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PETA offers solution for bankrupt Philadelphia Orchestra
How ’bout some cute farm animals with your classical music? People for the Ethical Treatment of animals wants to save animals and t ...
14 years ago
Hard freeze for Christina School District
It’s spring break, but the Christina School District is still thawing out fr ...
14 years ago
Tea party group sues over new N.J. legislative map
A tea party group has filed a suit challenging the constitutionality of the New Jersey legislative district map approved earlier this mon ...
14 years ago
Salem 1 nuclear reactor shut down for vegetation blockage
The Salem 1 nuclear reactor was shut down late yesterday and remains that way due to grassing, the blocking of cooling water intakes by v ...
14 years ago
Licenses and Inspections to fight blight
Philadelphia’s Department of Licenses and Inspections is launching a new pilot program Monday to go after owners of blighted proper ...
14 years ago
The bittersweet science of the great chocolate divide
Americans are expected to buy more than a billion dollars worth of chocolate around this Easter holiday. But here’s the question: d ...
14 years ago
Company peddles an alternative form of transport
An eco-friendly way to travel around Philadelphia is returning to the streets. Bike cabs are returning to Philadelphia for both to ...
14 years ago
City Commissioner candidates argue over posting election results online
The City Commissioners run elections. So it seems logical they’d want to publish election results online. But “logical” ...
14 years ago
Stations of the Cross mark Good Friday around Delaware
Good Friday around the First state was marked by religious services and stations of the cross. The Most Rev. W. Francis Malooly, W ...
14 years ago
FEMA denies Christie’s request for flood relief
Relief for the damage from last month’s storms will have to come from someplace else, because FEMA won’t be helping New Jerse ...
14 years ago
Feds investigate University of Delaware for cutting men’s track team
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights is investigating the University of Delaware for the school’s decis ...
14 years ago
UPenn law professor: Greene’s argument doesn’t stack up
Since the feds took over the Philadelphia Housing Authority, trouble has only mounted for fired PHA executive director Carl Greene. ...
14 years ago
Is John Street considering a council run?
An unexpected independent candidate could pop up for the fall race for City Council at Large. John Street changed his registration ...
14 years ago
Geeks ahoy! Tech week begins in Philly
Beer lovers in Philadelphia get to celebrate the sudsy stuff, and now the city’s geeks have a week of their own. Starting on ...
14 years ago
‘Stonewall Uprising:’ A journey through gay activism
A new documentary about the history of the gay rights movement premieres Monday night on PBS. “Stonewall Uprising” tells the ...
14 years ago