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Delaware cracks down on "doctor shopping"
Governor Markell signs law designed to help doctors know exactly what prescriptions their patients are receiving, in an effort to reduce ...
15 years ago
Del. table games off to ‘encouraging’ start
Games like blackjack, poker and craps have been offered for more than a month in Delaware. But fierce competition is now coming from Penn ...
15 years ago
Lifeguards on the Jersey shore yesterday briefly closed beaches to swimmers in response to several shark sightings near shore. Sha ...
15 years ago
That pedestrian in the crosswalk could be a cop
New Jersey police use decoys to catch drivers breaking new law. Since April, cars must completely stop for pedestrians, not just yield t ...
15 years ago
Nutter defends rolling fire unit closures
Mayor says Fire Department already does this when a station needs to close for re-training. Asserts Fire Department suggested the plan. ...
15 years ago
Fundraising for Philadelphia pools overflows
After generating enough corporate sponsorship for this summer, the city gets a jump on fundraising for next year. More money has b ...
15 years ago
Those Philadelphia public schools, everybody knows they’re hopeless, right? Not so fast, says Chris Satullo in his weekly Ce ...
15 years ago
Natural gas company to disclose drilling chemicals
Range Resources says it will say how much of the chemicals it uses, not just provide a list of them. It has been drilling for natural ga ...
15 years ago
War of words over natural gas drilling
Drilling supporters and opponents spar over whether the Delaware River Basin Commission should lift a drilling moratorium. The ten ...
15 years ago
Pa. answers abortion funding questions
Anti-abortion activists say Pennsylvania’s new program for hard-to-insure people proves their prediction that the federal health la ...
15 years ago
Lots of “No Smoking” signs have been popping up at Widener University. The school’s total ban began this month. ...
15 years ago