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Philly ministry student credits prayer with beating racial profiling case
Abington police have withdrawn charges against a ministry student they accused of crashing a stolen Maserati, cursing at witnesses, and then fleeing the scene.
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Listen 0:00Christie pardons woman who stole to support drug habit
Gov. Chris Christie has pardoned a Greenwood Lake, New York, woman who was convicted of two felonies in New Jersey. Gail Naples gr ...
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Every state in the U.S. was required to submit a proposal to the federal government by last week on how it will comply with the new feder ...
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Pa. jail faces class-action lawsuit for posting mugshots online
A lawyer for a man who sued a Pennsylvania county jail for posting his mug shot online says nearly 70,000 former inmates could have claim ...
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Federal judge: Stopping N.J. bail changes would pose ‘high risk’ to community
A federal judge in New Jersey refused to hit the pause button on the state’s criminal justice overhaul Thursday, saying that revert ...
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Solar industry gets boost from PECO donation, proposed legislation
Renewable energy got a boost on Thursday when PECO donated $100,000 for a solar-job training program in Philadelphia, and a state lawmake ...
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City Council moves to rid Philly of archaic rules — including ban on tailgating
Some antiquated regulations will come off the city books if an eight-bill package gets through Philadelphia City Council. A ...
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Whistleblower lawsuit raises questions about legal representation of Philly’s troubled poor children
An attorney from the Defender Association of Philadelphia has filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the association, claiming his bosses ...
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ListenMenendez judge allows evidence of ‘innocent’ actions
Defense attorneys for U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez will be allowed to present evidence of actions he took that are similar to those he faces at ...
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Philly activists who burglarized Hoover’s FBI call for more whistleblowers
If all went according to plan, Raines and fellow anti-war activists would pull off a burglary that would go down in history as exposing J ...
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Delaware report shows limited legal help for low income residents
A Delaware report shows low income residents have limited access to legal representation in civil cases in the state. On Monday, t ...
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ListenJudge sets date for Cosby retrial on sexual assault charges
A judge has scheduled a new date for Bill Cosby’s retrial on charges he drugged and molested a woman more than a decade ago. ...
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Feds seek delay of child sex abuse trial of former Dover airman
Federal prosecutors are seeking to postpone the trial of a former Dover Air Force Base airman charged with sexually abusing a teenage run ...
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Report: Pennsylvania child abuse workers swamped, underpaid
The county caseworkers who investigate child abuse in Pennsylvania are underpaid, inadequately trained, plagued by high turnover and face ...
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Challenger says Rep. Brady paid debt to get him out of 2012 race
The man who federal authorities say agreed to drop his 2012 Democratic primary challenge of U.S. Rep. Bob Brady in return for $90,000 in ...
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