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Gun rights advocates plan N.J. rallies against stricter controls
Advocates of gun rights will be holding rallies around New Jersey over the weekend to protest gun-control measures under consideration in ...
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Service provider to discontinue two programs for special needs kids
Families with special needs children in the region are losing a resource. “Easter Seals of Southeastern Pennsylvania” is disc ...
14 years ago
Delaware joins the 21st century
Rob Tornoe weighs in on the effort to overturn the death penalty in Delaware. < ...
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SEPTA to hold public meetings on proposed fare increases
SEPTA has proposed fare increases in its Fiscal Year 2014 budget. Cu ...
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Toomey’s gun legislation a stepping stone to ‘Florida loophole?’
The gun law overhaul authored this week by U.S. Senator Pat Toomey (R-Pennsylvania) changes some regulations and loosens some. It leaves ...
14 years ago
Pa. parole system under scrutiny in Philadelphia City Council
Sparked by the killing of a police officer last year, a Philadelphia City Council Committee is taking testimony on Pennsylvania’s p ...
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Councilwoman Bass plans several Philly Clean Up stops on Saturday
When volunteers fan out across Northwest Philadelphia for the sixth annual Philly Spring Cleanup on Saturday, they may run into Eighth Di ...
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Marriage equality: Writing the next chapter in history
In his weekly message, Delaware Governor Jack Markell talks about the current momentum regarding the legalization of same-sex marriage in ...
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Philly’s Queen Village raises funds for fire victims
Neighbors are raising money to help those displaced by a Philadelphia fire that killed one firefighter and injured another. Most o ...
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International Orchid Show blooms in Philadelphia
Philadelphia was dark and gloomy beneath rain clouds Friday, but visitors to the Academy of Natural Scienes of Drexel University were tre ...
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New Castle County Police to destroy confiscated firearms [video]
More than 140 guns seized by the New Castle County Police Department over the past year will be destroyed in an effort to keep firearms o ...
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Wegmans recalls some fruit juices
Wegmans Food Markets says it’s recalling two fruit juice products because they may contain unacceptable levels of a byproduct of mo ...
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‘Give Kids Sight Day’ offers free eye exams, glasses in Philly
Some of Philadelphia’s thousands of underinsured children will get help with their vision this weekend. Free eye exams and gl ...
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Pa. girl’s fatal 8-story fall ruled an accident
The death of a teenage girl who fell eight stories while trying to reach a makeshift rope hanging from her suburban Philadelphia apartmen ...
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