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Judge denies E. Germantown man’s motion to avoid trial in crash that killed Philly police officer
An East Germantown man accused of killing a Philadelphia police officer is still heading to trial after a city judge denied a defense req ...
13 years ago
Movie review: The drama of keeping family secrets
“Stories We Tell,” Sarah Polley’s breathtaking documentary, ...
13 years ago
Student loan debt protest outside Sallie Mae headquarters in Delaware [video]
About 125 students marched to Sallie Mae’s headquarters in Newark to express their frustration with high student loan debt and call ...
13 years ago
MLK High, Urban Youth Racing School partnership revs up with high expectations
The sleek stock cars parked inside Martin Luther King High School on Wednesday weren’t displayed prominently, but they certainly ca ...
13 years ago
Ozone air quality alert for Pa.
The Department of Environmental Protection has issued an ozone air quality alert for much of Pennsylvania. The DEP says the code o ...
13 years ago
6 N.J. troopers sue over gas from Paulsboro train derailment
Six New Jersey state troopers are the latest to sue over a chemical released last year when a train derailed. The troopers, who re ...
13 years ago
South Philly rowhouse synagogue uses festival to become community hub
If you’ve ever wondered what’s the story behind an old building, you are in for a treat. One of the ...
13 years ago
Michele Bachmann isn’t going anywhere
It’s great news for the nation that Michele Bachmann, the tea-partying fact-polluting hysteric, is pulling a Palin an ...
13 years ago
From food pantries to playgrounds, Mt. Airy’s ‘Ms. Pudding’ dedicated to filling local needs
Ever since Elvira Evans was a little girl, she was referred to as Pudding, a nick name her father gave her and didn’t quite shake.& ...
13 years ago
Update: Lt. John Sanford of the Philadelphia Police Department public-affairs unit identified the alleged shooter as Kyree Johnson, 22, o ...
13 years ago
Looking around Philadelphia, finding myself
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about change — and also, a lot about my life in Philadelphia. When I first moved back fro ...
13 years ago
Review: ‘Venus in Fur’ nearly gets kinky
Is it hot in here, or is it just me? Hoo-boy! It’s not just me. It’s the entire Suzanne Roberts Theatre, where the Phi ...
13 years ago
Three endangered words: illegal, alien, and amnesty
On April 2, 2013, the Associated Press announced amendments to its sty ...
13 years ago
Pretzel Park’s Summer Concert Series kicks off this weekend
The Sideshow Prophets will take to the stage at Manayunk’s Pretzel Park this Saturday for the first installment of the neighborhood ...
13 years ago
The final month: Class of ’65er still remembers graduation-day kiss from Bill Cosby’s cousin
Sharon Fetter Sudhop wrote to NewsWorks to share fond memories from her time as a student at Germantown High School in the first ...
13 years ago