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Nerds and geeks provide fodder for endless jokes – but a new ...
14 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 ...
14 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 ...
14 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 ...
14 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 ...
14 years ago
One of the two U. S. Senators pictured here apparently killed an effort to provide meaningful protection to government whistleblowers, bu ...
14 years ago
The last three weeks have been dominated by budget hearings in Harrisburg. In the final session, Budget Secretary Charles Zogby stuck to ...
14 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 ...
14 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 ...
14 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. ...
14 years ago
Police ID one of two suspects in Manayunk robbery
Police have identified one of the suspects in this week’s armed robbery on Main Street and are seeking the public’s help to i ...
14 years ago
In time of war, ‘Ajax’ resounds with modern audiences
“Ajax, Ajax…my name is a sad song. Who would have thought it would someday become the sound a man makes in despair.” ...
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N.J. targets pollution from Pa. plant
Environmentalists claim it’s the major source of pollution in northwestern New Jersey. This week, federal officials have now ...
14 years ago
Corbett, Rendell camps at odds over stimulus funds
About three-quarters of Pennsylvania’s $4.2 billion deficit is due to disappearing federal stimulus money. Gov. Tom Corbett ...
14 years ago
Delaware River port welcomes its largest-ever container ship
The largest container ship to ever dock at a Delaware River port is sliding in tonight. The MSC Laura is coming to Packer Avenue Marine T ...
14 years ago