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 by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 11/13/12 10:50 pm | updated: 11/13/12 10:50 pm |
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The family of slain Philadelphia police officer Moses Walker Jr. has filed a federal lawsuit against the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole. Walker's surviving relatives cite numerous breakdowns within the parole board that allowed accused triggerman Rafael Jones to slip through the cracks. In their suit, they say that confessed gunman Rafael Jones should have been behind bars because he was in violation of his probation after testing positive for drug use.
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 11/13/12 5:53 am | updated: 11/13/12 5:53 am |
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| The state Supreme Court has suspended a Philadelphia judge accused of having failed to report legal problems to the bar association that later recommended him for election. The high court order dated Friday said Common Pleas Judge Thomas Nocella was relieved of "any and all judicial and administrative responsibilities." The order does not affect his salary or benefits. The state Judicial Conduct Board last month charged Nocella with violating judicial canons and the state constitution in... Read More |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 11/12/12 5:48 am | updated: 11/12/12 5:48 am |
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| Veterans Day ceremonies were held throughout the Delaware Valley on Sunday to honor those who've served. At the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Washington Square Military Cemetery at 7th and Walnut, Mayor Nutter joined other veterans in a Sunday morning wreath laying ceremony. Visitors to the National Constitution Center were greeted by the strains of marches played by the 28th Division Band of the Pennsylvania National Guard. Additional Veterans Day ceremonies are scheduled across... Read More |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 11/08/12 10:45 pm | updated: 11/08/12 10:45 pm |
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| A condemned inmate escaped lethal injection Thursday for the murder of a teenage girl after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the execution should be halted. Just hours after a federal appeals court put a stop to the preparations, the high court agreed, preventing Hubert Lester Michael Jr. from becoming the first person put to death in the state since 1999. Michael, who pleaded guilty to fatally shooting Trista Elizabeth Eng in 1993, had been taken earlier in the day to Rockview State Prison in... Read More |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 11/08/12 5:49 am | updated: 11/08/12 5:49 am |
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Surgeons at CHOP successfully completed operations to separate 8-month-old twin girls from New York who were joined at the lower chest and abdomen. Lead surgeon Holly Hedrick said in a statement Wednesday night that the complex surgery "went very well and as expected." Officials said the surgery was the 21st separation of conjoined twins performed at the hospital.
Residents and businesses that had only recently regained electricity after losing it in Superstorm Sandy last week... Read More |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 11/07/12 5:44 am | updated: 11/07/12 5:44 am |
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The Township of Toms River, New Jersey has issued evacuation notices ahead of the Nor'easter forecasted to hit the region today, bringing rain, high winds and the potential for moderate coastal flooding. The mandatory evacuations are effective at 12 p.m. Wednesday for anyone working or staying on the Barrier Island.
There is a voluntary evacuation for the low lying areas on the mainland effective 4 p.m. today.Four more years.
Barack Obama received enough electoral votes... Read More |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 11/06/12 5:46 am | updated: 11/06/12 5:46 am |
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| Police in Bucks County are searching for a missing elderly man who was last seen leaving his home on Sunday. Police say Raymond Buchek left his home on Dogwood Drive in Levittown at about 10 a.m. Sunday to take a walk and has not been seen since. He was last seen wearing a brown jacket and khaki pants. He is described as a white male, 5 feet 5 inches, about 150 lbs, and has blue eyes and white hair. Anyone with any information is asked to call the Bristol Township Police Department at... Read More |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 11/05/12 5:53 am | updated: 11/05/12 5:53 am |
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| Voters in Philadelphia tomorrow will face four ballot questions, one of which proposes changing one of the oddities of the 60-year-old Philadelphia Home Rule charter. At issue: whether the water commissioner should have the final say on rate hikes. The city charter approved in the 1950s has the water commissioner proposing rate hikes, and then, after a series of public hearings, the commissioner approves the rate hikes. The Nutter administration says a rate-setting commission would only... Read More |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 11/02/12 5:50 am | updated: 11/02/12 5:50 am |
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| The first of four alleged victims expected to take the witness stand, testifies she was pulled off the street and into a car and raped by the alleged Kensington rapist, who is accused of raping three women and a fourth attempted rape in November of last year. The witness has testified defendant Marcos Camacho held a knife to her neck and raped her inside the car. Defense Attorney Alfonso Gambone told the jury Camacho, will testify he had sex with this woman, but it was consensual and that he... Read More |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 11/01/12 5:48 am | updated: 11/01/12 5:48 am |
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Twelve municipalities/water companies in New Jersey have instituted boil water advisories for all or parts of their communities:
⢠Atlantic City MUA
⢠New Brunswick Water Department
⢠Independence MUA – Highland System, Warren County
• Fortesque
• Ship Bottom
• Cedar Bonnet Island
• United Water Sunset Ridge, Vernon Township
• United Water Highlands Lakes, Vernon Township
• United... Read More |
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