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Corbett gains national stature with handling of Penn State scandal
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett’s national standing is on the rise as he addresses the ongoing scandal involving Penn State and forme ...
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Department store chains come and gone
Longtime Philadelphia area residents perhaps have fond recollections of the many department store chains that have come and gone. ...
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Corrupt and contented? How about opinionated and ill-informed
As a 36-year resident of Philadelphia, I have no problem with people who want to take a shot at the city from time to time. Who do ...
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Philadelphia Planning Commission to review two key Northwest projects
Tuesday could be a key day in a pair of Northwest developments, as the city Planning Commission considers the next phase of a development ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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