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If books fade away, can we call the iPad progress?

I am definitely not the type of person a tech analyst would call an early adopter. I never drooled over the Sharper Image catalog, ...

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SEPTA to install giant energy-saving battery

SEPTA has chosen the French company Saft to manufacture a giant battery it hopes will help lower energy costs on the Market-Frankford lin ...

14 years ago

The week’s five top stories from along the ridge

Hey, in our view, it’s a great idea to check in on NewsWorks every day. But we know lives are busy and time precious, so that’ ...

14 years ago

Complete coverage of the West Oak Lane Jazz & Arts Festival

Sunday, 11:11 p.m By a little after 10 p.m. Sunday night most of the festival goers had cleared out and Lieutenant Mic ...

14 years ago

PECO work could lead to overnight delays on I-95

A new electronic line is being installed this weekend along I-95, so prepare for some delays. Drivers can expect overnight traffic ...

14 years ago

Summer Solstice celebration draws more than 40 artists

The Kimmel Center’s annual ...

14 years ago

Send us your West Oak Lane Jazz Festival photos

There’s a whole lot of jazz going on up in NW Philadelphia. We’re ...

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Bargain hunters flock to East Falls flea market

If you were looking for an old book, a rare CD, some stylish “rags” from the 1980s, or, yes, a portable TV with Mickey Mouse ...

14 years ago

Philadelphia, an imperfect but undeniable ‘cradle of liberty’

Philadelphians snort at the idea that a building in Boston—Faneuil Hall, a marketplace and meeting ...

14 years ago

Man kills wife and son with baseball bat, kills self on train tracks

The Associated press is reporting that a 44-year-old Warrington, Pa., man ...

14 years ago

Sugar Cane Festival celebrates history of Latino community

East North Philadelphia celebrates its annual Sugar Cane Festival this afternoon. This festival marks the beginning of summer for the cit ...

14 years ago

Politics & Policy

Obama administration promises even less enforcement of U.S. immigration laws

Although the Obama administration has been trying to limit its enforcement of U.S. immigration law only to illegal aliens who have commit ...

14 years ago

Lower Merion cracks down on impaired drivers this weekend

The Lower Merion Township Police will conduct ...

14 years ago

Politics & Policy

A long lovers’ quarrel: Larry Holmes and his hometown

Larry Holmes is getting his sheepskin, finally. The former boxing champion, a seventh-grade dropout, will get an honorary diploma ...

14 years ago

US Airways delays at Philadelphia airport

Update: WHYY weekend anchor Mary Cummings-Jordan reports that a US Air spokeswoman says there was a computer outage from 7 a. ...

14 years ago

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