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After an accident or surgery, the mark left on skin can be a visual reminder of past trauma. Doctors at the University of Pennsylvania ha ...
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Acting as guardians not warriors, Camden police defuse potentially deadly encounter
Homicides in Camden have soared this year, up by 28 percent in the first nine months of 2016 compared with 2015. Yet overall crime is dow ...
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After five years of growth, a youth sports league in Camden is spreading to include other parts of the city. It’s an impress ...
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ListenTo sign or not to sign? That’s the question facing deaf children
The invention of cochlear implants and other technologies have given many deaf and hard-of-hearing adults and children the option to hear ...
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For a fee, you and a handful of friends, or coworkers, can escape from a medieval torture chamber, or a CDC laboratory, or “The 80s ...
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ListenHomo Naledi – missing link or missing context?
Science gets a moment in the spotlight and does what science is best at… An ancient man was trending on Twitter this week. ...
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ListenCrossFit helps Camden kids cope, succeed
Back when Steve Liberati was working as an exterminator, he didn’t expect to one day run a CrossFit gym and a “paleo foods ...
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ListenSuspect in Philly social worker’s death confesses, police say
Philadelphia police believe they have solved the early morning murder of a social worker near Temple University. Randolph Sanders, ...
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Machines in SEPTA’s gleaming new station have no use for tokens
The newly-renovated SEPTA entrance by Philadelphia City Hall is an eye-catching gem. It’s equipped with modern touches inclu ...
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Fearing lawsuit, Yardley Borough holsters gun law
In towns across Pennsylvania, public officials are scrambling to protect themselves from legal challenges to local gun laws. A Pen ...
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