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Mosaica withdraws from MLK; school district press release
The School District of Philadelphia ...
15 years ago
CHOP stands by grant from beverage industry
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia is taking criticism for a $10 million grant it received for childhood obesity prevention an ...
15 years ago
Suspect descriptions released in post office robbery
Police are developing some leads into yesterday’s armed robbery of the post office in Chestnut Hill. But as of Thursday afternoon t ...
15 years ago
Jumping through hoops to get into college
Applications, visits, interviews, essays. And then of course, financial aid. Andrew Ferguson is on Radio Times this morning talking about ...
15 years ago
Laid-off police, firefighters elated some will be back on the job
Camden Mayor Dana Redd said Thursday she will use $2.5 million from the South Jersey Port Corporation to put some laid-off police officer ...
15 years ago
Ever hear of the Double Irish? Believe it or not, it’s a name given by tax specialists to a slick maneuver that companies li ...
15 years ago
Send your March Madness photos to the Feed
Temple just squeaked in a 66-64 NCAA win over Penn State. The Temp ...
15 years ago
Adolescence, now twice as long
They have been called “twixters” “adult-escents” or the “boomerang generation,” young adults of the u ...
15 years ago
Slideshow: Weather brings people outside to enjoy St. Patty’s Day
How did you celebrate St. Patty’s Day? Bars around Old City/Callowhill were packed today with green-wearing, shamrock-bearing patro ...
15 years ago
Deceased didn’t notice gas smell before Allentown explosion
Beatrice Hall was on the phone with a friend last month when the line went dead. An explosion rocked Hall’s Allentown home, killing ...
15 years ago
ShopRite coming to former Tastykake site; ground breaks next week
The shopping center slated for the old Tasty Baking Co. will still have Tastykakes in it. A ShopRite will anchor the 220,000-sq. ft. cent ...
15 years ago
Lower Merion man among Americans returning from Japan
The U.S. has announced plans to help evacuate Americans from Japan, fearing increased radiation levels from damaged nuclear reactors. But ...
15 years ago
Mother’s fear grows for daughter missing in Japan
It’s been nearly a week since Delaware resident Karen Nagyiski has heard from her daughter, Jessica Besecker, who has spent th ...
15 years ago
Krajewski says some St. Patty’s shirts offensive to Irish
Joan Krajewski is half Irish. And she just can’t understand why a store like Spencer’s Gifts would sell a T-shirt depicting a ...
15 years ago
New mercury standards will affect Pa. coal-fired plants
The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed national standards for mercury emissions. Officials said the limits will cut down on chi ...
15 years ago