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Nursing homes in poor and minority neighborhoods closing faster
Nursing homes in urban poor and minority communities are twice as likely to close down as those in areas with low minority populations, a
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13 years ago
Camden, N.J., already ranks high in crime and poverty. Tomorrow, city officials plan to implement significant layoffs. They’ll cut
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13 years ago
Borders building likely to remain empty for another year
This week marks the one-year anniversary since Borders Books closed its doors in Chestnut Hill. While no one expected another business to
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13 years ago
‘Mosque’ co-founder makes pitch for dialogue
A co-founder of the so-called “Ground Zero mosque” stopped in Philadelphia Sunday to discuss the negative effects Islamic ext
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13 years ago
Social justice power Sunday – FUMCOG, Church of the Advocate, Martin and Malcolm
Years ago, Dick Cox marched with Martin Luther King Jr. and even had the opportunity to sit and talk with him for an hour.
“I ha
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13 years ago
Police reel in two cars out of Schuylkill
A car was found sunk in the water near the Columbia Bridge grandstand on Saturday. It took five tow trucks the greater part of the after
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13 years ago
Nonprofit that helps terminally ill to plan weddings coming to Philly
A non-profit that helps the terminally ill find wedded bliss is coming to Philadelphia.
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13 years ago
Delaware County changes animal-control rules
The Delaware County SPCA announced last summer that it would cease to euthanize stray animals and focus on programs to reduce overpopulat
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13 years ago
N.J. school chiefs object to salary cap of $175G
The group representing school superintendents in New Jersey has filed suit to block a planned salary cap.
New regulations propose
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13 years ago
Nutter’s pension overhauls stalled in Philadelphia
Mayor Michael Nutter is pushing for a pension overhaul in Philadelphia as part of ongoing contract negotiations but major parts of the pl
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13 years ago
Arrest made in killing of N.J. police officer
Police have arrested a 19-year-old suspect in the murder of a New Jersey police officer, the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office said
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13 years ago