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‘Premium support’ could resurface as a Medicare approach
Critics of the federal health insurance plan for the elderly say the next few months will bring several leverage points that could bring ...
13 years ago
Is God Alive and Well in America?
A popular notion that America is become a less religious nation is challenged in a new book titled; “God Is Alive and Well” b ...
13 years ago
String bands, fanices, get highest ranks in Mummers Parade voting app
They came, they strutted, they were voted on. Awards were handed out Tuesday following Philadelphia’s annual Mummers Parade, ...
13 years ago
Three stabbings were reported in Northwest Philadelphia on New Year’s Day
Between 8 a.m. and 11:30 p.m. on New Year’s Day, 14th District police officers responded to three unrelated knife-involved domestic ...
13 years ago
PSU alumni opinions vary on Corbett challenge of NCAA sanctions
If Gov. Tom Corbett was knee-deep in the Penn State sex abuse scandal, he may be up to his neck now that he’s challenging punishmen ...
13 years ago
This list covers Dec. 12-20, 2012. Dec. 12 2:15 p.m. Robbery: 100 block of Mayland St. 120 Percocets taken ...
13 years ago
Rail service on SEPTA’s Manayunk/Norristown line will be replaced with shuttle buses between Elm Street and Wissahickon Train Stati ...
13 years ago
Proposal to overhaul ‘conflict counsel’ causing conflict in Philadelphia
The city of Philadelphia is trying to organize a backup to the public defender office. Deputy Mayor Everett Gillison, a former pub ...
13 years ago
Lost piece of Delaware history donated by Newark collector
The chance of coming across a piece of history may be highly unlikely for some people but for Newark resident and historian Robert Barnes ...
13 years ago
State Police: Fewer fatalities in Pa. New Year crashes
The Pennsylvania State Police investigated 377 crashes over the New Year driving period, but only one resulted in a fatality. Thos ...
13 years ago
Delaware Army Guard troops deploy to Afghanistan
There were a lot of tears today, as 175 Delaware Army National Guardsmen said goodbye to their families. More than 1,000 family me ...
13 years ago
Ogontz Avenue Redevelopment Corp files suit over state’s frozen funds
A lawsuit filed by the Ogontz Avenue Redevelopment Corportation alleges the Corbett administration has unfairly frozen funding promised t ...
13 years ago
Suburban Philadelphia school district brings police in for random patrols
Starting this week, schools in Upper Merion are receiving some extra protection. Upper Merion Township Chief of Police Tom Nolan s ...
13 years ago
Waste Management growth hailed by Delaware Governor and DEDO head
Governor Jack Markell, Delaware Senate Majority Leader David McBride and Alan Levin, director of the Delaware Economic Development Office ...
13 years ago
(not so) Great Expectations for 2013
Host Dave Heller and Gallup Poll Editor-in-Chief Frank Newport take the nation’s temperature on the fiscal cliff, economic exp ...
13 years ago