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New procedure leads to miraculous recoveries in stroke patients
On July 17, 2014 Kurt Hinrichs, of Gladstone, Missouri, went to bed early. When his wife joined him, she woke him with her snoring. That ...
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Local beekeepers will get together next weekend at the ...
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Genetic tests help parents avoid passing on serious diseases
In 2009, Emily Brooks was newly married and eager to start a family. Then her dad, after years of symptoms, was diagnosed with Hunti ...
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ListenOne coal miner hangs his hard hat on Trump’s promises
Marty Cottingham spent 34 years mining the Blue Creek Coal Seam in Alabama. He retired last October, after the company he worked for, Wal ...
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ListenNew Jersey distributes grants to enhance recycling efforts
New Jersey is distributing $14.3 million in grants to municipalities for improving recycling efforts. In 1987, the state required ...
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Ghost forests signal what’s to come due to accelerating sea level rise
On an unseasonably warm December day, in a pristine corner of Southern New Jersey, near Egg Harbor City, Rutgers professor Ken Able prepa ...
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ListenDrexel professor defends tweet about ‘white genocide’
On Christmas Eve, a Drexel University associate professor drew fire when he tweeted “All I want for Christmas is White Genocide.” ...
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U.S. researchers team up with Penn, other schools to study nature of dune protection
A new research partnership between federal government agencies and universities is part of an effort to better understand how sand dunes ...
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Officials probe death of hundreds of blackbirds in South Jersey
Hundreds of red-winged blackbirds were found dead last week in a farming area near Bridgeton in South Jersey. The Cumberland Count ...
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Grillz have always been a big deal from the Etruscans to Meek Mill
Who is the new aristocracy investing in mouth décor? One sales representative says his clientele includes “a lot of athletes, a lot of ...
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ListenUPDATED: Increased car traffic during SEPTA strike increased air pollution by 400 percent
The SEPTA strike in early November drove more commuters to their cars, and Philadelphia air quality suffered because of it. Up ...
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Pa. utility asks state for help to keep coal and nuclear plants going
A power company called FirstEnergy wants Pennsylvania lawmakers to once again regulate the electricity market in the state. Twenty ...
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