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In the aftermath of the siege on a Nairobi mall that killed an estimated 67 people and injured hund ...

A recent report from the Federal Highway Administration found that Americans are driving less. Car usage reached its peak in 2007 and has ...

Last week there were two mass shootings – one at the Washington D.C. Navy Yard and another at a park on Chicago’s South Side.  But s ...

The rise of e-readers and the closing of major bookstore chains certainly has challenged the book publishing indu ...

Host Dave Heller speaks with Maiken Scott about three local MacArthur “Genius” Grant recipients.Holly Otterbein reports on a recent p ...

Dave Davies reports on Pennsylvania Treasurer Rob McCord’s candidacy for Governor.  Kevin McCorry meets a Philadelphia public ...

Guests:  Jon Marcus and Marian Wang Despite rising tuition costs, some financial analys ...

Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer A SCOTT BER ...

Holly Otterbein reports on whether the School Reform Commission could soon control how much city residents pay in sales taxes.  Eliz ...

The creative process. It comes easily for some and is complicated for others. Dr. Dan Gottlieb and his guests discuss what’s p ...

Hubble discovers a globular cluster cluster – 2.25 billion light years from earth in a cluster of galaxies called ...

The Federal Reserve voted last week to continue their stimulus bond-buying program. The news surprised financial experts who predicted th ...

MATTHEW QUICK’s powerful new young adult novel is about a troubled teen p ...

Mike explains what to do when your hydrangeas aren’t blooming, when and how to properly prune your fruit trees, h ...

Holly Otterbein speaks with members of the Philadelphia Coalition Advocating for Public Schools as they hold a weekly rally demanding mor ...