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When it rains, it’s porous: New ‘green’ streets to stem Philly’s flooding woes
The Philadelphia Water Department has launched the Green City, Clean Waters program to cut down on asphalt, plant trees, build parks, and
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13 years ago
Redrawing Pa. congressional districts expected to be manageable chore
Redrawing congressional district lines falls to state legislators.
Unlike a lot of their competing priorities, it must be done by
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13 years ago
N.J., N.Y. governors to confer on port authority toll hike plan
N.J. Gov. Chris Christie said he hasn’t decided what to do about the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s request to r
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13 years ago
Christie touts N.J. health-care centers
N.J. Gov. Chris Christie is defending his administration’s health-care spending priorities. He did so Monday while signing a procl
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13 years ago
Keeping the peace on the ‘QuietRide’
What do you do when someone on your SEPTA “QuietRide” car refuses to be quiet?
In last week’s
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13 years ago
Rick Perry looks runnerish; S&P screws up again
Texas Governor Rick Perry is said to be clarifying his
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13 years ago
No Child Left Behind waivers may offer Pa. relief
Education Secretary Arne Duncan recently announced he would waive the No Child Left Behind requirement that 100 percent of the nationR
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13 years ago
N.J. sees rise in mortgage fraud
Drawing on Treasury Department data from its financial crimes unit, the Sunlight Foundation says suspected mortgage fraud is up 31 percen
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13 years ago
Songwriter Ray Evans’ bonanza of papers goes to Penn
For the next two years, librarians at The University of Pennsylvania will catalogue letters, sheet music, recordings and notebooks of Ray
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13 years ago
Karen Brown holds weekly public discussion about city issues
Tuesday at noon, Karen Brown will stand in front of the Municipal Services Building (at the Frank Rizzo Sr. statue, to be exact) for her
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13 years ago
Looking for a genetic link to concussions
Doctors have been learning more in recent years about the long-term effects of concussions.
A Philadelphia researcher has been inv
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13 years ago
5th District: Diamond engagement ring stolen from Seville St. home
5th Police District Crime Blotter July 4 – July 31
July 4, 2011
200 block Lemo
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13 years ago