. Airy and didn’t steal a thing
Two nights ago, right in front of my house, someone broke into my car. Well, he didn’t actually break in. He kind of opened the do ...
13 years ago
Presidential lying: A history primer
Presidents sometimes lie, as evidenced most recently by Barack Obama’s you-can-keep-your-plan doozy. But where does his lie rank in ...
13 years ago
One health care doughnut closes but another opens in New Jersey
As Americans slog through open enrollment for both the Affordable Care Act marketplace and the Medicare prescription drug benefit (also k ...
13 years ago
Organizers count on new Kimmel art installation to be smashing success
Since the Kimmel Center opened 12 years ago, it has struggled to make its interior plaza hospitable. So, for the next few months, visitor ...
13 years ago
When art has no story to tell, it doesn’t need to make sense
Some art does not have a story that wants to be told. Art can be less about lives, things and history, and more about color, line and sha ...
13 years ago
ListenMeasure allowing games of chance in taverns clears Pa. House
A proposal to legalize small-time gambling in Pennsylvania bars has cleared the state House and will go back to the Senate for approval.< ...
13 years ago
With legal help, quest for disability benefits for West Philly toddler continues
A 2-year-old girl whose left arm was permanently paralyzed from a birth injury is getting some legal help as her West Philadelphia parent ...
13 years ago
