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Three-minute screening can identify fraud in elderly patients
Physicians in 23 states, Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico will receive training to spot financial fraud in their elderly patients as part
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13 years ago
PHA board resigns leaving HUD in charge
In an about face, the board of the Philadelphia Housing Authority is resigning and turning power of the agency over to federal officials.
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13 years ago
SNAP calls for cancellation of penitential Mass
With the start of Lent next week, the Philadelphia Archdiocese has planned a special service to pray for victims of childhood sexual abus
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13 years ago
Preliminary report on duck boat crash due next week
It’s creeping up on a year since an accident in the Delaware River resulted in the death of two visiting Hungarian teenagers. On Mo
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13 years ago
Dickinson’s puzzling protest continues
A student demonstration at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania has stretched into its third day. Students are still occupying an
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13 years ago
Northern Liberties swim club begins taking applications Monday
No kids, no pets, no problems. Arrow Swim Club, the latest addition to Northern Liberties, will begin taking applications Monday.
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13 years ago
It’s been 150 years since the civil war nearly tore America apart. In 1911 N.C. Wyeth was commissioned to work on illustrati
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13 years ago
First Person this week is Delaware’s Teacher of the Year. He asks the kids to call him Mister Mas. Joseph Masiello is
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13 years ago
Philadelphia Housing Authority board cedes authority to HUD for one year
The Philadelphia Housing Authority board announced today it will cede authority to the department of Housing and Urban Development for on
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13 years ago
Splash fund almost full for Philly pools
For the second consecutive year, all 70 of Philadelphia’s public swimming pools will all be open this summer, thanks to private don
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13 years ago
Entrance exam holding back hiring more Philadelphia firefighters
The Philadelphia Fire Department is looking to hire some new firefighters, but a Supreme Court decision has slowed down the process. &nbs
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13 years ago
The West End Neighborhood House has five years and some federal money to try a different approach to the teen pregnancy issue. It
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13 years ago
Transit-based project in Ardmore could move forward without transit changes
A decade-old plan for a transit-based development in Ardmore might finally move forward, but without the transit. Dubbed the Ardmore Tran
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13 years ago
State lawmakers say more casinos is the financial pick-me-up Delaware needs. But many in Kent County argue three is enough.
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13 years ago
Delaware County SPCA says animal control is up to the towns
The Delaware County SPCA continues to catch flak from county municipalities who say the SCPA’s decision to stop animal control is l
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13 years ago