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New Jersey should embrace the new tougher national standardized tests
This is part of a series from education blogger Laura Waters of NJ Left Behind. Stan Karp, Director of S ...
13 years ago
Elena Delle Donne: The next level
Since leading the University of Delaware Blue Hens to the Sweet 16 this March, Elena Delle Donne has taken her game to the next level, bo ...
13 years ago
Rain a boon to fruit, a bane to grain
A flash flood warning is in effect for Greater Philadelphia again today, after record rainfall in June and July and the area’s rain ...
13 years ago
Pa. town suspends police chief who posted profane videos
As Gilberton Borough Council weighed the fate of Mark Kessler this week, the packed meeting room included supporters of the po ...
13 years ago
Weight limits posted on the bridges back to Harrisburg funding battle
The Pennsylvania Legislature failed to pass a transportation funding plan before the summer recess. Now, weeks before lawmakers re ...
13 years ago
Parents plead with Christie to sign bill making it easier for kids to get medical marijuana
Advocates have delivered thousands of letters to Gov. Chris Christie’s office urging him to sign a bill to ease the process for chi ...
13 years ago
Drexel Prof. Dave Goldberg sees beauty in symmetry
Nearly everyone understands the basic principles of physics. In a conversation with “Lightni ...
13 years ago
Elective surgeries ‘go under the knife’ in new hospital report
Elective surgeries, unlike emergencies, may give a person some time to plan for the procedure. But any patient trying to figure out which ...
13 years ago
Safety must be priority for L&I department, former commissioners tell Philly Council
The fourth hearing reviewing demolition procedures in the wake of the fatal building collapse on Market Street included testimony from tw ...
13 years ago
Measure proposed to mandate NCAA hold hearing before imposing sanctions
A congressman from Pennsylvania wants everyone to have a hearing, even if the NCAA eventually lowers the boom. U.S. Rep. Cha ...
13 years ago
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