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A Way with Words is an upbeat and lively show about language examined through culture, history, and family. Language debates, variations, and evolution, as well as new words, old sayings, slang, family expressions, word histories, etymology, linguistics, regional dialects, word games, grammar, books, literature, writing, and more.
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A Way with Words

A Way with Words is an upbeat and lively show about language examined through culture, history, and family. Language debates, variations, and evolution, as well as new words, old sayings, slang, family expressions, word histories, etymology, linguistics, regional dialects, word games, grammar, books, literature, writing, and more.

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Toomey offers budget plan preserving Medicare

U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey wants to balance the nation’s budget within nine years through a plan he announced Tuesday. Toomey, who repres ...

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Newt the environmentalist, and your questions for City Council

A few weeks back, Newt Gingrich teased us with the idea that he would announce his presidential campaign at Independence Hall in Philadel ...

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House GOP budget plan restores some Pa. education funds

The House Republican budget is now out in the public. Though it’s in sharp contrast to Gov. Tom Corbett’s spending plan, the ...

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New MCAT to add section on behavioral sciences

The medical school entrance exam is getting its first major makeover in 20 years. An MCAT advisory committee recently announced its recom ...

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Industry group urges road repairs in N.J.

A group representing road construction workers is urging New Jersey lawmakers to spend more on roadway repairs. The New Jersey Asp ...

16 years ago

Study find methane in well water near Pa. drilling sites

A study from Duke University for the first time makes a link between water contamination and drilling for natural gas. The study, publish ...

16 years ago

Bucks County singer’s hit song featured on ‘Glee’ tonight

It’s a sure bet that more people than usual from the Delaware Valley will be watching Glee tonight. Not because it’s ...

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Public to hear annual review results of Salem and Hope Creek nuclear plants

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will hold a pu ...

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N.J. voters may get automatic ballot delivery

It’s now up to Gov. Chris Christie to decide whether New Jersey will allow registered voters in New Jersey to receive mail-in ballo ...

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$10M plan would help grow new farmers in Delaware

The average age of the Delaware farmer is somewhere between 55 and 57 years old, and it’s been that way ...

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Drug officials confront rash of synthetic drugs — including ‘bath salts’

Congressmen Charlie Dent and Pat Meehan were in Philadelphia Tuesday touting a new bill that would make a synthetic drug commonly known a ...

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Atlantic City in 32-month revenue slump

Atlantic City’s casino revenue is in a nearly three-year slump. Numbers released today from April show the 32nd consecutive month o ...

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More cases of resistant flu strain found in Delaware

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed four more cases of antiviral-resistant influenza in Delaware, bringing the t ...

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Highest-paying professions in Philadelphia area

Who’s earning the big bucks in the Philadelphia area? Gynecologists and obstetricians are the top earners, pulling in an average of ...

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City home values dip just a third of average suburban decline

Things are a little better in the city than the suburbs–at least in terms of falling home prices, according to new numbers from a P ...

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