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| Defense Rests, No Kathleen Kane Testimony; $10k Reward Germantown Shootings; Merlino Gets $5mil Bail |
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 by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 08/12/16 10:48 pm | updated: 08/12/16 10:48 pm |
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The defense rested on Friday without calling any witnesses in the obstruction and perjury case against Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane. Montgomery County judge Wendy Demchick Alloy asked Kane if she was going to take the stand. Kane said, “I don’t believe it’s necessary for me to testify on my own behalf.” The jury was sent home for the weekend. They'll hear closing arguments on Monday morning before being sent off to deliberations.
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| Perseid Meteor Showers in Philadelphia Sky August 11-13 2016; Live Slooh Video |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 08/12/16 12:48 am | updated: 08/12/16 12:48 am |
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| Each August as the Earth's annual orbit takes it through the remains of the comet Swift-Tuttle/109P, we are treated to a dramatic show of meteors streaking through the sky called the Perseids. Named because they seem to radiate from the constellation Perseus, this meteor shower will peak tonight Thursday August 11th through Friday August 12th. It is not uncommon to see up to 100 meteors an hour with the Perseids, but this year scientists are predicting an outburt with the possibility of up to... Read More |
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| Child Falls Off PA Rollercoaster; Woman Texting, Driving w/ Feet video; Cobbs Creek Teen Charged |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 08/11/16 9:28 pm | updated: 08/11/16 9:28 pm |
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| A child fell off a wooden roller coaster at an amusement park in Westmoreland County in western Pennsylvania on Thursday afternoon. It happened around 12:20 p.m. at the Idlewild Park and Soak Zone in Ligonier, PA, about and hour southeast of Pittsburg. The boy was on the coaster with his brother when he fell. He was conscious when he was airlifted to Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. He was riding the Rollo Coaster. It was built in 1938 and riders must be 3 feet tall and accompanied by... Read More |
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| Man Scales Trump Tower w/ Suction Cups video; 19yo Arrested Ambler Murder; Massive Car Theft Ring |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 08/10/16 11:52 pm | updated: 08/10/16 11:52 pm |
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| An unidentified man using suction cups attempted to scale Trump Tower in midtown Manhattan, New York City, this afternoon. The man began his ascent of the 58-story building from a publically accessible sub roof garden around 4:00 pm. During the climb he avoided NYPD, FDNY, and Emergency Services workers who opened up ventilation grates, broke through windows, and lowered window washing equipment in attempts to get to him. He was on the 56th Street side of the building and 5th Avenue was... Read More |
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| Captain Noah Passes At Age 90; Burlington NJ Murder-Suicide; Kathleen Kane Trial Starts |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 08/09/16 9:36 pm | updated: 08/09/16 9:36 pm |
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| Children's television pioneer W. Carter Merrier, better known as Captain Noah, passed away today at the age of 90. Merbreier and his wife Patricia created and hosted the long running children's show "Captain Noah and His Magical Ark" on Channel 6 from 1967 to 1994. Merbreier was an ordained Lutheran minister and former Philadelphia police chaplain and started the show as a religious program before turning into a strictly children's program in 1970. Generations of Philadelphians and those... Read More |
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| Sgt. Paul Owens Paralyzed from CJC Elevator; Berks Family Murder-Suicide; Ukranian Man Pleads Guilty |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 08/08/16 11:31 pm | updated: 08/08/16 11:31 pm |
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| Philadelphia Sheriff's Department officials say that the sergeant injured in an elevator failure last week at the courthouse is paralyzed from the waist down. 48-year-old Sergeant Paul Owens remains in critical condition and is in an induced coma. On Thursday, Owens was riding in an employee elevator at the Criminal Justice Center when it malfunctioned and crashed through the ceiling of the shaft and into a maintenance room. He suffered broken bones in his back and underwent surgery at... Read More |
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| Railing Collapse Injures 40+ at Snoop Dogg/Wiz Khalifa Concert at BBT Pavilion in Camden, NJ (video) |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 08/06/16 4:00 am | updated: 08/06/16 4:00 am |
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| A railing separating the lawn section and a concrete walkway just outside the covered pavilion collapsed on Friday night at the BBT Pavilion in Camden, NJ. It happened just after 10 pm. Rappers Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa were performing on a temporary, secondary stage right in front of the railing at the time of the collapse. It looked like the metal fence broke after a surge of people from the lawn. Dozens of concert goers spilled over the edge and dropped several feet onto the walkway. Over... Read More |
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| Two Arrested in Wawa Brawl Video; SS United States Plan Scrapped; Montco Gymnastics Coach Arrested |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 08/06/16 1:53 am | updated: 08/06/16 1:54 am |
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| Two people have been arrested in connection to a brawl caught on video last week in a Wawa in Northeast Philadelphia. 43-year-old Barbara Bayona and 20-year-old Jonathan Rodriguez, both of Ditman Street in Tacony, have been charged with riot, criminal mischief, simple assault and other offenses. It happened on Friday night July 29th at the Wawa located on the 6400 block of Torresdale Avenue and Levick Street. The video showed a group of people inside the store. Several were shouting at... Read More |
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| FBI Investigates IBEW Local 98 Leader; Supreme Count Denies Kane; Philly Free Streets 9/24 |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 08/05/16 9:20 pm | updated: 08/05/16 9:22 pm |
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| FBI agents and state police were busy on Friday executing numerous search warrants against IBEW Local 98 business manager Johnny 'Doc' Dougherty and Philadelphia City Councilman Bobby Henon. Agents removed cardboard boxes full of evidence as well as several computers from almost a dozen locations. They searched Dougherty's Moyamensing Ave. home in South Philadelphia as well as his sister's house next door. They also stopped at his bar called Doc's Union Pub and at the International... Read More |
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| Elevator Accident at Philadelphia CJC; Joey Merlino Arrested in FL; School District Testing Water |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 08/04/16 9:39 pm | updated: 08/04/16 9:39 pm |
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| An accident involving two elevators injured two people at the Philadelphia Criminal Justice Center this morning. Around 10:30 a.m., a loud 'explosion' shook the 17-story building at 13th and Filbert in Center City. The CJC was evacuated as a precaution and all court cases were postponed for the day. Authorities discovered that an employee elevator suffered a structural failure and broke through the ceiling of the shaft. That sent debris falling down the adjoining shaft onto another... Read More |
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Alvin Clay
