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Snow, sleet causes slow going on roads
The Delaware Valley’s traffic agencies are reporting all kinds of trouble on the roads this morning. It’s the area’s fi ...
13 years ago
Should same-sex marriage be N.J. Legislature’s top priority?
Earlier this month, on the first day of the new legislative session, the leaders of the Democrat Party in New Jersey gathered around a po ...
13 years ago
Newt Gingrich’s family values: open marriage, one man, two or more women, no gays allowed
The media is not unfairly picking on Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich for what he has done in the past. We all know no on ...
13 years ago
U.S. prosecutor says Ukrainian coach accused of molesting is a flight risk
A Ukrainian hockey coach charged with sexually assaulting a teenage boy in the Mt. Airy section of Philadelphia remains in custody. A hea ...
13 years ago
DeWeese corruption trial set to begin
A trial on corruption charges begins today for former Pennsylvania State House Speaker Bill DeWeese. The prosecution has charged D ...
13 years ago
Gosnell facing federal drug charges
Philadelphia doctor Kermit Gosnell is scheduled to appear in federal court today. Gosnell is known as the West Philadelphia aborti ...
13 years ago
Rutgers-Camden professor looks for ways to battle tuberculosis bacteria
A Rutgers-Camden professor will use $36,589 from a Lockheed Martin contract administered by the National Institutes of Health for his wor ...
13 years ago
Limits raised on Philly campaign contributions
Campaigns in Philadelphia have received a cost-of-living adjustment. When the campaign finance rules were first put in place in 20 ...
13 years ago
Former New Media Technology Charter School CEO pleads guilty to fraud scheme
The former CEO of a charter school in the Cedarbrook section of Philadelphia has pleaded guilty to stealing from and defrauding the schoo ...
13 years ago
Former charter school CEO pleads guilty to fraud scheme
One of the two former New Media Technology Charter School accused in a fraud scheme has pleaded guilty. Former CEO Ina Walker, 59, ...
13 years ago
Energy secretary says shale boom will delay grid parity for renewables
U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu said the shale gas boom will lengthen the time it takes for renewable energy sources to become compet ...
13 years ago
McDonald’s makes good on promise to serve apples with Happy Meals
“You want apples with that?” is no longer a question. In an initiative announced over the summer, Philadelphia-area Mc ...
13 years ago
Banning pajamas? 7 more things never to wear in public
The commissioner of a small Louisiana town wants to keep people from wearing pajamas in public, ...
13 years ago
Camden Diocese to close three schools at year’s end
Though not as sweeping as the announcement made two weeks ago in Philadelphia, the Camden Diocese has also called for school closings. ...
13 years ago
Franklin feted for 306th birthday
Carrying a banner through the streets of Philadelphia, a procession of admirers and dignitaries visited Christ Church Cemetery Friday to ...
13 years ago