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11 hours 45 min ago
US House candidate John Carney is calling for a working group to study the link between contaminants in Delaware's groundwater and cancer rates.
11 hours 46 min ago
A federal judge's decision to delay implementation of parts of Arizona's controversial immigration law will prolong the debate and make it more heated, some Delaware residents say.
12 hours 7 min ago
Delaware beaches rank second in the nation in water quality, according to a report released Wednesday by the Natural Resources Defense Council.
12 hours 26 min ago
Update: One passenger in critical condition with severe head trauma.
12 hours 31 min ago
Vice President Biden said Wednesday it is "much too premature" to begin judging the Obama administration's policy in Afghanistan, but he said this week's release of classified war documents increased public skepticism.
12 hours 33 min ago
Peoples Settlement Association, a more-than-century-old social service agency that has been helping the East Side's poorest residents since 1901, is being taken to sheriff's sale.
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 02:19
The Federal Communications Commission has denied the City of Wilmington's challenge to WHYY television's request to renew its license, city officials announced Wednesday.
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 02:04
The first of an estimated 120 ponies swam ashore at exactly noon Wednesday while a large crowd of onlookers cheered at the 85th annual Chincoteague Pony Swim.
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 01:56
Skateboarders in northern Delaware finally may have a place to call home by next spring.
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 01:51
The Music School of Delaware reported a 10 percent increase in enrollment for the upcoming school year, the fruit of an effort to build its profile over the last three years.
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 01:31
The Milton-area man charged with killing his teenage son pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges Wednesday.
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 01:28
A 39-year-old Seaford man was arrested for allegedly raping a 21-year-old woman Monday.
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 01:25
A Milltown man who had been drinking in a Dewey Beach bar was arrested early Wednesday after he assaulted a female acquaintance and broke into a home near Rehoboth Beach while the occupants were sleeping, police said.
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 01:19
As members of the Army's 10th Mountain Division stood at attention before him, Vice President Joe Biden outlined this summer's withdrawal of combat troops from Iraq and thanked the soldiers for accomplishing their mission.
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 01:03
More than three pounds of marijuana was seized during a Tuesday search of a Holly Oak man's home and sport utility vehicle, state police said.
Wed, 07/28/2010 - 21:03
At first glance it's hard to imagine that 18-year-old Delsy Morales could get up in front of an audience and do what's hard for many of us: Give a speech.
Wed, 07/28/2010 - 03:42
An embattled tea party faction endorsed Republican Christine O'Donnell on Tuesday, as her campaign called the boost in support a "game changer" in her bid for the US Senate.
Wed, 07/28/2010 - 03:27
A group of moderate House Republicans is backing legislation Rep Mike Castle says he proposed -- based on input from small-business owners in Delaware -- to use unspent stimulus money to provide tax breaks, reduce regulatory burdens and increase...
Wed, 07/28/2010 - 03:24
A US audit has found that the Pentagon cannot account for more than 95 percent of billions of dollars in Iraq reconstruction money, spotlighting Iraqi complaints that there is little to show for the massive amounts of funds pumped into their...
Wed, 07/28/2010 - 03:21
The Hearn and Rawlins Mill, on the bank of Hearns Pond outside Seaford, once was a bustling enterprise central to southern Delaware in the 1800s and much of the 1900s.