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Dave Davies: Off Mic

Sanity returns, sort of

Let’s hope Pennsylvania State Senate President Joe Scarnati proves to be a more effective legislative leader than he is an image ma ...

15 years ago

Friends, family, other priests post bail for accused abusers

The teacher and four priests charged with various roles in the abuse against two minors are out on bail. Less than a week after their arr ...

15 years ago

Would a proposal to legalize the murder of abortion providers have changed things for Gosnell?

South Dakota already has stringent abortion laws. With no clinics offering the procedure, a doctor flies into a single Planned Parenthood ...

15 years ago

Federal cuts may leave Philadelphians in the cold

  Federal budget cuts to heating assistance programs could hurt one Philadelphia utility and its customers in the city. A ...

15 years ago

Experts confirm yesterday’s spottings of meteor

The fireball that cruised over the Delaware Valley yesterday afternoon was, in fact, a meteor. And judging by its brightness during high ...

15 years ago

State rests in penalty hearing for convicted cop killer

The prosecution has rested its case in the penalty phase for Derrick Powell by calling two convicted felons to the stand.  Their goa ...

15 years ago

Camden’s Ronald McDonald House receives grant from Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo may not roll off the tongue as a name for an entertainment venue, but the bank is doing some good in New Jersey. As pa ...

15 years ago

A&P will close 10 tri-state stores in the next two months

A&P made the rounds to 10 local Pathmark and Super Fresh locations today to tell employees the stores will be closing. Three Pathmark ...

15 years ago

Morning Edition host pleas for privatized liquor stores

Walk into any moderately nice bar in Philadelphia and you’ll find someone who can recommend you a good beer. Not a Coors Light; som ...

15 years ago

Three charged in Sussex burglary spree

State Police say the three suspects were inovled in more than 60 burglaries starting in October 2010.   State Police arres ...

15 years ago

Man wins temporary delay of deportation

A Philadelphia man threatened with deportation has won a temporary delay.  Anton Tanumihardja has been seeking asylum from his nativ ...

15 years ago

Lautenberg aims to ban tobacco use in Major League Baseball

When Washington Nationals pitcher Steven Strasburg announced last month he wants to quit using chewing tobacco, U.S. senators saw that as ...

15 years ago

Kareem Abdul Jabbar talks segregation with high school students

Back in the ’20s and ’30s, the Harlem Rens beat several other basketball teams in tournaments. But the black team was never a ...

15 years ago

Did the former pope have at least an indirect hand in priest abuse cases?

It’ll be a long time before abuse allegations against Catholic priests stop making the headlines. But who, ultimately, is resposibl ...

15 years ago

New Jersey agency says government offices aren’t transparent enough

New Jersey’s watchdog agency finds the state’s government entities aren’t keeping the public informed the way they̵ ...

15 years ago

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