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National Interest

“Politics is a team sport, folks”

There’s a big reason why so few senators make it to the presidency. They have to cast a lot of votes, and they have to wade knee de ...

14 years ago

First court date for Occupy arrests, public forum re-imagines I-95

Good morning, Feeders! Tom MacDonald will have details from today’s public education news conference outside the School Dist ...

14 years ago

Protesters target non-union workers at Chestnut Hill construction site

(Updated version: Now includes an interview with Children of America’s CEO) Seven members of IBEW Local 98 brought ...

14 years ago

Two South Philly Catholic schools organize evening rally to stay open

Things aren’t looking good for Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Sacred Heart of Jesus schools. They’re the last two Cathol ...

14 years ago

Danza returns to Philly to talk education budget cuts with Stack

Tony Danza is back in Philly to talk education. The actor, who made waves on the education scene a couple years ago when he taught ...

14 years ago

Education

Allentown-area school district opens buses to ads

UPDATED 11 a.m. “To advertise or not to advertise,” that is the question — at least in the minds of many school dist ...

14 years ago

Speak Easy

How hard to smack ‘shmacked’ high schoolers?

The Lower Merion School District wants to punish some high school students who appear to be drinking and doing drugs in a YouTube video.& ...

14 years ago

Delaware’s only postal facility spared

The Hares Corner processing facility in New Castle is no longer on the chopping block, preserving hundreds of Delaware jobs. Worke ...

14 years ago

Delaware postal facility to remain open

Delaware’s congressional delegation says the state’s sole mail processing center has been saved from closure. The cash ...

14 years ago

Poll: Santorum leads big among Pa. Republicans

For once, Pennsylvania’s primary election might count. It’s not for two more months–April 24th to be exact–but if ...

14 years ago

Arts & Entertainment

The cost of war reporting at Act II Playhouse

The Broadway drama “Time Stands Still” took to the stage this past weekend at Act II Playhouse in Ambler, Pa., with an emotio ...

14 years ago

Speak Easy

A live oak north of the Mason-Dixon?

A reader had a question about oak trees following a post about Philadelphia street trees from Ground Level blogger Nicole Juday: Had he d ...

14 years ago

Does the Gustine Lake Interchange need better signage?

As drivers transition into a relatively new traffic pattern at the Gustine Lake Interchange between East Falls and Manayunk, a local neig ...

14 years ago

Video: A day with Rep. DeLissio in Harrisburg

NewsWorks shadowed State Representative Pamela DeLissio of the 194th Legislative District on the day of Governor Tom Corbett’s stat ...

14 years ago

South Jersey photographer Frank Stefanko recalls Springsteen photo shoots

Frank Stefanko knows most photographers would kill for even a few minutes with Bruce Springsteen. That’s why he feels so lucky to have ...

14 years ago

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