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| Train Service Resumes, Moment of Reflection; One Dead in NJ Crash; Last Minutes in Mayor's Race |
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 by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/18/15 1:41 am | updated: 05/18/15 1:41 am |
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| Amtrak and SEPTA both announced that service will resume again following last Tuesday's crash of Amtrak 188 in Port Richmond that killed 8 and injured over 200. Amtrak crews have been working around the clock to restore service to the Northeast Corridor line between Philadelphia and New York. Acela Express, Northeast Regional and other services will begin with departures at 5:53 a.m. from 30th Street Station. Repairs have been made with "utmost care and emphasis on infrastructure... Read More |
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| Music News - Janet Jackson New Album, World Tour; U2 The Edge Falls Off Stage; Maroon 5 Summer Hit? |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/17/15 2:08 am | updated: 05/17/15 2:08 am |
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| Janet Jackson, who celebrated her 49th birthday on Saturday, announced in a #ConversationsInACafe video that she will be releasing a new album and going on a world tour in 2015. She said, “I promised you’d hear it from my lips, and now you will. This year, new music, new world tour, a new movement. I’ve been listening. Let’s keep the conversation going.” Jackson has released new music since 2008's Discipline and her last tour was in 2011. There are no dates for the tour... Read More |
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| Driver Dies After Crash in Lower Moreland; Ocean City Boardwalk Fire; SugarHouse Big Winner Robbed |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/17/15 12:52 am | updated: 05/17/15 12:57 am |
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| A driver is dead after he crashed his pickup truck into Lower Moreland High School on Saturday afternoon. It happened just before 2 p.m. on the 500 block of Red Lion Road in Lower Moreland. Witnesses saw the truck speeding across the parking lot, without any breaking or slowing down, and plow right through the side of the building. The black truck with Virginia tags ended up in a maintenance supply office on the other side of the wall. The school's janitor had just exited the room... Read More |
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| Trains Hit By Projectiles Prior to Crash; Report of Baby Thrown From Bridge; Death For Tsarnaev |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/16/15 12:19 am | updated: 05/16/15 12:20 am |
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| The NTSB interviewed the engineer and two assistant conductors on Friday following Tuesday's Amtrak 188 derailment in Philadelphia. At a 5:30 press conference, National Transportation Safety Board member Robert Sumwalt relayed what those Amtrak crew members told investigators. The engineer, Brandon Bostian, said that before the wreck he did not feel fatigued or ill before the wreck and the train did not have any operational problems. However, he does not have memory of the crash itself.... Read More |
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| Eight Amtrak 188 Deaths ID'd; 6 Philly Narcotics Cops Acquitted; Septuagenarian Pot Grower Busted |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/14/15 7:12 pm | updated: 05/14/15 7:14 pm |
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| Earlier today an 8th fatality was discovered in the wreckage of the Amtrak 188 train derailment in Port Richmond section of Philadelphia. 43 passengers remain in the hospital following Tuesday night's crash, 8 are in critical condition. 238 passengers and 5 crew were aboard the train when it derailed along a curve in the Frankford Junction section of track. All passengers have been accounted for at this time. The eight victims have been identified as Justin Zemser, 20, U.S. Navy... Read More |
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| Music News - Britney Spears/Iggy Azalea Video; Steven Tyler Country Single; Speedy Ortiz New Video |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/14/15 3:16 am | updated: 05/14/15 3:16 am |
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| Britney Spears and Iggy Azalea have released the totally 80's video for their "Pretty Girls" collaboration. Britney plays the typical airhead Valley girl and Iggy is an alien from space that crash lands in Brit's pool. After Azalea gets a makeover the pair hits the town. They cruise around in a Jeep, dance it up at a car wash, hang with friends, and take over the club. The whole premise is taken from the plot of the 1988 film "Earth Girls Are Easy" where Jeff Goldblum, Damon Wayans and... Read More |
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| Latest Philly Amtrak Crash Updates; Bucks Exterminator Guilty Murder; MOVE Disaster 30 Years |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/13/15 5:29 pm | updated: 05/13/15 5:38 pm |
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| The NTSB confirmed this afternoon that preliminary data shows that Amtrak Northeast Regional Train 188 was traveling 106 mph before it derailed in the Port Richmond neighborhood on Tuesday night around 9:30 p.m. The train veered off the tracks in an area known as Frankford Junction just as the the rails turn north near the 2000 block of Wheatsheaf Lane. Seven cars left the tracks in various states of disarray. The train was traveling from Washington, DC to New York City. There were... Read More |
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| Amtrak Northeast Regional Train Derails in Port Richmond, Philadelphia; 5 Killed, Dozens Injured |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/12/15 11:12 pm | updated: 05/13/15 4:19 am |
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| Emergency crews are on the scene after a passenger train derailed Tuesday evening in the Philadelphia's Port Richmond section. It happened around 9:30 p.m. on the 2000 block of Wheatsheaf Lane near Frankford Ave. The Amtrak Northeast Regional train #188 was making its way from Washington, DC, to New York City. Over 140 people have been injured in the accident, 6 critically, and there have been at least 5 deaths. The wounded are being taken to a variety of area hospitals including Temple... Read More |
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| Music News - Prince Paisley Park Concert; U2 Tour Preview Video; Kacey Musgraves Announces Album |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/13/15 3:55 am | updated: 05/13/15 3:55 am |
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| On May 2nd, Prince invited fans to attend a concert at Paisley Park, his home/studio in Chanhassen, Minnesota. The show was called the "Dance Rally 4 Peace" and fans were encouraged to wear gray in honor of Freddie Gray, the Baltimore man who died during police transport last month. Prince has now made the entire 41-minute set with his band, 3rdEyeGirl, available on his Soundcloud account. The set includes "Chaos & Disorder", "Dreamer", "Crimson & Clover", and "Guitar" and encore of... Read More |
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| Four Philly Cops Injured, Suspect Shot - Video; High Schooler Gets Montco Commendation |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/12/15 5:35 pm | updated: 05/12/15 5:36 pm |
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| Four Philadelphia Police officers from the 35th District were injured in a hit-and-run after being struck following a struggle with the driver in the city's Olney section on Tuesday afternoon. A 2:17 p.m., officers received a call about a car accident on the 800 block of Olney Avenue. They found a car crashed into a wall. When they tried to help the man out of the vehicle he began to fight with the police. They say he appeared incoherent. During the struggle the man got back into the car... Read More |
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Alvin Clay
