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Rutgers–Camden genetics researcher receives prestigious award
“Why do we have two arms and two legs and not three of each? Why do we have five fingers and not six?” For Nir Yakoby, ...
14 years ago
Vineland City Council to vote again on federal firefighting funding
Vineland City Council will take a second crack at the federal grant offered for the fire department. Council was deadlocked in a v ...
14 years ago
A check on Delaware’s economy as we head into the fall
One of the debates that continues in Delaware centers on how the private sector is faring. GOP candidates for governor and lieuten ...
14 years ago
Weigh in on union protests in Philadelphia’s Callowhill neighborhood
Tension between union and non-union workers has been heating up at a construction site in Philadelphia’s Loft District, and Ne ...
14 years ago
$30K grant awarded to construct West Oak Lane ‘pedestrian plaza’
Thanks to a $30,000 grant from the city’s Commerce Department, a pedestrian plaza will be built at the intersection of Stenton Aven ...
14 years ago
Pa. high court fast tracks juvenile lifer appeals
Pennsylvania’s highest court is moving quickly to determine how to respond to a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that mandatory l ...
14 years ago
Police website becomes most common source for Philly crime tips
Whether the push to change Philadelphia’s stop-snitching culture is working can be (and has been) argued both ways. But numb ...
14 years ago
Survey seeks opinions of Philly’s pedestrians
If you’ve ever so much as crossed a street in Philadelphia, you know there’s room for pedestrian improvement. So to ge ...
14 years ago
San Francisco mayor abandons stop-and-frisk
San Francisco’s mayor has abandoned a police stop and frisk proposal designed to get weapons off the streets. There was an o ...
14 years ago
More guns, more deaths, no action
Shortly before I left for a trip to France, I felt compelled to do a cartoon about the Aurora shootings, and noted that it seems like I ...
14 years ago
Temple Hospital offers Hepatitis C tests to patients who had contact with infected technician
Temple University Hospital reached out to more than 300 former patients who were treated by a temporary medical technician now charged wi ...
14 years ago
Native American tribe to run A.C. casino, Corbett talks river dredging
Good morning, Feeders! Tom MacDonald is chasing an election story today to find out why an independent candidate is having trouble ...
14 years ago
Manayunk brings Olympic spirit to Pretzel Park in a fierce game of tug of war
While the 2012 Olympic Games played out across the pond on Monday night, Manayunk showcased the athletic abilities of its retailers with ...
14 years ago
FBI probe leaves students, staff at Delaware Valley High School in limbo
With about a month to go before the first day of school, it remains unclear whether the Philadelphia School District will extend its cont ...
14 years ago
West Nile found in Delaware chickens
A chicken sampled at a state monitoring site in Stanton was found to have the mosquito-borne disease on August 2. Chickens kept at ...
14 years ago