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Kin of crash victims watch NTSB hearing
As federal transportation officials released the final report on the Delaware River duck boat accident, the families of the two students
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Corbett expected to sign Castle Doctrine extension
Pa. Gov. Tom Corbett is expected to sign a expansion of the state’s Castle Doctrine — the law that permits residents to defen
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13 years ago
Neighbors mourn for slain Manayunk woman
It was an eerily quiet scene along Markle Street in Manayunk Tuesday afternoon, less than 24 hours after the fatal shooting of Lynda Karl
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13 years ago
Philly agrees to monitoring of police stops
Following settlement of a lawsuit challenging the practice known as “stop and frisk,” Philadelphia officials have agreed to h
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13 years ago
Urban Guerillas capture the local music scene
Urban Guerilla Orchestra (U.G.O) is a Philadelphia based band of instrumentalists and vocalists. They play a combination of classic pop,
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13 years ago
Chris Christie and our prejudice against fat
This essay is part of the That’s History series, a partnership between NewsWorks and the
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A marijuana bust in Delaware City Tuesday yielded about $2,000 worth of marijuana plants, buds and seeds.
Police arrested the husb
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13 years ago
Massive sports bar part of plan for former Spectrum site
A shipment of steel has arrived at the site where the Spectrum sports arena once stood. The steel will figure in constructing the framewo
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The final report released today by the National Transportation Safety Board on last summer’s duck boat crashed revealed the cause:
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13 years ago
Lawmakers quietly craft N.J. budget as deadline nears
With a little more than a week until the start of the new fiscal year, there’s still no agreement on a state budget for New Jersey.
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13 years ago
Council still asking Delaware County SPCA to extend animal control services
Delaware County Council has apparently not acquainted itself with the “no means no” phrase. Council members sent another requ
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13 years ago
List: Top schools in the tri-state area according to Newsweek
SAT scores, graduation rates and student/teacher ratio all factored into Newsweek’s ranking of the country’s best schools.
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13 years ago