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Fire breaks out at N.J. homeless camp
Two people escaped serious injury when a fire broke out at an encampment of homeless people near the Jersey shore over the weekend. < ...
13 years ago
Reward increased to $15,000 for South Philly slasher suspect
It was about 4 a.m. on Nov. 11 when a woman walking along the 700 block of South 9th Street in South Philadelphia was approached from beh ...
13 years ago
If you’re one of those millions who became obsessed last year with whether Lady Mary and Matthew would ever wed, or whether poor Mr ...
13 years ago
Weavers Way Co-op is sponsoring an electronics recycling event on Saturday, January 12, where you can bring y ...
13 years ago
AP: Deptford Twp. police officer charged in shooting at his New Jersey home
A prosecutor says a Deptford Township police officer has been charged in a shooting at the officer’s home of a 27-year-old man. ...
13 years ago
Even with the shade of post-war uncertainty drawn about Downton, the pomp and circumstance of life upstairs in the 1920s begs for feather ...
13 years ago
AP: Person struck by Amtrak Acela train in Delaware
Delaware State Police say a person has been struck by an Amtrak Acela train near Newport. The train was traveling south from Wilmi ...
13 years ago
An Unscientific Sample of 2012 Science Books
Disclaimer: I wrote this without being sure which of my two blogs I was aiming for. I put it up on the Knight Science Journalism Tracker ...
13 years ago
Pa. Turnpike tolls rise 10 percent for cash customers
Higher tolls are set to begin Sunday for drivers on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. For the third consecutive year, the toll hikes are ...
13 years ago
Pa. slot machines take in $2.4 billion in ’12
Pennsylvania casinos brought in more than $2.4 billion from slot machines in 2012, a 2.7 percent increase over 2011. A Philad ...
13 years ago
Top 4 stories to watch in NW Philly
Here’s a look at what’s to come this week: 1. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was the face of the Civil Ri ...
13 years ago
Obama should make Chuck Hagel our Secretary of Defense
Having lofted Chuck Hagel’s trial balloon for Secretary of Defense, and having taken political fire for it, President Obama needs t ...
13 years ago
Prep school teacher files federal discrimination lawsuit
A math teacher at an exclusive prep school in Philadelphia claims in a racial-discrimination suit that he was fired without cause after s ...
13 years ago
AP: EPA to release preliminary water test results from fracking study
Federal environmental regulators say they’ll release preliminary results from water sampling at sites in Pennsylvania and across th ...
13 years ago