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Rehoboth Beach draws 3,000 for Polar Bear Plunge
More than 3,000 people risked hypothermia over the weekend for the annual Polar Bear Plunge. As Mark Eichmann reports for WHYY, 3,094 peo ...
15 years ago
Milton Street will run against Nutter for Democratic ticket
Did you really think we’d be keeping the Street family out of Philadelphia politics? Milton Street is running for mayor. He’s ...
15 years ago
Musician Jake Shimabukuro shares his life and love of the ukulele
If the word “ukulele” conjures visions of slow, sleepy Hawaiian music, that’s just where virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro wants you at the ...
15 years ago
Delaware touts “job squad” to help unemployed
Delaware’s unemployment office is trying to spread the word that in addition to helping the unemployed, it can also help connect co ...
15 years ago
Potholes mark up streets in Northern Liberties
NewsWorks reader/contributor Bob Shipman sends us these photos (below) of some serious potholes in Northern Liberties. Bob snapped these ...
15 years ago
Starr to open at least four restaurants in the city this year
We’re already salivating over the next restaurant weeks. Stephen Starr’s Starr Restaurant Organization has plans to open at l ...
15 years ago
Kent has most flu cases in the state
The Division of Public Health has upgraded Delaware’s influenza status to widespread. The most cases are in Kent County. ...
15 years ago
Grammy Awards provide platform for forbidden four-letter word
Frick, freak, frack, flip…anything but the actual four-letter “f word” will do. The words have noticeably replaced the ...
15 years ago
I’ll go way out on a limb and predict that Donald Rumsfeld’s newly released memoir, Known and Unknown, will not outs ...
15 years ago
South Philly musician finds the beat with ballpoint pens
He calls himself the Lyrical God. Call him what you want, but he’s more talented than the rest of us. Hip-hop musician Julius Wrigh ...
15 years ago
Guest: President of Arab American Institute Dr. James J. Zogby
Founder and President of the Arab American Institute, Dr. James J. Zogby will join Radio Times host Maty Moss-Coane to discuss his new bo ...
15 years ago
Stories we’re chasing today at WHYY
Good morning, Feeders, and welcome to another week! We’d like to welcome back Health & Science reporter Maiken Scott from mater ...
15 years ago
Nearly 3,100 “bears” braved the chilly Atlantic Ocean water to raise money for Special Olympics. This year’s Pol ...
15 years ago
Doron’s big idea: Tracking city performance
On this week’s It’s Our Money podcast, Doron Taussig has a brilliant idea that will revolutionize public accountability in th ...
15 years ago
Philadelphia officers accused in drug plot will appear in court today
Two former police officers will appear in court today for a change-of-plea hearing in charges stemming from a plot to steal heroin from a ...
15 years ago