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Fresh Air opens the window on contemporary arts and issues with guests from worlds as diverse as literature and economics. Fresh Air Weekend collects the best segments from the week's programs and crafts them together for great weekend listening.

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Arts & Entertainment

Honoring each Philadelphia homicide victim with art

Five local artists are working to memorialize each Philadelphian killed in 2012. But with 78 homicides already and the total growing more ...

13 years ago

Plans for Manayunk’s former Propper Brothers site heat up

Things could be about to get warmer at the former Propper Bros. furniture store building in Manayunk. Owner Sam Kroungold is prepa ...

13 years ago

Report: Philadelphia District Attorney’s office pays ‘party planner’ employee $75,900

Who knew party planning paid so well? ...

13 years ago

Speak Easy

Is ‘Obama Care’ unconstitutional?

Update: March 22, 2012 — In a mock trial held at the National Constitution Center ...

13 years ago

Capt. Johnson expands beat cop presence and explains multitasking strategy for officers

They’re back! Or, as Philadelphia Police officials insist – they never left. Clarifying his department’s aims ...

13 years ago

Sandusky judge: attorney general must turn over accuser contacts

The judge in Jerry Sandusky’s child sexual abuse case says state prosecutors have to turn over phone numbers or addresses for acc ...

13 years ago

Candidate for Wilmington mayor opposes moving bus stops

Scott Spencer calls the plan to break up the DART bus hub at Rodney Square a “shameful sham.” Spencer was a major prop ...

13 years ago

Social activist Geoffrey Canada to speak at UPenn commencement

The University of Pennsylvania has announced social activist Geoffrey Canada will be this year’s commencement speaker. Canad ...

13 years ago

Monday is the registration deadline for voters to cast their ballots in the Pa. primary

Pennsylvania’s primary is only a month away, and those looking to vote have even less time to register. The deadline is Mond ...

13 years ago

Court date: In Philadelphia, a dry run of the Supreme Court healthcare challenge

As the Supreme Court prepares to hear challenges to the healthcare law in Washington D.C. next week, a full audience in Philadelphia will ...

13 years ago

Sweeney, Weinberg plan town halls on property tax relief

N.J. Senate President Stephen Sweeney and Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg have planned town hall meetings around the state to talk ...

13 years ago

Woodbury resident Don Kajioka wins Week 5 of Discover NewsWorks Sweepstakes

Congratulations are in order for Woodbury, N.J., resident Don Kajioka. He won big last week in the Discover NewsWorks sweepstakes, walki ...

13 years ago

Rita’s will not open In Chestnut Hill this year

Chestnut Hill will not be welcoming Rita’s Italian Ice to the neighborhood this year. John Thain confirmed that he has abandoned p ...

13 years ago

Haverford will end leaf composting service after residents complain of smell

Haverford and Marple townships residents are finally getting rid of their smelly leaf composting service. That also means they’re l ...

13 years ago

Salem County needs to cut addition $2.4 million after budget error

Whoops. After discovering an error in the budget line item for utilities, Salem County, N.J., will have to cut an addition $2.4 mi ...

13 years ago

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