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6th suit claims molestation by priest in Philadelphia
Philadelphia Catholic Church officials have been named in a sixth lawsuit, filed Monday by a group of lawyers on behalf of victims of all ...
15 years ago
Dumping medical waste at sea could mean loss of license
The New Jersey Assembly has unanimously approved a bill to revoke the license of any health-care professional who dumps medical waste in ...
15 years ago
Burning faucets from fracking, and local pols on video
The most dramatic scenes from the controversial film Gasland showed people literally setting the water from their kitchen faucet ...
15 years ago
Philadelphia water officials seek source of iodine
City and state officials are working to determine the source of elevated levels of iodine in Philadelphia’s drinking water. ...
15 years ago
Tougher penalty advances for killing police dog in N.J.
The New Jersey Assembly gave final legislative approval Monday to a bill that would increase the penalty for killing a police dog. ...
15 years ago
Philadelphia Folksong Society’s outreach to students
“Today we’re going to learn something we didn’t know before,” Principal Richard Raisman announced to a ...
15 years ago
Girl Scouts earn bronze award for donating to Northern Home for Children
Lily Palmer, Clara Domanska and Erica Bellamy of Girl Scout Troop 98 earned a bronze award (the highest junior Girl Scout honor) this spr ...
15 years ago
Democrats launch pre-emptive strike on Pa. budget
House Republicans will unveil their $27.3 billion budget Tuesday. Their Democratic counterparts, however, are already criticizing the pla ...
15 years ago
Lawmakers pedal their way to the statehouse
A number of Delaware lawmakers are using pedal power to get to work on this, the 21st Legislators Bike to Work Day. Groups o ...
15 years ago
Area’s wealthy residents reveal how they’re investing
Nearly 70 percent of the Philadelphia area’s wealthy residents say they’ve been more conservative with their investments in r ...
15 years ago
It’s endorsement season and Mayor Nutter and D.A. Williams are busy
With elections come endorsements. Today Philadelphia’s District Attorney endorsed a City Council candidate: just the latest i ...
15 years ago