Pennsylvania is one step closer to finding out just how much teacher cheating occurred on its 2009 standardized tests as cities nationwide try to make sense of the phenomenon. On Monday, the state reported that it had received 83 percent of districts' internal probes into schools suspected of cheat... Read more...
Migration will form a virtual mega-city stretching through Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Baltimore, Maryland and ending in the capital Washington D.C. In 1910 72% of Americans lived in rural areas Vast swathes of the U.S. countryside are emptying and communities becomi... Read more...
You don't need to be a doctor or scientist to see that Americans are getting fatter and fatter. We are the United States of obesity. Twelve states now have obesity rates above 30 percent, a just-released report from Trust for America's Health shows. Even the state with the highest percentage of peo... Read more...
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20/07/2011,
by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in Death,
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Below is the statement made by Terri Maurer-Carter in support of freeing Mumia I, Terri Maurer-Carter declare: From approximately February 1982 through September 1986 and in 1998 I was employed as an official court stenographer in the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Philadelphia, ... Read more...
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12/07/2011,
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The clock is ticking for the state Department of Public Welfare. Under the budget Gov. Tom Corbett signed late Thursday, the department has to cut hundreds of millions of dollars in expenses while still providing services required by law. To help, state lawmakers gave the agency a controversial ... Read more...
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13/04/2011,
by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in Interviews,
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[vodpod id=Video.5950011&w=425&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] “It takes many to make revolution… and many to preserve it.” “About the idea of organizing outside of political parties and the political class —I’m with it. In fact, it may be the only thing that keep... Read more...
Stephen Smith was one of the wealthiest Afrian-Americans in the United States. He was born in Columbia, Pennsylvania, and went on to build an empire that included the Smith, Wipper and Company Lumber and Coal yard. He was a leading agent on the Underground Railroad when he was living in Columbia. I... Read more...
A northeastern Pennsylvania man froze to death after spending the night in his car in single-digit weather, authorities said. Police in Carbon County said Alan Kurtz, 49, of Lansford, was found by his wife outside their home about 9:30 a.m. Saturday. Detective Jack Soberick of the Lansford P... Read more...
Christopher Roney (born December 15, 1969 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), known by the stage name Cool C, is an American rapper whose musical career peaked in the late 1980s. He is perhaps best known today for the notoriety surrounding his involvement in the murder of a Philadelphia Police office... Read more...