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Despite Ledbetter Act, gender wage gap continues to affect working women
President Barack Obama signed his first piece of legislation into law four years ago today. The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act was intended ...
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39th Police District: Where officers had one really slow Sunday
This list covers Jan. 18-24, 2013. Jan. 18 3:30 p.m. Robbery: 4200 block of N. Broad St. Complainant robbe ...
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Flash flood watch in effect from Wednesday afternoon through Thursday morning
The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch from Wednesday afternoon through Thursday morning for portions of n ...
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‘Weight of the Nation’ town hall meeting
Delaware State University hosts the second of three “Weight of the Nation” Town Hall Meetings, which focuses on the problem of obesit ...
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What does it take to succeed? Philadelphia program teaches kids ‘grit’
What helps children succeed? The question has long puzzled parents and educators alike. IQ and test scores have garnered a lot of attenti ...
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Old Academy Players perform at 200th anniversary celebration of ‘Pride and Prejudice’
A dozen members of the Old Academy Players theater group from East Falls performed favorite scenes from Jane Austen’s “Pride ...
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Arguments for funding special education may have other parallels
Last week a U.S. Court of Appeals issued a ruling in D.L. v. Baltim ...
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Rocket launcher among 2,600 weapons collected in Trenton
A shoulder-held rocket launcher and a 12-gauge shotgun with a “street sweeper” cartridge that can hold 12 rounds were among t ...
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Wild Half marathon skips a year, moves to May 2014
If you pencilled in the Wild Half on your 2013 race cale ...
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Despite shifting testimony, Philadelphia Police officer held for trial in alleged assault of wife
James Timms, a 14-year veteran of the Philadelphia Police Department who was suspended with intent to dismiss earlier this month, was hel ...
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After successful gun buyback in Trenton, are more in store?
WHYY’s Phil Gregory will be reporting later this afternoon on the anonymous, no-questions-asked gun buyback program in Trenton, N.J ...
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Gov. Corbett’s poll numbers are in a slump
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett’s mid-term approval rating is the lowest it’s been since last June. ...
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The world Delaware children must be prepared to live in
Longtime Wilmington radio talk-show host John Watson has witnessed his share of state of the state addresses in Delaware. The last ...
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Philly’s entrepreneurial community ‘more about identity than geography’
On Monday, We Work In Philly, a website launched about a year ago that maps and connects Philly& ...
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Write a caption for this Trenton gun buyback photo
Take a look at the picture from last weekend’s gun buyback in Trenton, N.J. Does one of these things seem … not like the othe ...
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