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New med school aims to shrink doctor shortage
Doctors are in high demand. By one estimate, the United States will be short about 150,000 physicians by the year 2025. If the stalled he ...
16 years ago
Non-Profit Offers New Way to Give
A group that is trying to reinvent charitable giving is starting out its efforts by giving to others. A group that is trying to ...
16 years ago
Film Society to hold spring festival in Philadelphia
Yes, Virginia, there will be a film festival this spring. The Philadelphia Film Society will create a new one to replace the canceled Ci ...
16 years ago
Flower shops faced icy roads on Valentine’s Day
The recent snow storms have helped some businesses while hurting many others. For many flower shops, Valentines Day is a make or break ho ...
16 years ago
City Controller Butkovitz opposes soda tax
A proposal to tax soda in Philadelphia might lose some of its fizz. The idea would be to tax sodas in order to help shrink a projected bu ...
16 years ago
Pa. State Rep Frank Oliver won’t seek re-election
The longest serving state representative in the Pennsylvania State House says he won’t seek a 20th term this year. 87-year-old Fra ...
16 years ago
DelCo lawmaker wants to end shale game in PA forests
Governor Rendell’s state budget proposal includes a plan to lease more state forest land for gas drilling. The plan could bring in ...
16 years ago
People can really be bored to death. That’s what British researchers found when they studied more than 7000 people over a period of ...
16 years ago