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To paraphrase Shakespeare, I have come to bury Americans Elect, not to praise it.If you hadn’t heard about Americans Elect, donR ...
14 years ago
Foreclosures rise in Pa. after robo-signing settlement
Greater Philadelphia-area foreclosures have soared in the first quarter. The number of homes caught up in the process in the region were ...
14 years ago
Debating the Ravi sentence: Does the penalty fit the crime?
Monday’s sentencing of former Rutgers University student Dharun Ravi was a hot topic of conversation. Was the punishment too light? ...
14 years ago
Defense begins in priest-abuse trial, Orchestra reaches agreement with Kimmel Center
Good morning, Feeders! Lizz Fiedler is already in court where the defense will begin today in the Philadelphia priest-abuse trial. ...
14 years ago
Authorities catch 2 of New Jersey’s 4 escaped prisoners
Two inmates were arrested late yesterday after escaping work detail at the Brigadier General William C. Doyle Veterans Cemetery in Wright ...
14 years ago
Philly ban on outdoor food programs set for June 1
City officials say a ban on feeding the homeless in Philadelphia’s parks will take effect next month. The ...
14 years ago
Just before Memorial Day weekend, state leaders are warning boaters to be careful out on the water this season. So far this t ...
14 years ago
Budget spending cap creates headaches among Pa. House Democrats
Pennsylvania House lawmakers have an official spending cap on their budget proposal, and it’s causing dismay within the Democratic ...
14 years ago
Workers begin removing anti-terror fence
Workers have started removing a fence less than a year after it was installed to protect a southern New Jersey bridge from a terrorist at ...
14 years ago
‘Unmasking of fraud’ helped in discovery of John F. Peto
John F. Peto was born in 1854 in Philadelphia, where he was raised. He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and is today ...
14 years ago
An investigative journey to the center of the Germantown earth
Julie Carroll quite literally fell into an archeological discovery on Walnut Lane in Germantown. While pruning rosebushes behind h ...
14 years ago
Parody of life in Mt. Airy coming to Allens Lane Art Center
A long-time fan of Garrison Keillor and his “A Prairie Home Companion” radi ...
14 years ago
Do we have New Jersey covered? With your help, we’re off to a start
You spoke up, we listened. WHYY and NewsWorks just wrapped up the last of three New Jersey town hall meetings in Princeton, Burlington an ...
14 years ago