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May 21
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Zack Seward, @zackseward
More people seem to be ditching office chairs in favor of standing desks. A recent article in the New Yorker even tackled the trend of treadmill desks.
A mounting body of research suggests that sitting is bad for you — May 21
One in five juvenile offenders in Pennsylvania commits another crime within two years of leaving the justice system — that's according to a new report from the state's Juvenile Court Judges' Commission. It's the first -
Maiken Scott, @maikenscott
May 21
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Taunya English, @taunyaenglish
Crozer-Chester Medical Center, Temple University Hospital, Hahnemann University Hospital and Delaware County Memorial Hospital are on a list of medical centers with the highest billing rates in the nation.
May 20
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Tom Johnson
Frustrated by state agencies’ inaction, a coalition of conservation organizations wants regulatory officials to require that cooling towers be built to reduce massive fish kills at two big power plants in New Jersey and a May 20
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Maiken Scott, @maikenscott
How long can you focus on one task before your attention takes you somewhere else? A new study tracked students' every move while they studied - or - supposedly studied.
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Climate change milestone
May 21Guests: Gavin Schmidt, Anthony Leiserowitz Last week carbon dioxide in the atmosphere reached record levels — 400 parts per million, according to a monitoring station in Hawaii. Never in human history have carbon dioxide concentrations been that high. Scientists have
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Investigative reporter Jeremy Scahill on Dirty Wars
May 21GUEST: JEREMY SCAHILL Much of the Obama Administration’s national security policy relies on the work of the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) and the CIA’s Special Activities Division. According to our guest JEREMY SCAHILL, National Security Correspondent for The Nation,
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Parenting with a mental illness
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Zack Seward
Sitting at work no good, so GSK employees try standing and new treadmill desks:More people seem to be ditching office chairs in favor More »
Jen Bradley
Mt. Airy Kids Literary Festival this weekend:Celebrate books with wonderful events and author meet and greets More »
Tony Auth
Burn, baby, burn!:The Republicans have been tormenting Obama for his entire presidency. More »
Chris Satullo
IRS' Tea Party scrutiny was a huge blunder, but a deeper issue lurks beneath:Let's try to do something that Washington has a hard More »
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