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Broker pleads guilty to defrauding the PHA, names others

An insurance broker testified to defrauding the Philadelphia Housing Authority out of $2.3 million. And now, he’s naming names. ...

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Study shows big difference in air quality after re-start of Delaware City Refinery

A new study shows it’s a bigger health threat to live downwind from the Delaware City Refinery. A two year report on the air qua ...

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Making parking tickets more expensive to fund Philadelphia parks

A Philadelphia City Councilman wants to raise the price of parking tickets to fund the city’s department of parks and recreation. & ...

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NCAA lacrosse tournment hits Chester’s PPL park today

Lacrosse is said to be North America’s oldest indigenous sport. The NCAA’s men’s lacrosse quarterfinal playoffs take th ...

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Dropout rate complicates Pa. state trooper training process

Training a class of state police troopers may seem like a straightforward way to fill the ranks. This year, however, there are a l ...

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Mt. Airy Hidden Garden tour 2012 photos

  This year’s Hidden Gardens Tour featured nine gardens in Germantown, Mt. Airy, and Chestnut Hill. The self-guided ...

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Top 5 things to watch in NW Philly

Here’s a look at what’s to come on NewsWorks this week: A trio of brothers at Germantown Friends School wants the gove ...

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Toad Detour round II: saving Roxborough’s newborn toadlets

One day, when this NewsWorks reporter was in the third grade, the boys, in a well-coordinated mass attack, put earthworms in the desk of ...

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Is Chestnut Hill a hot place for the arts?

If there’s one thing worth knowing about Chestnut Hill, Steve Berg says it’s that the area is a “hotbed of artists teem ...

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FDA approves generic forms of Plavix

Pittsburgh-based Mylan Pharmaceuticals will be the first company to produce a generic version of a popular blood thinner. Accordin ...

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Barnes’ opening night gala draws the who’s who of Philadelphia

Once a quiet home to a great art collection in Lower Merion, the Barnes Foundation loudly tooted its own horn at its inauguration gala Fr ...

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Delaware town gives problem property a new purpose

Today, the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control will dedicate a new park on the site at a ribbon-cutting ce ...

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Archbishop Chaput to ordain six new priests

During a special mass this morning at The Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, six men will be formally ordained into the priesthood. ...

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The nation’s most prestigious high school rowing competition continues today on the Schuylkill

More than 5,000 rowers from approximately 200 high schools from across North America are here in the city this weekend. They came to comp ...

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Drop off old paint cans, pesticides, and paint thinner for proper disposal

The Streets Department is organizing a Hazardous Waste Drop-off event today, May 19, from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. in West Philadelphia. Rep ...

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