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N.J. bill would legalize raw milk sales
New Jersey lawmakers may soon weigh whether to make raw, unpasteurized milk legal in the Garden State. A bill passed by the state ...
14 years ago
Penn researcher helps develop flexible, implantable brain-imaging device
Generating buzz at this week’s Society for Neuroscience meeting in Washington, D.C., are various applications for a new generation ...
14 years ago
A tale of five auditions: Who will portray Dickens in Philadelphia?
For the planned year-long celebration of Charles Dickens’ 200th birthday, the Free Library of P ...
14 years ago
What should lame duck Council members do before their terms end?
This January, Philadelphia City Council will welcome six new members – a lot of turnover for a legislative body that tends not to chang ...
14 years ago
12 memorable quotes from Joe Frazier’s “Homegoing Celebration”
More than 3,000 people mourned the loss of legendary boxer Smokin’ Joe Frazier at a “Homegoing Celebration” held today ...
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Former Mt. Airy native and Nobel Prize winner Saul Perlmutter featured on Fresh Air
Last month, the Nobel Prize for physics was awarded to three scientists who discovered that, since the Big Bang, the universe has been ex ...
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Pa. concussion law protecting student athletes takes effect in July
Gov. Tom Corbett signed a new Pennsylvania law meant to minimize head injuries among student athletes Monday. The new law requires ...
14 years ago
Real question of liquor store privatization: how to prop up revenue
Following a report in October that the state of Pennsylvania could make up to $1.6 billion from the sale of wholesale and retail lic ...
14 years ago
Continuing coverage of the Penn State University child sex abuse scandal
NewsWorks’ continuing coverage of the Penn State University child sex abuse scandal ...
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A year after student’s suicide, Rutgers focuses on dangers, benefits of social media
Along with educators and students, the parents of the late Tyler Clementi attended a symposium at Rutgers University Monday to talk about ...
14 years ago
Making military greener brings business to South Jersey
A New Jersey company is in line to get a piece of a big government contract for renewable energy research. MC Fuhrman and A ...
14 years ago
NewsWorks celebrates its first birthday all day Tuesday
Krispy Kreme is baking cakes. Bruno’s is serving up sandwiches. ...
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Months in advance, Clarke appears to have sewn up bid for Philadelphia Council President
It appears that Philadelphia City Council has a new president. A petition has been signed by 10 current and incoming counci ...
14 years ago
After voting to stay, Occupy Philadelphia wants other options
There are some splinter groups within the Occupy Philadelphia movement who say no matter what they are NOT moving off Dillworth Plaza. &n ...
14 years ago
Philadelphia Media Network to make its home on East Market Street
It’s official. By next year, Philadelphia Media Network will call East Market Street home. Publisher Greg Osberg announced t ...
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