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Police: Man robbed Chase Bank in Toms River late Tuesday afternoon
Police in Toms River are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a man they say committed an armed robbery at Chase Bank on ...
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Old tech, new twist: NeoLucida inventor to speak in Philly Thursday
At its most basic level, it’s a prism on a stick. Aim it at an object, put your eye just above the prism and on the paper below app ...
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Would Sen. Pat Toomey’s amendment ‘gut’ ENDA?
U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pennsylvania) was not considered a likely vote of support for the Employment Non Discrimination Act (ENDA), which ...
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Anti-hunger group’s report details poor service at Pa. welfare department
It’s bad enough when you call the cable company and can’t get through to a human being. But that hardly compares ...
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What if they can’t fix the health care website?
When it became clear that the problems with the Obamacare exchange website weren’t just the early glitches of an opening day ...
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Just a trickle of voters show up at Northwest Philly polling places
About midday Tuesday, Althena Radford cracked open a log book and tallied the number of voters who stopped by to cast a ballot: 42. < ...
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Voter turnout in South Jersey varies from tiny to brisk
Depending on where you go in New Jersey, turnout this Election Day varies. For example, turnout in Cinnaminson was very light this ...
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Another Delaware charter school facing closure
Less than a year after the Department of Education closed Pencader Charter High School, another school’s charter could be on the choppi ...
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Proposal to change Pa. charter school rules runs into resistance
Some education advocates are criticizing a Pennsylvania Senate proposal to revamp how public charter schools start, expand, and receive f ...
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Brother: Mall gunman Richard Shoop didn’t want to hurt anyone
The brother of a man who police say killed himself after firing several shots inside a northern New Jersey mall says he’s not sure ...
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If Jimmy Dennis was unjustly sentenced, why is he still on death row?
On Aug. 21, 2013, a judge in Philadelphia said Jimmy Dennis, convicted 21 years ago of the murder of Chedell Ray Williams, ...
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Saturday at the Market — Scenes from Reading Terminal [photos]
Last weekend marked the first photojournalism workshop from WHYY’s Adult Learning Courses and View Finders blog. A small yet passio ...
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Delaware pampers thousands of babies
A cluster of organizations in the state will now be able to supply more than enough diapers to parents who often had to choose between bu ...
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Race a key issue for organized women’s movement in Northwest Philadelphia
The Philadelphia chapter of the National Organization for Women made some serious gains for gender equality during the movement’s h ...
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With supplies high and demand ebbing, gas prices drop across region
The price of gas is dipping. In New Jersey, drivers are filling the tank for less than $3 a gallon. In Pennsylvania, the cost averages $3 ...
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