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Report: Area venture-capital funding at lowest level since ’96
When it comes to venture capital, the Philadelphia region is no Silicon Valley. But according to ...
14 years ago
More truth and lies in politics
Here’s where both presidential campaigns again twisted quotes for their own ends. In a ...
14 years ago
Biden cheers firefighters — but withholds support on arbitration award
Vice President Joe Biden came to Philadelphia Wednesday to speak to the International Association of Firefighters convention. Bide ...
14 years ago
Singing the Olympics blues? Or still carrying a torch for London 2012?
WHYY producer Elizabeth Perez-Luna shared with me recently a confession about the 2012 Olympics: R ...
14 years ago
Philadelphia vacant lot improved
The imaginations of Philadelphians have been set free by the Mural Arts Program. ...
14 years ago
N.J. red-light cameras back in business
All of New Jersey’s red-light cameras are now certified as operating properly. Police temporarily halted issuing tickets at ...
14 years ago
Ira Stahl is an electrician. And an inventor. And a magician. But mostly, at heart, he’s an inventor. Stahl was about 12 ...
14 years ago
Pa. solar industry still waiting for fix
This week, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie signed a law meant to reinvigorate the solar industry in the Garden State by requiring utilitie ...
14 years ago
Olympic rower now outfits U.S. team
Telling John Strotbeck that he can’t just pushes him further so he can. This was true in the 1980s when he made the ...
14 years ago
Feds act to stop sale of magnetic Buckyballs
The government is taking legal steps to stop the sale of some high-powered desktop toys for adults because children are getting hurt. ...
14 years ago
Cancer rate higher in South Jersey than in North Jersey
An analysis of New Jersey cancer registry data finds South Jersey residents have higher rates of the disease. The big difference i ...
14 years ago
Making Philadelphia’s parking ticket writers kinder and gentler
Workers at the Philadelphia Parking Authority are getting some hospitality training. The goal is to turn hated parking ticket writers int ...
14 years ago
Confused 911 caller outs NYPD spying in N.J.
After a legal fight, police have released a 911 call and other materials that show the New York Police Department had set up a place in ...
14 years ago
15,000 pounds of food for Food Bank of Delaware
Organizers of Food Lion Hunger Relief Day at the Delaware State Fair did not meet their goal of collecting 5,000 pounds of food for the F ...
14 years ago
Mid-August ruling expected on challenge to Pa. voter ID law
Opening statements have wrapped up in the hearing over the constitutionality of Pennsylvania’s voter identification law. The presid ...
14 years ago