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More abuse charges for part owner of Delaware ice rink

Two more victims have come forward accusing the New Jersey man of touching them inappropriately at the Pond Ice Arena in Newark. S ...

13 years ago

Survey finds high rates of physical, mental health problems among Head Start workers

Head Start, the federally funded preschool program for low-income children, has recently come under some criticism for not providing cons ...

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Observation tower to rise from Camden waterfront

While Camden’s Adventure Aquarium is known for providing a peek deep into the ocean, a new attraction will bring visitors way up in ...

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Delaware urges drivers to watch out for deer

Shorter fall days mean drivers who leave the office at 5 p.m. will now be driving at dusk, exactly when Delaware’s Dept. of Natural ...

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Philly parents question City Council on how $45M will be spent

As City Council is formally approving spending money just released by the state on Philadelphia public schools, parents of students are c ...

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 A Weather Underground radar image at 1:35 p.m. today.

Mainly dry for trick-or-treating; rain and breezy late tonight and Friday

The ghosts and goblins should remain dry this evening, but rain and breezy conditions ahead of a cold front will move into the region lat ...

13 years ago

 Philadelphia's current city flag, left, and a makeover proposed by local designer Edward Mitchell, right.
Lifestyle

Should this be Philadephia’s new city flag?

The Philadelphia city flag. You really don’t see it that much. “You really don’t,” said Edward Mitchell, a ...

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Did Philly’s anti-New York attitude kill Brooklyn Flea market here?

Talk of Philly becoming New York’s “sixth borough” is enough to make plenty of Philadelphians groan. The backlash appea ...

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Dave Davies: Off Mic

New MOVE documentary is riveting, painfully accurate

It still leaves you speechless. One of the most disastrous police operations in American history unfolded in West Philadelphia in ...

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 Un arresto en Norristown resulto en que  Ernesto Cruz-García fuese enviado a la corte de inmigración. (Peter Tobia/para NewsWorks)

Inmigrantes se ven obligados a luchar contra la deportación a pesar de arrestos erróneas

Abogados de inmigracion dicen que la policia de Norristown detuvo ilegalmente a Ernesto Cruz-García en marzo del 2012. Ese incidente ini ...

13 years ago

 Cubreme con tu Manto (Cover Me with your Mantle) by Guadalupe Reyes

New Jersey-based artist re-imagines the work of Frida Kahlo

Our Lady of Guadalupe has been revered for nearly five centuries in Mexico. As the story goes, in 1531 at the hill of Tepeyac in Tenochti ...

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Doctors hear horrors of New Jersey’s epidemic of prescription-drug abuse

New Jersey doctors had already been forewarned that prescription-drug addiction has been ravaging the state – yesterday, they learned t ...

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 Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, left, greets Democratic challenger Barbara Buono at the start of their debate at Montclair University in Montclair, N.J., Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Neither Christie nor Buono have a plan to fully fund New Jersey’s schools

The latest poll has Republican Gov. Chris Christie ahead of Democratic state Senator Barbara Buono by 33 points in next week’s gube ...

13 years ago

 The new Bottom Dollar location opening on Halloween was visible in customer apparel. (Bas Slabbers/for NewsWorks)

New supermarket opens in Northwest Philadelphia [gallery]

After a planning process featuring a brief bit of neighborhood debate, a new Botto ...

13 years ago

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Can Robert Costa save the conservative media?

  Robert Costa, the best journalist in Washington during the Republican shutdown, is rightly bemused about his soaring celebr ...

13 years ago

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