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Philadelphia District Attorney’s office adds LGBT liaison
An attorney with a background in domestic violence and sexual abuse cases now has a new role at the Philadelphia District Attorney’ ...
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Philly councilman empathizes with kids, alumni hurt by school closings
As the Archdiocese of Philadelphia announced Friday which Catholic schools will be closed, a Philadelphia city councilman said he has fir ...
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Delaware to receive $700k for HIV prevention
Delaware’s Division of Public Health is getting a big boost from Uncle Sam, to the tune of $704,118. Delaware’s Congre ...
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Grant will help New Jersey protect wetlands and migratory birds
The New Jersey Environmental Protection Department plans to use a grant to buy five parcels of land in Middle Township. The $1 mil ...
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Wilmington Firefighters get a new contract
The new two-year deal does not include a pay increase, but includes a pledge by the city not to lay off firefighters. Wilmington C ...
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Gallup: Happiest and saddest days of 2011
Frank Newport, editor in chief of the Gallup poll, talks with WHYY’s Dave Heller this week about: Five key p ...
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Chaput not on list of 22 new cardinals
The Catholic church has 22 new cardinals, but Philadelphia’s Archbishop Charles Chaput isn’t one of them. ...
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Red Cross collecting for residents affected by Glasgow-area apartment fire
The Red Cross is collecting adult-size clothing following a fire that destroyed several units of a Glasgow-area apartment complex th ...
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PHA revises development plans to honor historic Germantown burial ground
More than 50 Germantown residents and Philadelphia Housing Authority representatives met in the Mt. Moriah Baptist Church basement Thursd ...
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Delaware blogger wages parking war
After hearing one horror story after another about parking in downtown Wilmington, blogger and social media guru Ken Grant is taking matt ...
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Would a voter ID requirement violate the Constitution?
So your state is considering a requirement that all voters present a state-issued ID at the polls. Is is Constitutional? Pennsylva ...
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Rick Santorum, the GOP’s latest boomlet recipient, is already signaling his unelectability. Even if you credit him for staying true ...
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Delco senators push for environmental clean-up for new use of commercial sites
What would happen if, say, Sunoco’s Marcus Hook refinery doesn’t get a buyer and the company decides to use the site for a di ...
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PGW unhappy with state regulators’ report on Tacony gas explosion
PGW has until next month to formally respond to the Public Utility Commissions’ report that the gas utility failed to file some of ...
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Ever look at a sculpture in amazement and wonder how those carvings happen? Now take that amazement and apply the carvings to cryst ...
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