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Free performances and complimentary classes to mark World Dance Day 2012
World Dance Day returns to Philadelphia for the third ...
14 years ago
NewsWorks.org to live-tweet Ira Glass’ ‘Reinventing Radio’
If you haven’t gotten tickets to Sunday’s event featuring “This American Life” host, Ira Glass, NewsWorks.org has you covered ...
14 years ago
Food-stamp recipients to come under scrutiny over personal assets
The Department of Public Welfare is set to begin asset tests for Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program recipients. Asset te ...
14 years ago
Drop-off unwanted prescription meds for safe disposal
The DEA is collecting all unwanted or expired medications today, across the country. In an effort to keep prescription drugs out ...
14 years ago
Watch live as two Delaware falcons tend to their new chicks
High atop Wilmington, Delaware’s Brandywine Building, literally nested on the 19th floor, resident peregrine falcons, CJ and Red Girl t ...
14 years ago
Uncovering historical mysteries at Stenton House
Thin wires run from an odd-looking contraption to the limp arm of an elderly American statesman who lies dying in a darkened bedroom insi ...
14 years ago
Exploring the feminine side of Civil War
The 28th Virginia Infantry, Company D, has a website. On it are tips for women to pass as men on the battlefield: Cut hair short, or tuck ...
14 years ago
Top 7 stories of the week in NW Philly
Here’s what you may have missed in Northwest Philadelphia this week: 1. ...
14 years ago
Pa. students get two extra weeks for vaccinations
Pennsylvania students are getting additional time to comply with new school immunization requirements. State health officials on ...
14 years ago
Corbett vows to tackle Pa. pension costs
Gov. Tom Corbett is adding pension reform to his list of issues to tackle once Pennsylvania’s budget is approved. In the las ...
14 years ago
NFL player found not guilty of skipping out on South Street bar tab
It feels like ages ago, but it hasn’t even been a year since Philly native NFL player Raheem Brock was arrested for allegedly ditch ...
14 years ago
Deceased N.J. student’s loan forgiven
Six years after their son passed away, a New Jersey family can stop making payments on his student loan. Christopher Bryski of Mar ...
14 years ago
Ira Glass: In defense of stories
UPDATE: April 29 — NewsWorks.org live-tweeted Sunday’s “Reinventing Radio” featuring Ira Glass, host and executive pr ...
14 years ago
Delaware’s Division of Public Health confirms two raccoons, one in Frederica and one in Frankford, tested positive for rabies ...
14 years ago
Not long after graduating from high school, Khalil Smith moved out of his mother’s house in Olney to live with his grandmother in H ...
14 years ago