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Rutgers professors win $2 million to help ease your morning commute
A team of Rutgers University and UCLA professors has been awarded a $2 million National Science Foundation grant to try to make your morn ...
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Delaware revenue estimates fall
Delaware is looking at a decrease in revenue of about $98.4 million for the current fiscal year and for 2013, a state panel announced Mon ...
14 years ago
Adding art to educational basics can be scientific approach
Representatives of the National Science Foundation were in Philadelphia Monday to present a report on how to more successfully teach math ...
14 years ago
Some of Pa. surplus fund may go to those hard hit by storms
A bipartisan group of Pennsylvania senators is proposing additional flood relief, including increasing the amount of money those hard hit ...
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N.J. considers program to prevent youth suicide
A New Jersey Senate committee has approved a measure that would require the state to develop a youth suicide prevention plan. The ...
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Philadelphia School Reform Commission down to two members as Archie and Irizarry resign
The head of the School Reform Commission in Philadelphia has resigned along with member Johnny Irizarry. Robert Archie resigned af ...
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Police need help identifying robbery suspects in 39th District
Philadelphia Police are investigating two robberies in the 39th District that may be connected. Since Sept. 9, two Metro PCS stores and a ...
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SEPTA bus driver reports windshield hit by gunfire
14th Police District in Philadelphia 43 W. Haines Street, Philadelphia, PA 19144 This district covers Chestnut Hill, Mt. ...
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Funeral for Delaware officer killed in the line of duty set for Friday
A public viewing for Sergeant Joseph Szczerba will be held in Wilmington on Friday morning. The viewing at the Chase Center ...
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Man posing as quarterback Vince Young to collect money
Vince Young is being impersonated, and it’s not on the football field. There’s an imposter posing as the Eagles’ ...
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Drexel University works on “smart” prosthetics
For people who use an artificial arm or leg—and the designers who build them—natural movement and effortlessness are the goal. ...
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Work stalls on health-insurance options for N.J. public workers
Time is running out for an agreement on developing less-expensive health plans for New Jersey’s public employees. The unions ...
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Pa. lawmakers weigh plan to make English state’s official language
Pennsylvania lawmakers are weighing a proposal to make English the state’s official language. A House bill now in committee also wo ...
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Aramark, ballpark concession workers at odds over contract
The Phillies are headed to the playoffs, but some ballpark workers are not happy. Just before Sunday night’s game, members of UNIT ...
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Ackerman says she was pressured over charter deal, wants investigation made public
Arlene Ackerman is opening up and she wants the city to do the same. The former School District of Philadelphia superintendent spo ...
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