| West Catholic students overwhelmed by school's salvation Feb 25th 2012, 07:30 For weeks, Theresa Ta had been unable to sleep, study, or even think of looking for another school. Her school, West Catholic High, with the motto "united by faith, loyalty and knowledge," was slated to close. | | Philadelphia forum weighs options for I-95 Feb 25th 2012, 06:35 Knock down I-95? Cities around the world - Boston, Milwaukee, Providence, San Francisco, Paris, Seoul - have been knocking down and moving highways so residents can enjoy their waterfronts. Should Philadelphia be next? | | Neil Budde to head new-media venture at Temple Feb 25th 2012, 06:33 Temple University has named a veteran online journalist to lead the new Philadelphia Public Interest Information Network. Neil Budde, 55, founder of the Wall Street Journal Online (WSJ.com), will become the first chief executive officer of the new-media venture March 6. | | Tensions rise over contract talks at CCP Feb 25th 2012, 06:32 Contract negotiations at Community College of Philadelphia are becoming more tense and personal, with the union preparing to run an ad that takes aim at the president's salary. | | Agency: Limited view for bus in fatal crash Feb 25th 2012, 06:25 The school bus involved in a Feb. 16 collision that killed one student and seriously injured three others had inched past a stop sign because of bad sight lines at the Burlington County intersection, the National Transportation Safety Board said Friday. | | Rutgers trustees hear arguments on merger plan Feb 25th 2012, 06:25 The board of trustees of Rutgers University held a special meeting Thursday to consider options for reorganizing the school, including taking over three units from the University of Medicine and Dentistry and ceding the Camden campus to Rowan University. | | Four Philly-area Catholic high schools to stay open Feb 25th 2012, 06:03 After weeks of fevered fund-raising, rallies, and anxiety, Archbishop Charles J. Chaput announced Friday that thanks to millions of dollars in donations and pledges, all four archdiocesan high schools set to close in June would remain open. | | Trial begins for former Rutgers student Ravi Feb 25th 2012, 06:03 NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. - Hate crime or stupid teenage prank? The future of Dharun Ravi, a former Rutgers University student charged with secretly viewing his roommate in a sexual encounter with another man, could rest on how jurors interpret his actions. | | 78 districts, 4 charters join Race to the Top Feb 25th 2012, 05:34 Seventy-eight South Jersey school districts and four charter schools have signed on to share in the state's Race to the Top award, according to information released by the state Department of Education on Friday. | | Police investigating shooting of West Philadelphia mother Feb 25th 2012, 05:34 Inside the VR Mini Market on Friday morning, the shooting of Keisha Palmer played on the security television screen. The 38-year-old West Philadelphia mother of three had been shot on the sidewalk Thursday night after buying some groceries - struck in the head by a stray bullet fired in what seems to be a dispute between young men in the neighborhood, police said. | | Norovirus running its unpleasant course at area long-term care facilities Feb 25th 2012, 05:34 It's been an abnormally mild flu season so far, but norovirus is running at a perfectly and unpleasantly normal pace. A current outbreak at Philadelphia Protestant Home is just one of 15 this season at long-term care facilities in Philadelphia and eight in Bucks County (plus a hospital and a school), along with a sizable cluster at Princeton University that peaked on Valentine's Day - an interesting coincidence for a bug that can spread through touching. | | Tensions rise over contract talks at CCP Feb 25th 2012, 04:14 Contract negotiations at Community College of Philadelphia are becoming more tense and personal, with the union preparing to run an ad that takes aim at the president's salary. | | Four Philly-area Catholic high schools to stay open Feb 25th 2012, 02:17 After weeks of fevered fund-raising, rallies, and anxiety, Archbishop Charles J. Chaput announced Friday that thanks to millions of dollars in donations and pledges, all four archdiocesan high schools set to close in June would remain open. | | Feds seek PSU hard drives, financial info in Sandusky case Feb 25th 2012, 00:34 Computer hard drives of top Pennsylvania State University administrators and information on payments the school's trustees made to outside groups were among the items federal prosecutors subpoenaed from the university this month. | | Bucks man pleads guilty in kidnapping scheme Feb 25th 2012, 00:18 A Bucks County man pleaded guilty Friday to soliciting an undercover FBI agent, who was posing as a white supremacist, to kidnap a New Jersey woman and her child, prosecutors said. | | Rutgers trustees hear arguments on Rowan merger Feb 24th 2012, 23:42 The board of trustees of Rutgers University held a special meeting Thursday to consider options for reorganizing the school, including taking over three units from the University of Medicine and Dentistry and ceding the Camden campus to Rowan University. | | Inside the mind of a killer Feb 24th 2012, 21:35 After methodically shooting and killing 13 people in his East Camden neighborhood on Sept. 6, 1949, Howard Unruh fully expected to die in the electric chair or - at best - spend the rest of his life in prison. | | Oil leak yesterday at Paulsboro refinery Feb 24th 2012, 19:12 That odor noticed by many residents of Gloucester County in South Jersey and Delaware County in Pennsylvania turned out to be a large oil leak. | |
