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So, what’s the deal with Pennsylvania’s liquor laws?
This year, after decades of false starts and abandoned bills, the Pa. General Assembly finally passed laws to make it easier to buy alcohol.
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About 250 cars topped with glowing menorahs paraded down the Ben Franklin Parkway and through Center City to Independence Mall Monday nig ...
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If you grew up in South Jersey, you probably already know that Cherry Hill, New Jersey, got its name from the Cherry Hill Farm.
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What will Trump presidency mean for the New American Indian Movement
On April 1, 2016, the centuries-old struggle for the rights of indigenous Americans witnessed a new dawn. On t ...
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Listen to young people about the issues that affect their lives
We often hear that we, the youth, are the future — a true statement, considering that we are next in line for the positions held currently by our elders.
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Wind-whipped athletes blow through Philly marathon in record time
Battling through whipping winds and plummeting temperatures, runners from around the world made the 26.2-mile trek at the 23rd annual Phi ...
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ZIP Photo Essay: Life Around The Liberty Bell in Old City, 19106
ZIP code 19106 includes portions of several prominent Philadelphia neighborhoods. Search for it on Google Maps and you’ll see its easte ...
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Watch the WHYY original production: Veterans Coming Home
Watch tonight at 9pm on WHYY-TV. Today’s veterans look for new ways to take the lessons of their military service back to the civil ...
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Was N.J. ‘betting on wrong horse’ in giving Holtec $260M tax break for Camden move?
When energy company Holtec International ...
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Listen 5:40Today would be the 100th birthday of the Penn Annex’s handsomest mailman — my dad
I’ll miss William Penn Annex. The Center City post office, stretching from Market to Chestnut along 9th Street, ...
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Penn’s ‘Dia de los Muertos’ a joyful celebration of life and death
The Penn Museum held their annual Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, celebration on Saturday. The holiday originated in Mex ...
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It’s all about the training; veterans take to the soil and learn to farm
Veteran training covers may aspects once military service is over. But farming? 44 percent of the men and women who enlist c ...
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Veterans reflect on their service during day out at The Adventure Aquarium
What’s the worst question you can ask a veteran? “Did you kill anybody?” As part of the Veterans Coming Home pro ...
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Cinema Paradiso: Ralph Hirshorn Shares His Love of Film With Chestnut Hill, 19118
Ralph S. Hirshorn is sitting in his personal movie theater and laughing about Purple Rain. The septuagenarian resident of ...
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‘She Wore Those Boots’ confronts military sexual assault, on base and in the family
In a small theater at the edge of Northern Liberties, a play is taking on sexual assault in the military. On stage a mother, her g ...
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