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City Hall candidates talk petitions, challenges and opponents
You don’t have to spend a whole day with Philadelphia’s political candidates to know what their goals, fears and motivations ...
15 years ago
Third place finish for Wilmington’s Jeopardy contestant
He didn’t win, but at least he was surrounded by friends. Jamie Santo landed a spot on the game show ...
15 years ago
World Trade Center steel used for Arizona memorial with local tie
One piece of steel will be used to commemorate two tragedies that directly impacted three U.S. cities and left a lasting effect on the na ...
15 years ago
More cases than previously thought affected by botched brethalyzer kits
More than 1,100 DUI cases in Philadelphia have been compromised due to improperly calibrated breathalyzer tests. That’s the number ...
15 years ago
Poll shows respect for police, but question about judgment
About 70 percent of Philadelphians have respect for police. And about 75 percent of those with recent police interactions said they were ...
15 years ago
The justice’s wife, and other matters
The Daily Caller, the website that released the 11-minute video that torpedoed NPR has a new special correspondent. It’s Vir ...
15 years ago
Eighth Council District residents discuss future leadership during forum
What do residents of Philadelphia’s 8th Council District want? Some want unity. Others are asking for equality of the distri ...
15 years ago
Armed robbery outside Christiana Mall
A mall worker was robbed at gunpoint in the mall parking lot around 10 last night. State Police say the woman was inside her car w ...
15 years ago
Various Republican presidential wannabees are assailing Barack Obama on the Libya issue – wow, who could have ever predicted such a ...
15 years ago
Google Maps adds electric vehicle charging stations to search
Add Google to the list of companies helping keep electric cars charged. No, the company hasn’t developed a new energy source (thoug ...
15 years ago
Legislation introduced to protect vulnerable Delawareans from sexual assault
Delawareans who stay at group homes, treatment facilities and other residential institutions would be protected from sexual predators, un ...
15 years ago
Interboro High students battling airport expansion plan
For students in a sociology class at Delaware County’s Interboro High School, the forthcoming expansion of Philadelphia Internation ...
15 years ago
Clearwater cop issues ticket to singing Phillies fan
Few things are as exciting as Phillies spring training in Florida. Year after year, Phillies fans make the trip to Clearwater in part due ...
15 years ago
Book celebrates strange extractions of laryngologist
Stranger than swallowing a Christmas ornament and having it extracted from your throat is displaying the ornament in a museum. But that ...
15 years ago
Beach town lifts ban on sandcastle-building
Beach curmudgeons beware: things are about to get wild this summer in Belmar. The New Jersey beach town has lifted its ban on sandcastle- ...
15 years ago