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Rutgers chief decries merger plan

49 min 42 sec ago
Pushing back against Gov. Christie's proposal to merge Rutgers-Camden into Rowan University, the president of the Rutgers University system told a state legislative panel Monday that it was unlikely his university's governing boards would "willingly relinquish the campus."
Categories: General News

Philadelphians stage a birthday party for Dickens

1 hour 9 min ago
In his will, Charles Dickens asked that no statues of himself ever be erected in his honor. Instead, the famed English author wanted the recognition to go to the characters in his books.
Categories: General News

Museum talk highlights civil-rights titan Catto

1 hour 11 min ago
Despite its significant history, the Grand Army of the Republic Museum and Library in Philadelphia is an unimposing structure - save for the two armed guards standing out front. Bedecked in Union blue, the guards leaned on their rifles Sunday ushering in patrons with a tip of the kepi.
Categories: General News

Fire that displaced 55 probed

1 hour 29 min ago
Categories: General News

Jury can hear how church handled past abuse cases, judge rules

1 hour 37 min ago
Prosecutors at the child endangerment and sex-abuse trial of three current and former priests will be allowed to tell jurors how the Archdiocese of Philadelphia handled at least 22 other sex-abuse allegations over decades, a judge ruled Monday.
Categories: General News

Man hurt in fall of work lift behind cathedral

1 hour 47 min ago
A construction lift being used for facade work on a church building behind the Basilica Cathedral of Ss. Peter and Paul toppled over today, crushing a worker's leg, police said.
Categories: General News

Great Dane ad for Doritos nabs $1 million

1 hour 56 min ago
A diabolical dog, a weak-willed husband, a dead cat and a spicy snack.
Categories: General News

Friends try to make sense of suicide on Temple campus

1 hour 58 min ago
THE SMALL CANDLES on the ground added no warmth to the Temple University campus last night as students shuffled through the biting cold, past a makeshift memorial for a former student.
Categories: General News

Man, 30, killed in E. Germantown shooting

2 hours 4 min ago
A 30-year-old man was critically wounded today when gunfire erupted on a street in East Germantown, police said.
Categories: General News

More cuts for Pennsylvania’s state universities?

2 hours 12 min ago
Pennsylvania's state universities could take another big hit in funding under Gov. Corbett's budget proposal to be released Tuesday morning.
Categories: General News

Daughter discovers parents' letters and an extraordinary wartime love story

2 hours 59 min ago
Months after her husband was killed by the Nazis, an emotionally torn Kate Schmid fell in love. Hermann Hoerlin was a tall, rugged mountain climber who helped her through a crisis. But Schmid was Jewish. The man she loved was not.
Categories: General News

School board president Webb is a polarizing figure in the Neshaminy district

3 hours 23 min ago
There's no middle ground when it comes to Ritchie Webb. Take, for example, last month's Neshaminy school board meeting. As Webb took his seat as president, half the packed crowd rose and cheered; the remainder jeered and chanted, "Negotiate."
Categories: General News

Shore renters being duped by Craigslist scammers

3 hours 28 min ago
BRIGANTINE, N.J. - When Shore real estate agent Maria Schrenk started getting calls last week inquiring about a cheap summer rental on an upscale property that she had listed for sale or annual lease, she knew something was awry.
Categories: General News

Powerball cash jackpot 2d biggest ever

3 hours 32 min ago
Powerball's annuity jackpot will be worth $250 million dollars - a quarter-billion - Wednesday, because no one hit all the numbers drawn Saturday night.
Categories: General News

Services begin today for Cardinal Bevilacqua

3 hours 34 min ago
The public will able to pay its last respects to Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua today and Tuesday at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul in Philadelphia.
Categories: General News

DEMOCRACY 101: CALLOWHILL NID FOES WENT UP AGAINST POWERFUL FORCES ... AND WON

3 hours 50 min ago
THE ANGRY crowd in City Council chambers in September held up signs blasting "Taxation Without Representation," but Paul Levy wasn't concerned.
Categories: General News

DeWeese guilty on 5 of 6 counts

4 hours 8 min ago
HARRISBURG - A Dauphin County jury today convicted state Rep. Bill DeWeese on charges that he directed and even forced his legislative staff to do campaign work while on the taxpayer dime and time.
Categories: General News

S. Jersey man, 77, slain in home

4 hours 10 min ago
Police are investigating the shooting death of a 77-year-old man inside his home in Mullica Township, Atlantic County.
Categories: General News

Gillison's family doesn't get a busy signal

4 hours 20 min ago
EVEN ON A Sunday afternoon, Everett Gillison's BlackBerry is buzzing with updates about the latest happenings on the streets of Philadelphia - a weekend fire, a person found dead of a possible drug overdose.
Categories: General News

Chaput censures contraceptive plan

4 hours 43 min ago
Philadelphia Archbishop Charles J. Chaput is demanding that the Obama administration rescind what he calls its "flawed and dangerous" decision requiring virtually all employers to offer employees health coverage that includes contraceptives and "abortion-inducing drugs."
Categories: General News