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A former prisoner helps others reconnect with family, community
J. Jondhi Harrell knows how difficult it is trying to re-enter society as an ex-offender. He learned the hard way when he was relea ...
13 years ago
University of Delaware tuition rising, Del. State holds rates
Delaware’s two largest universities have released tuition rates for the upcoming 2013-2014 academic year. One year of tuition an ...
13 years ago
New Jersey is ranked seventh in the nation for swimming-beach water quality, according to last month’s report by the Natural R ...
13 years ago
Space travel in our accelerating universe: Sometimes you can’t get there from here
The discovery that our universe is not only expanding but accelerating i ...
13 years ago
Bon Jovi gives $1M to N.J. Superstorm Sandy relief
Bon Jovi is giving $1 million to help the band’s home state recover from Superstorm Sandy. Singer Jon Bon Jovi went to his h ...
13 years ago
Casey: Amtrak deserves more money than House offering
The Senior U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania says Amtrak needs more money than his colleagues in the House are putting in a proposed budget. ...
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Delaware governor meets with president of Israel
Governor Jack Markell is in Israel this week to strengthen the state’s business and economic development ties with the country. ...
13 years ago
Dewey Beach defending its business license fees
Dewey Beach is defending its business license fees against a class action lawsuit. The ...
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When William Howard Taft was president in the early 1900s, a cartoon showed a senator stuffing a bill into the mouth of a GOP elephant wh ...
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Chestnut Hill celebrates Fourth of July with 97th annual children’s parade [photos]
Families gathered at the Water Tower Recreation Center in Chestnut Hill to celebrate Independence Day on Thursday. The day included a bic ...
13 years ago
A novel I’m currently reading asks the question, “How do you weigh all the sides of someone?” I thought of that line ye ...
13 years ago
Chris Christie: Stronger since the storm
Back in 1978, cult leader Jim Jones poisoned members of his “People’s Temple” by encouraging them to commit “Revo ...
13 years ago
Teresa Heinz Kerry hospitalized
Teresa Heinz Kerry, the wife of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and heir to a ketchup company fortune, was hospitalized in critical bu ...
13 years ago
Tough guy Liev Schreiber joins me on Fresh Air
Brace yourself – it’s time for a week of Fresh Air Without Terry Gross. Terry has the week off, which puts me in her c ...
13 years ago
Nominations announced for 2013 Philadelphia Geek Awards
The point of the Philadelphia Geek Awards is to shine a light on not ...
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