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In this July 15, 2009 file photo, Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean walks through the largest exhibition of his artwork to date, inspired by his experience walking on the moon, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Apollo moon landing, in Washington. Bean, the Apollo and Skylab astronaut, fourth human to walk on the moon and an accomplished artist, has died.  (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo, File)
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Astronaut and moonwalker Alan Bean dies at 86

Bean was the lunar module pilot on Apollo 12, which made the second moon landing in 1969.

8 years ago

A Carlisle Historical Society exhibit depicts the
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Army plans to exhume remains of four Carlisle Indian School students

The Carlisle Indian School tried to assimilate Native American children into mainstream American culture, but hundreds died from harsh conditions in the early 1900s.

8 years ago

Abolition Hall in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania. (Google Maps)
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Former Underground Railroad stop in Montco at center of preservation fight

The property is part of the Plymouth Meeting Historic District, established almost 50 years ago, and the buildings are on the National Register of Historic Places.

8 years ago

In this April 26, 2018 photo, Moumena Saradar, left, originally from Syria, guides visitors through the Middle East gallery at Penn Museum, in Philadelphia. The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology is in the midst of dramatic renovations, opening new galleries to showcase previously undisplayed items, telling the stories of those artifacts in more relatable ways and adding guides native to the parts of the world being showcased. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma)
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Iraqi, Syrian guides bring views to Philadelphia museum

Three Iraqi natives and a Syrian woman have been enlisted as guides to share a modern cultural perspective with visitors to new Middle Eastern galleries at the Penn Museum.

8 years ago

NewsWorks Tonight

NewsWorks Tonight, May 18, 2018

In Tuesday’s primary, a record number of women won nominations to represent Pennsylvania in Congress. The Gallup Poll’s Frank ...

Air Date: May 18, 2018

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Delaware’s Oddporium is part museum, part store, and all a little odd

From skulls and bones to electroshock therapy equipment and a cycloptic pig — take a peek inside the Oddporium. Delaware's first and only shop for the peculiar and bizarre.

8 years ago

The corner of 8th and Race streets in Philadelphia, 1915. (Courtesy of PhillyHistory.org)
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Local history: Learn about Philadelphia’s seedy, beloved Tenderloin – May 17 & June 3, 2018

Back in the 1800s, 'tenderloin' was a common moniker for a city's vice districts and skid rows. Where was Philly's Tenderloin, and what was it like?

8 years ago

A video shows the text underneath two taped off pages from Anne Frank's diary during a press conference at The Anne Frank Foundation's office in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Tuesday, May 15, 2018. Left standing is the foundation's director Ronald Leopold. (Peter Dejong/AP Photo)
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Dutch researchers uncover dirty jokes in Anne Frank’s diary

Experts on Anne's diary said the newly discovered text reveals more about her development as a writer than it does about her interest in sex.

8 years ago

Sign-carrying participants march on the southern leg of the Poor People's Campaign May 10, 1968, in Atlanta. (AP file photo)
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Poor People’s Campaign seeks to revive MLK’s vision

Activists are reigniting Martin Luther King Jr.’s unfinished fight against poverty.

8 years ago

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This undated file photo shows Grace Kelly whose childhood home in Philadelphia has been restored (AP Photo, file)
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Grace Kelly’s childhood home fully restored, won’t be museum

Her childhood home made headlines in 2014 when its 81-year-old former owner pleaded no contest to animal cruelty charges for keeping cats and dogs in unsanitary conditions.

8 years ago

An eager crowd surrounds the statue of Octavius Catto after its unveilling on the Southwest apron of City Hall. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Honor legacies of Catto, King by protecting voting rights — and exercising that right

Pennsylvania's May 15 primary election is an excellent opportunity to cast your ballot.

8 years ago

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Down the Shore
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Crews raze iconic Jersey Shore drive-in restaurant

Crews began razing a decades-old Jersey Shore drive-in restaurant and landmark Wednesday. 

8 years ago

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The hip-hop influence of Jab’o Starks, James Brown’s timekeeper

Drummer James "Jab'o" Starks may have thought he was playing for James Brown, but his drums ended up fueling the birth a genre.

8 years ago

Jane’s Walk 2017 (PlanPhilly/file)
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A neighborhood walk that’s healthy for you — and the city, too

In urban spaces all over the world, pedestrians traverse their cities’ neighborhoods, with the goal of living by the standards set by urban activist and writer Jane Jacobs.

8 years ago

The Pulse
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How do we know?

When it comes to scientific knowledge, we’re selective about who and what we believe. But, how do we get to a place of knowing? We hear ...

Air Date: May 4, 2018

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