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Cold, hard facts: Ice rink will be ready for Winter Classic

Despite the warm weather and the recent rain, the outdoor ice rink at Citizens Bank Park will be ready for Monday’s Winter Classic& ...

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Area advocates behind new FBI definition of rape

This month, the FBI changed the definition of rape used in crime reports for the first time since 1927. For nearly a century, the ...

13 years ago

Hoagie-shop workers help 67-year-old West Oak Lane man after shooting

UPDATE: ...

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Arts & Entertainment

Arlen Specter cracks wise in comedy club appearance

If it’s Tuesday, it’s open mic night at Helium Comedy Club in Rittenhouse Square. If it was last Tuesday, club patrons ...

13 years ago

Delaware plans 90 DUI patrols, four sobriety checkpoints over New Year’s weekend

The Delaware Office of Highway Safety’s 13th annual Safe Family Holiday campaign concludes this weekend. Since Thanksgiving ...

13 years ago

Seat-widening project planned at Dover International Speedway in 2012

Dover International Speedway has undergone several expansions over the years to accommodate NASCAR’s growing fan base.  Expans ...

13 years ago

Second suspect surrenders in Germantown bystander shooting

A 33-year-old Germantown man surrendered to police around 11:30 a.m. Thursday after he was named as a wanted suspect in the case of a Mor ...

13 years ago

U.S. court rules against posting signs on Philadelphia poles

A federal court has ruled that politicians cannot put signs on poles in Philadelphia. However, the ruling might not be the end of ...

13 years ago

Sonia Sanchez is Philadelphia’s poet laureate

The city of Philadelphia has a poet laureate. Sonia Sanchez has been appointed the city’s poet laureate by Mayor Michael Nut ...

13 years ago

Weekend retirement allows Tasco to collect $478,000

Friday will be the last day of work for six members of Philadelphia City Council. Another council member will retire just for the weekend ...

13 years ago

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The 2011 Public Misconduct Awards

Let’s bid goodbye (and good riddance) to 2011. The envelopes, please!   Toxic pollution source most in need ...

13 years ago

NewsWorks’ best photos of 2011 for Northwest Philadelphia

This past year marked the first full year for WHYY’s online project to cover Northwest Philadelphia’s neighborhoods in-depth ...

13 years ago

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10 ways the world could end, maybe

We offer 10 of our favorite doomsday scenarios—to the best of our ability to understand and explain ...

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N.J. girl dies in blaze

A 7-year-old girl died last night in a Burlington County, N.J., house fi ...

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2 dead in Camden County crash

Two people died in a two-car crash on the White Horse Pike in Clementon, ...

13 years ago

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