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Penn State president warns of staff layoffs
Pennsylvania State University president Graham B. Spanier has warned his staff of layoffs if proposed state education cuts are enacted.
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13 years ago
More bike lanes are coming to Philly
More bike lanes are coming to Philadelphia. But the city is still working to figure out where.
It’s been about a year since
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13 years ago
Suspenseful ‘Source Code’ shows off a versatile Gyllenhaal
We cannot change the past. But in Source Code, a film opening this weekend, director Duncan Jones reminds us we can learn from i
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13 years ago
Hundreds run for “Uncle Bear” in Manayunk
Runners in the inaugural Manayunk Fools Run clutched their wigs, jester hats, sunglasses, butterfly wings and tutus as they sprinting tow
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13 years ago
Man killed in West Oak Lane domestic disturbance
A young man is dead following a domestic dispute in West Oak Lane Friday night. According to police, the trouble began when Robert Daught
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13 years ago
Nerds and geeks provide fodder for endless jokes – but a new
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13 years ago
Philly Spring Clean Up in Germantown
Bill Donahue and Laurie Stewart of the unit block of West Haines Street took to cleaning up around the Town Hall building Saturday even t
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13 years ago
May I see you in chambers, your honor?
I’m sure it’s just a misunderstanding, but Huntingdon County Pennsylvania Judge Douglas Gummo couldn’t explain to polic
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13 years ago
Corbett refuses to rake in a windfall
What if the kid at your front door offered to rake your leaves into piles, but not to bag them? Would you hire him?
Or a contracto
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13 years ago
Philly Spring Cleanup projects sprout up across the city
Looks like the skies are cooperating for the annual Philly Spring Cleanup. After taking project submissions from residents, the cleanup s
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13 years ago
One of the two U. S. Senators pictured here apparently killed an effort to provide meaningful protection to government whistleblowers, bu
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13 years ago
The last three weeks have been dominated by budget hearings in Harrisburg. In the final session, Budget Secretary Charles Zogby stuck to
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13 years ago
American law schools debate tenure
A great debate has opened up over tenure of law professors at American law schools. While this subject has been debated before, the chal
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13 years ago
Art project serves up soup, soil and windmills
Soil samples, windmills, homemade soup, brownfields and the “Don Quixote.” These are the ingredients of a new temporary public art in
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13 years ago
Suspect in Manayunk jewelry heist
Police have identified Raheem Hankerson, 30, as a suspect in Tuesday’s robbery at A.I. Poland Jewelers on Main Street in Manayunk.
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13 years ago