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  • Philly District Attorney employees win fraud award for investigating dental scam

    By Shannon McDonald

    May 16, 2012

    Assistant District Attorney Vicki Markovitz and Detective Karl Supperer of the District Attorney’s Insurance Fraud Unit in Philadelphia have won the 2012 Fraud Fighter Award.

    You might not recognize their names, but you should be familiar with the headline-making scam they busted. Markovitz and Supperer investigated and arrested Dr. Owen Rogal and Kim Rogal, a father-daughter team who billed insurance companies for more than $5 million in fraudulent claims.  More »

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  • Part of Main Street closed due to Manayunk water main break

    By NewsWorks Staff

    May 16, 2012

    NewsWorks' Roxborough/Manayunk/East Falls Editor Megan Pinto just got off the phone with the owner of Spectrum Scientifics on Main Street in Manayunk. 

    The street is closed off from Levering to Green Lane because of a water main break. Philadelphia Water Department crews are out there now, and NewsWorks is awaiting a return phone call from the PWD for details on what happened.

    NewsWorks will have more details as they become available.

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  • 'Startup Beach House' taking applications for a very different kind of Shore TV show

    By Shannon McDonald

    May 16, 2012

    This ain't no "Jersey Shore."

    It's not supposed to be, anyway. The application period is open for the "Startup Beach House," the Shore rental where local aspiring startup owners will build their business on camera.  More »

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  • Priest-abuse files kept behind lock, key, alarm

    By Associated Press

    May 16, 2012

    Evidence in a groundbreaking priest-abuse trial shows the men running the Philadelphia archdiocese used byzantine methods to keep child sex-abuse complaints from prying eyes.

    Memos unearthed from long-secret archives show the complaints were not just under lock and key — but protected by locks, keys, alarms, safes, computer passwords and other measures.  More »

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  • Peace, love and horseshoe crabs

    By Eric Walter

    May 16, 2012

    Planning on stopping by the Peace, Love & Horseshoe Crabs Festival this weekend?

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  • Coming tonight on NewsWorks Tonight

    By Eric Walter

    May 16, 2012

    Here's what the WHYY newsroom is chasing down for tonight's "NewsWorks Tonight" broadcast.

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  • Corbett's higher education advisory panel seeking public input

    By Eric Walter

    May 16, 2012

    Pa. Gov. Tom Corbett's Advisory Commission on Postsecondary Education is meeting in Harrisburg on Thursday to seek public opinion on higher ed in the state. It is the first of five such meetings in regions around the state, with further gatherings planned for Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Wilkes-Barre and Mercer County.

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  • PATCO offers customer survey for 'Quiet Car' program

    By Josh Simeone

    May 16, 2012

    PATCO wants to hear how you feel about the Quiet Car pilot program. On Tuesday, the Delaware River Port Authority announced it would continue the program, which was scheduled to end on June 1 after receiving positive customer feedback. 

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  • Chester prepping for return of USA Sevens Rugby in June

    By Eric Walter

    May 16, 2012

    A sport once famously called "a ruffian's game played by gentlemen" is returning to the Delaware Valley. On the first weekend in June, the USA Sevens Collegiate Rugby Championship will commence at PPL Park in Chester.

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Some Pa. lawmakers get heat for membership in ALEC
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May 16 - Mary Wilson

Pennsylvania lawmakers are coming under fire from a left-leaning group for their involvement in a pro-business public policy exchange group. One conservative legislator who is a member of the group, however, says the organization More »

N.J. lawmaker pushes for end to red light-camera systems
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May 16 - Phil Gregory

A state lawmaker wants to ban those red light cameras in use in some cities and towns in New Jersey Sen. Michael Doherty says the cameras are just a way for local governments to make more More »

In aftermath of Bucks chemical plant fire, neighbors remain nervous
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May 16 - Kevin McCorry, for NewsWorks

A bolt of lightning caused a chemical fire at the Dow Chemical plant in Bristol, Pa., early Wednesday morning. Even though hazardous-materials officials say the area is now safe, many living in the shadow of More »