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Still three contenders for Dems’ Pa. attorney general nod
It’s still a three-way race for the Democratic nomination for Pennsylvania attorney teneral. None of the candidates could loc ...
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Region’s snowfall lowest in year; skiers and resorts make do
It’s been a pretty warm winter here in the Delaware Valley. Tom Thunstrom, editor at PhillyWeather.net, says what many skiers alrea ...
14 years ago
‘Off Mic’ on mass incarceration
Off Mic Blogger and Fresh Air contributor Dave Davies interviews legal scholar Michelle Alexander about her book The New Jim Crow: Ma ...
14 years ago
Northern Liberties’ exclusive swim club under new management
Northern Liberties’ exclusive swim club will undergo a name change and new management in 2012. Philly Chat Chat reports that ...
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King Day of Service — hailing and chasing the dream
Thousands turned up Monday morning at a Philadelphia place well known to Dr. Martin Luther King to launch the annual Day of Service in hi ...
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Volunteers fan out across Northwest Philadelphia for MLK Day of Service events
From the hallway outside his office in Martin Luther King High School, Principal William Wade could hear the Philadelphia Orchestra warmi ...
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Hackers target Zappos in stealing account information
Hackers accessed the account information of 24 million customers of the online shoe retailer Zappos, said CEO Tony Hsieh. < ...
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Atlantic City offshore wind farm waits for state approval
Fisherman’s Energy of Cape May says it’s waiting for approval from the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities to begin construc ...
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Drivers avoid toll roads in New Jersey since increase
The New Jersey Turnpike authority says fewer drivers have been using the state’s two major highways in the first week of the new ye ...
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If Martin Luther King, Jr. were alive today, he would be 83 years old – young enough, potentially, to still be driving some of the ...
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Mayor Nutter to speak on non-violence in Kensington
The beating death of Kevin Kless, 23, in Old City marked the 20th homicide in the city of Philadelphia in 2012. Mayor Michael Nutte ...
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Delaware’s The News Journal looks to launch digital-first subscription model
Starting in February, The News Journal Media Group of Wilmington, Delaware, will launch a new subscription model and improved digital pla ...
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Mount Ephraim man wins on Jeopardy
Brandon Libby Of Mount Ephraim, New Jersey, became the latest local Jeopardy winner after he answered a clue correctly about Margaret Mit ...
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Father of Old City beating victim pleads for witnesses to come forward
John Kless, father of Kevin Kless, 23, who was beaten to death early Saturday morning in Old City, is pleading for witnesses with any inf ...
14 years ago
Our schools are in a world of hurt, and it’s our fault
What are we doing? The Philadelphia schools just laid off another 1,400 people, on top of more than 1,800 last year. The Ch ...
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