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Quakers join protest over PNC-financed mountaintop removal
A group of Quakers will pull money from PNC Bank to protest of the bank’s financing of mountaintop-removal mining. Their campaign b ...
13 years ago
Rally not enough to convice archdiocese to spare two South Philly schools
A rally held last week wasn’t enough to convince the Archdiocese of Philadelphia to keep the doors open at two South Philadelphia g ...
13 years ago
With $83 million reduction looming, Pa.-owned universities look for options
Gov. Tom Corbett has proposed cutting $82 million from state-owned universities, including Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Cheyney a ...
13 years ago
Leap day is also Rare Disease Day
Families living with unusual health conditions say the rarity of leap day is a great time to draw attention to rare diseases. Susa ...
13 years ago
FBI conducts raid at home of Chaka Fattah’s son
FBI agents were in Center City Philadelphia this morning to raid the home and office of Chaka Fatta Jr., son of Congressman Chaka Fattah. ...
13 years ago
Bayard Rustin: the architect of the March on Washington you may have never heard of
Most everyone knows Martin Luther King’s iconic “I Have a Dream” speech. But few people know about the West Chest ...
13 years ago
Philly councilman has sights on bad neighbors
A Philadelphia City Councilman wants to use the carrot before the stick on bad neighbors. Since taking office in January, Councilm ...
13 years ago
Death penalty attorney pay going up in Philadelphia
Attorneys who defend death-penalty cases for the indigent in Philadelphia will get paid a lot more. While the Pennsylvania ...
13 years ago
Another battle of Princeton: history buffs try to save land in private hands
The fight over the Princeton Battlefield could be won Thursday night. Part of the site where General George Washington won a pivot ...
13 years ago
5th Police District issues neighborhood burglary alert
A trend in home burglaries this February has Manayunk and Roxborough residents on alert. Within the last two weeks, a number of bu ...
13 years ago
6 men, 6 women chosen for jury in Philly priest-abuse case
An assistant restaurant manager has become the 12th juror seated in the landmark case about how the Archdiocese of Philadelphia dealt w ...
13 years ago
Delaware wetlands are shrinking according to a new report
Delaware continues to lose wetlands faster than they can be created or restored, according to a report highlighted at a conference in Dov ...
13 years ago
Teen brothers charged in Delaware shooting
Police have arrested two teenage brothers on charges they took part in the shooting of a young woman who was found wounded in a shopping ...
13 years ago
Back in town for filming, Will Smith opts to live in Villanova
The Fresh Prince has returned. Sort of, and only temporarily. West Philly native Will Smith is back in town to shoot a movie, and ...
13 years ago