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Chrysler to recall 1.2 million Ram trucks

Chrysler is recalling 1.2 million Ram trucks to fix front-end problems that could lead to steering troubles.The company announced three r ...

13 years ago

 A file photo from the Toms River Fire Academy Facebook page of a training exercise on the academy's property.

Report: Fire officials investigating blaze at Toms River Fire Academy

Fire officials are investigating a blaze that broke out late Friday evening at the Toms River Fire Academy in Toms River.  Th ...

13 years ago

 Saturday morning in Lavallette. (Image: TheSurfersView.com)

Generally calm weather ahead; quick cold blast on tap for mid-week

Before we get into the outlook, that much buzzed about storm for next week no longer looks like much of a threat, as the latest runs of t ...

13 years ago

 (Jana Shea/for NewsWorks, file)

Mt. Airy business community speaks out about state of entrepreneurship

Michael Driscoll wasn’t at all surprised to learn how some small business owners operating in Northwest Philadelphia feel about cit ...

13 years ago

Judge upholds N.J. ban on gay conversion therapy

A federal judge has upheld a New Jersey law barring therapists from trying to turn gay youth straight. In a ruling issued Friday, ...

13 years ago

 Police are seeking to identify these women. (Photo: Barnegat Police Department)

Barnegat police seek to identify two women

Police in Barnegat are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying two women.  The request is in connection with an ...

13 years ago

 Shiriki Kumanyika, from the University of Pennsylvania, is the new president-elect of the America Public Health Association (Photo courtesy of University of Pennsylvania)

President-elect will help lead a re-branded American Public Health Association

Just as the organization is rebranding itself, Shiriki Kumanyika, an obesity and health researcher at the University of Pennsylvania, is ...

13 years ago

Philly courts considering ban on cell phones

Philadelphia police are investigating an anonymous Instagram account that outed dozens of witnesses to violent crimes, as ...

13 years ago

 Richard Ross captures the reality of life in juvenile prisons in photos and the words of the inmates. (Emma Lee/for NewsWorks)
Arts & Entertainment

‘Juvenile In Justice’ starkly portrays abuses of U.S. detention system

The gallery space inside the Crane Arts Building in Kensington is called “The Icebox.” At some point during the building̵ ...

13 years ago

EPA holds hearing in Philly as agency prepares new rules for power plants

EPA officials were in Philadelphia Friday to get public feedback for the next phase of the Obama administration’s Climate Action Pl ...

13 years ago

 Philly's last Blockbuster is closing its doors (Toby Talbot/AP Photo, file)
Money

It’s a wrap for Blockbuster — including last store in Philly

Remember Blockbuster? With the blue and yellow movie ticket logo? The very last representative of the video chain in Philadelphia ...

13 years ago

 A member of the Pennsylvania National Guard takes up a security position while others remove an injured man during a battle simulation exercise at Fort Indiantown Gap in Annville, Pa. (Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo, file)

Pa. National Guard striving to help soldiers in need get mental health treatment

This Veterans Day, members of the Pennsylvania National Guard are focusing on the work still to be done to educate service members about ...

13 years ago

Manasquan beach replenishment reassures residents still coping with Sandy

The latest beach replenishment project at the Jersey Shore is getting under way in Manasquan as part of a $25 million federally funded pr ...

13 years ago

Accident on Route 18 southbound in Colts Neck shutters right lane

Police have closed the right lane on Route 18 southbound in Colts Neck following a motor vehicle accident involving an overturned vehicle ...

13 years ago

 The Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News newspapers sit on display on a newsstand. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, file)
Dave Davies: Off Mic

The Inquirer files: Philadelphia’s media soap opera

It’s usually hard to get executives involved in a business dispute to air their complaints publicly. That’s not the case in o ...

13 years ago

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