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Host Stephen Dubner has surprising conversations that explore the riddles of everyday life and the weird wrinkles of human nature-from cheating and crime to parenting and sports. Dubner talks with Nobel laureates and provocateurs, social scientists and entrepreneurs - and his Freakonomics co-author Steve Levitt.

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He Who Shall Not Be Named

An amazing moment occurred yesterday on the campaign trail. Somebody said something nice about He Who Shall Not Be Named.”I keep he ...

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NASA is again rescheduling the launch of five rockets from V ...

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No tax increases, no layoffs in Wilmington budget proposal

Wilmington Mayor James M. Baker recently presented his Fiscal Year 2013 Operating Budget proposal, totaling $143.4 million, and it does n ...

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Imhotep Charter basketball advances to state championship game

The Imhotep Institute Charter High School Panthers basketball team proved its mettle and desire to win a third PIAA Class AA State Champi ...

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Penn State offers therapy to alleged abuse victims

Penn State says it will provide free child-abuse counseling services to alleged victims of former university assistant football coach Jer ...

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Education officials will take a closer look at higher-than-normal erasures on standardized tests at nine public schools in New Jersey. ...

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Donation helps launch new autism research center at Drexel

Drexel University has received a $1.5 million donation to help fund a new autism research center. The center will take a public-health ap ...

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Ellie Seif: A life captured through the lens and learning

Ellie Seif, a retired teacher and principal, has always been fascinated with cameras. Her first exposure to film wa ...

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What’s the right way to meet the needs of Philadelphia’s homeless?

Some well-intentioned people trying to cut Philadelphia’s homeless citizens a break by feeding them a hot meal cannot seem to get a ...

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Economy pulls rug out from under Chestnut Hill business

After 52 years, Diane Bryman Rugs is going out of business. The Chestnut Hill store, locat ...

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How’s N.J. Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights doing? Depends upon whom you ask

On January 5th, 2011, Gov. Christie signed The Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights (A-3466), a piece of legislation that intends to curtail New ...

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Anti-violence quilt project underway at Mifflin Elementary

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