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Delaware Board of Pardons votes 4-1 in favor of condemned killer’s clemency request
Just days before his scheduled execution, a man convicted of murdering his former girlfriend more than two decades ago gets a favorable d ...
15 years ago
Obama takes on Republican obstruction with recess appointments
On January 4, 2012, President Obama exercised his constitutional power under Article II, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution to make four ...
15 years ago
Philadelphia — A ‘city of firsts’ that feels little need to brag
The Convention and Visitors Bureau touts Philadelphia as “a city of firsts.” The Independ ...
15 years ago
This weekend, the University of Pennsylvania is hosting the PennApps hackathon, which ...
15 years ago
Roots playing Super Bowl fan party
Philadelphia’s legendary Roots crew, hip hop pioneers and Jimmy Fallon’s band on his Late Night show, ...
15 years ago
Coons going to Liberian inauguration
Delaware’s junior senator, Democrat Chris Coons, is joining the U.S. delegation to the Monday inauguration of Liberian President El ...
15 years ago
Old Academy Players get “Skin Deep”
One of the first things Courtney Bambrick noticed about the play “Skin Deep” is the similarities she had with the show’s lead c ...
15 years ago
East Falls Village hosts Social Security seminar for boomers
At a Wednesday night gathering of about twenty senior citizens for a “Maximizing Your Social Security” program at the Falls o ...
15 years ago
Exhibit in Philly explores ways and means of dissent
An exhibition about the art of protest has opened in a small gallery space in North Chinatown in Philadelphia, featuring installations of ...
15 years ago
Toomey opposes federal rules on farm labor, pollution
Pennsylvania’s junior senator is highlighting a few examples of regulatory overreach that he says could pinch the operation of the ...
15 years ago