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 Dr. Alieta Eck, the Tea Party-embraced Republican candidate for the New Jersey Senate seat left vacant by Frank Lautenberg. (Kevin McCorry/WHYY)

N.J. Sen. candidate wants to rein in Medicaid, Obamacare

On Aug. 13, New Jersey will host a primary election for the U.S. Senate seat left vacant after the death of longtime Democratic senator F ...

13 years ago

 What's a parade in Philadelphia without mummers? (Meg Frankowski/for NewsWorks)

Philadelphia celebrates freedom and emancipation this Independence Day

The city where American independence began hosted solemn ceremonies and a parade to mark July 4th. People gathered from all over t ...

13 years ago

 Michael McGrath from Trenton, N.J., participates in a protest against the NSA near  Independence Mall on Thursday. (Meg Frankowski/for NewsWorks)
Politics & Policy

Dozens protest NSA snooping in Philly

While the Fourth of July parade processed nearby, opponents of the federal government’s surveillance of Americans’ Internet a ...

13 years ago

Money

Pa. spending $40 M to speed up unemployment claims

Pennsylvania has a new law to process unemployment claims more quickly. It replaces lost federal dollars with money from the state ...

13 years ago

 The machine in this private room separates out the different parts of the patient's blood by density to isolate the stem cells. (Elle Pfeffer/for NewsWorks)

New stem cell transplant unit joins others in Philadelphia region

A new unit for cancer patients requiring stem cell transplants opened this week at the Cancer Treatment Centers of America in Philadelphi ...

13 years ago

 The author, Reginald Hall Jr., is pictured with (from left) grandmother Gwen Smith, niece Tiara Canty, and aunt Nina Rolle. (Image courtesy of Reginald Hall Jr.)
Speak Easy

Being black in Philly — like being black anywhere else

I suppose being young and black in Philly, I experience tremendous beauty mixed with ugliness. I consciously choose to seek out the beaut ...

13 years ago

 Diana Spechler is the author of the novels
Arts & Entertainment

Seeking LTR. Current girlfriend need not apply.

After teaching a writing class one summer, Diana and one of her students started dating. Soon enough Diana was in love. The only pro ...

13 years ago

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Money

Phila. workforce agency to partner with four major employers

Philadelphia’s workforce system didn’t have a great reputation in the past. Over the past year plus, the city’s ...

13 years ago

 A young man wears saggy pants on the Wildwood, N.J., boardwalk before the ban went into effect. (AP PHOTO, file)

Wildwood boardwalk visitors must pull up their pants starting today

Wildwood New Jersey begins enforcing its ban on pants that hang low this weekend. The law applies to the beach town’s boardwalk onl ...

13 years ago

 Al Bruno sprays an open flame with copper dissolved in water. (Ann Marie Awad/for NewsWorks)

Franklin Institute’s ‘wonderful science’ of fireworks [photos]

Al Bruno says every fireworks show ends with “the last word.” Bruno, a scientific interpreter at ...

13 years ago

 Pa. Gov. Tom Corbett is shown delivering an early version of the state budget to a joint session of the state House and Senate on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013, in Harrisburg. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, file)
Education

More uncertainty over Philly school funding with millions stalled in Harrisburg

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett urged state lawmakers Wednesday to pass a stalled bill that provides an extra $45 million for Philadelphia& ...

13 years ago

Director/producer Greg Sharrow fine tunes the placement of the three cameras he is using to make the Curtis Institute's first free online course, Exploring Beethoven's Sonatas with Jonathan Biss. (Emma Lee/for NewsWorks)
Arts & Entertainment

Curtis’ legendary reputation draws 25,000 to first online class [photos]

The renown Curtis Institute of music decided to experiment with an online course and put Beethoven specialist Jonathan Bliss on the progr ...

13 years ago

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‘Garden Railway Circus Week’ at Morris Arboretum pays tribute to Philadelphia’s circus history

What was once a tranquil bonsai garden is now Morris Arboretum’s bustling railway attraction featuring circus carts. In 1998, ...

13 years ago

 Rita Asch's

MOVIS: Like a book club but for artists

This is part of a series from Ilene Dube of The Artful Blogger. BON Appetit in the Princeton Shopping Center is known for ...

13 years ago

PlanPhilly
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Happy Independence Day

13 years ago

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