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NRG switching from coal to natural gas at Delaware plant
The changeover from coal to natural gas will drastically reduce emissions from the Dover Energy Center, while providing enough electricit ...
15 years ago
Andrews will repay campaign fund for $9,000 trip to Scotland
U.S. Rep. Rob Andrews says he’ll pay back the $9,000 he took from his campaign fund for his family to attend a wedding in Scotland. ...
15 years ago
Children of Tacony dungeon suspects placed outside the city by DHS
Three children confirmed by DNA to be the offspring of Tacony “dungeon” suspects Linda Ann Weston and Gregory Thomas have bee ...
15 years ago
Seven new members appointed to Philadelphia Archdiocese board reviewing sex abuse allegations
The Archdiocese of Philadelphia has appointed seven new people to the board that reviews sexual abuse allegations. The board is resp ...
15 years ago
Candlelight vigil tonight for cyclist killed in Kensington
The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia will hold a candlelight vigil tonight for the cyclist killed Friday by a driver in Kensingt ...
15 years ago
Prison sentence for former Philly TSA agent who pleaded guilty to child porn charges
Former TSA agent Thomas Gordon Jr. will spend 11 years in prison and the rest of his life under supervised release after pleading guilty ...
15 years ago
Pennsylvania opts to develop a state-based health insurance exchange
Pennsylvania will develop a state-based health insurance exchange, rather than having the federal government run the exchange, Health &am ...
15 years ago
Sandusky’s preliminary hearing postponed until mid-December
The preliminary hearing for former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky has been postponed, with a new date set for mid-Dec ...
15 years ago
Committe of Seventy calls on Philadelphia City Commissioners to get to work
There’s much to be done if the City Commissioners office is going to improve itself, and the Committee of Seventy wants the three c ...
15 years ago
Keeping quiet about the public financing for the Inquirer and Daily News
It wasn’t a secret, really. But when the owners of the Inquirer and Daily News announced the papers’ move to the old ...
15 years ago
Drexel student arrested at protests in Egypt
A Drexel University student has been arrested in Cairo. Gregory Porter, from Glenside, is reportedly one of three American students ...
15 years ago
What is your neighborhood’s experience with income inequality?
“NewsWorks Tonight” host Dave Heller recently spoke with one of the authors of a study that identifies Philadelphia as t ...
15 years ago
Need exceeds holidays: Rescue mission seeks help for hungry all year
Many people give a hand to help feed the homeless and hungry over the holidays, but the need remains constant. The ...
15 years ago
Philadelphians encouraged to pledge to break the cycle of child abuse
At 2 p.m. today, Mayor Michael Nutter and other city officials will take the pledge to break the silence against child abuse, and others ...
15 years ago
North Light lends a helping hand to families in need for the holidays
Just days after raising $10,000 through an annual fundraiser, North Light was back out in the community helping needy families for the ho ...
15 years ago