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House explosion in Lower Township, N.J. injures two
A husband and wife are seriously injured after a house explodes in Lower Township, Cape May County. “It was a horrific explo ...
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Atlantic Club Casino Hotel files for bankruptcy protection
The struggling Atlantic City casino market reached a dubious milestone this week: Half of its 12 casinos have filed for bankruptcy protec ...
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Corbett visits Northeast Philly in kickoff of re-election campaign
Gov. Tom Corbett stopped in Northeast Philadelphia as part of a statewide tour to kick off his re-election campaign. “We don ...
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It’s environmentalists vs. industry as Pa. considers revising endangered species rules
Environmentalists are standing firmly against the prospect of adding more oversight to the way endangered species are designated in Penns ...
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NASA announces an abundance of habitable worlds
For millennia, people have looked up at the stars and had no idea what they were seeing. It’s only been in the last few cent ...
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Hotel financing plan advances in Philly, but not without opposition
Opinions differ sharply over a plan for 700-room hotel in Center City Philadelphia. Some see it as crushing the competition, while ...
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Corbett’s re-election bid runs on natural gas — but not the campaign bus
Gov. Tom Corbett has kicked off a re-election tour that’s taking him across Pennsylvania from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia over the n ...
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Drilling deadlock in the Delaware watershed pleases some officials
Drilling for natural gas has been on hold in the Delaware River watershed for more than four years. The group that manages it, the Delawa ...
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Fundraiser in Seaside Heights to benefit boardwalk business destroyed by fire
A fundraiser slated for next Saturday will benefit a Seaside Park business that was destroyed by the September boardwalk fire. In ...
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Chris Christie likely to revive school voucher debate in New Jersey
Tuesday night Chris Christie was reelected as New Jersey’s governor by a margin of 60 percent to Barbara Buono’s 38 percent. ...
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The chaperone is minding the kids, but who’s minding the chaperone?
Each month, NewsWorks presents a story from the First Person Arts Podcast. In this edition, public school teacher Jaso ...
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