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Bagman brings crusade to Philadelphia
California man is trying to convince people not to use plastic bags when shopping, or at least reuse the ones they have. A Califor ...
15 years ago
Delaware arts and crafts tradition returns after one year absence
With a new name and new organizers, the annual arts event at Brandywine Park returns this weekend. Organizers of the highly antici ...
15 years ago
Happy hour to defuse “Bloggergate”
Philadelphia tries to explain its tax policy to young creative types. The confusion over a so-called Blogger Tax in Philadelphia h ...
15 years ago
Attorneys look to help victims of accused pedophile pediatrician
Lawyers looking for victims of accused doctor to join civil lawsuit. While the ...
15 years ago
At the risk of ignoring the urgency of the present moment and whatever political news may have been posted somewhere within the ...
15 years ago
Major Philadelphia cockfighting ring exposed
SPCA says more than 20 birds were taken from the home in North Philadelphia. After months of investigation, officers have broken u ...
15 years ago
USAID suspends program targeted by Murphy
The Bucks County Congressman had objected, saying American tax dollars were being used to train people for outsourced jobs. A fede ...
15 years ago
New ethics guidelines for health incentives
Incentive programs are increasingly popular carrot or stick programs offered by employers or health insurance companies that encourage pe ...
15 years ago
N.J.’s new science advisory board meets
The first meeting was closed to the public, but WHYY’s health and science reporter Kerry Grens got a debriefing on what issues the ...
15 years ago
DNC chair in Philly to energize the Dem vote
Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine joined Ed Rendell and others on Wednesday to get Democratic voters fired up for retainin ...
15 years ago
Toomey gets State FOP endorsement
Pennsylvania Republican Senate candidate Pat Toomey got the state FOP endorsement September 8, while the Philadelphia FOP is still consid ...
15 years ago
Pa. legislators say new fiscal office is on the way
Pennsylvania Senate Republicans have gotten some traction on their ongoing push for a new fiscal office to oversee state budget prioritie ...
15 years ago
The lobby of the Perelman Center is grand. The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania’s new cancer treatment facility in Univer ...
15 years ago
Debating immigration in Kennett Square
The town in Chester County has lots of immigrants, legal and not, who work at mushroom farms. This weekend, mushroom lovers will f ...
15 years ago