NewsWorks Tonight November 24, 2014 – Full Show

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    Laura Benshoff reports on Philadelphia’s scramble to provide warming centers for those who are homeless before winter comes on fully.  Holly Otterbein reports advocates want to bar employers from viewing applicants’ juvenile criminal history.  Allegheny Front’s Reid Frazier talks to scientists turning to crowdsourcing to fund their research.  Peter Crimmins visits a famous Philadelphia statue that’s been voted one of the best in the world.  Franklin Institute Chief Astronomer Derrick Pitts reviews a new movie that incorporates roughly equal parts astronomy and science fiction.  And Chris Satullo tells us why he’s thankful to take in this year’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

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