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| Amended Soda Tax Passes Council Committee; Gov Wolf Signs Wine Bill; Car Windows Smashed in Fishtown |
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 by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 06/09/16 2:08 am | updated: 06/09/16 2:08 am |
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| An amended version of Mayor Kenney's proposed "soda tax" made it past committee in Philadelphia's City Council this evening. It will go before the entire council next Thursday. Kenney had proposed a 3-cents per ounce tax on sugary drinks to pay for universal Pre-K, community schools, and parks and recreation imporovements. The amended proposal cuts the tax in half to 1.5-cents per ounce, but expands its reach to include artificially sweetened drinks like diet soda. The soda industry... Read More |
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| Lauren Marsh at Hard Rock Cafe Philadelphia! w/ Giada J. and LULLANAS, Fri. 6/10 8pm |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 06/08/16 3:14 am | updated: 06/08/16 3:14 am |
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After spending last summer in the studio working on her new five-song EP, award winning, indie singer-songwriter Lauren Marsh officially released Veracity on Friday January 22nd, 2016.
A stirring collection of atmospheric indie-pop tunes, relying on synth and FX as they do ukulele and keyboard, Read More |
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| Arrest Made in 78yo's Murder; Wine Bill Passes PA House; Woman Raped Behind Wawa |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 06/07/16 10:03 pm | updated: 06/07/16 10:03 pm |
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| Police have made an arrest in connection with the murder of a 78-year-old man in Southwest Philadelphia last week. The suspect, 18-year-old Quintis Clark, turned himself in to police late Monday. Police discovered Joseph Daly on his living room floor in a pool of blood on May 31st. The backdoor was unlocked and window broken. Daly's van was initially missing but recovered last Thursday. An arrest warrant for Clark was put together over the weekend. He has been charged with murder, criminal... Read More |
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| Police Seek Fan Who Threw Bottle at Howard; New Video KOP Kidnap; Suspect in 78yo Murder |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 06/06/16 9:33 pm | updated: 06/06/16 9:33 pm |
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| Philadelphia Police are looking for a man who threw a beer bottle at Phillies' first baseman Ryan Howard at the end of Saturday's game at Citizen's Bank Park. Howard was walking towards the dugout after grounding out to end the game when the fan threw an aluminum bottle. The bottle did not hit Howard, but did land near his feet. "I've done too much in this town to have that kind of stuff," Howard told reporters Sunday. "If you want to yell out 'You suck,' that's whatever. But when you... Read More |
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| Muhammad Ali, The Greatest of All Time, has died at age 74. |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 06/04/16 5:36 am | updated: 06/04/16 5:36 am |
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The Greatest of All Time has passed. Muhammad Ali has died at age 74 after a 32-year battle with Parkinson's disease. Ali was at a Phoenix-area hospital the past few days being treated for respiratory complications. Funeral services are being planned for his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky.
Born Cassius Clay on Jan. 17, 1942 in Louisville, KY, he started boxing at the age of 12. Clay won six Kentucky Golden Gloves championships, two National Golden Gloves championships and two... Read More |
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| Lawyer Arrested for Coffee Attack; Pharmacist Shoots Attempted Robber; North Penn Teen Admits Arson |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 06/03/16 9:18 pm | updated: 06/03/16 9:18 pm |
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| A Montgomery County woman has been arrested for throwing coffee on and assaulting another woman outside of a Center City Starbucks back in April. 47-year-old Yvonne Montgomery, a lawyer from Wyncote, was caught on surveillance video back on April 25 at the Starbucks at 1600 Arch Street. During the altercation, Montgomery allegedly threw a cup of coffee in the 54-year-old woman's face. She also punched her in the face, grabbed her hair, and pulled her to the ground. A nearby witness... Read More |
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| Prince Died from Accidental Overdose; Woman in Chester Co Pond ID'd; King of Prussia Sink Hole |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 06/02/16 9:10 pm | updated: 06/02/16 9:14 pm |
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| The Minnesota Medical Examiner's office has concluded its investigation into the death of Prince and determined that the star died from an accidental overdose from an opiod painkiller. Toxicology results showed that he had the powerful pain medication Fentanyl in his system. Prince was found unresponsive on the morning of April 21st in an elevator of his Paisley Park estate outside of... Read More |
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| Murder-Suicide at UCLA Prompts Lockdown; 1.9 Million Fords Recalled; Small Plane Crash in Chester Co |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 06/01/16 9:05 pm | updated: 06/01/16 9:05 pm |
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| Two people are dead in what is being called a murder-suicide on the campus of UCLA in Los Angeles on Wednesday. The shooting prompted a massive tactical response on the campus involving hundreds of officers from numerous agencies. The campus was put on lockdown as SWAT teams searched the school. The all clear was given after about 2 hours. The shooting itself happened in an office in the Boelter Hall engineering building. Authorities discovered two men dead from gunshot wounds. A gun and... Read More |
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| Suspect Sought, Woman/Daughter Assault; Woman in Pond w Cinder Block; Man Fell From I-95 Overpass |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/31/16 8:46 pm | updated: 05/31/16 8:46 pm |
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| Philadelphia Police are searching for a suspect wanted for the brutal assault of a 38-year-old woman and the sexual assault of a 13-year-old teenage girl in a Frankford home early Tuesday morning. It happened around 12:30 a.m. on the 1900 block of Pratt Street. When police arrived to the scene, the teenager described how her stepfather, 39-year-old Malik Bailey, dragged her from her bedroom to the basement and sexually assaulted her. Her mother was found in a pool of blood on the second... Read More |
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| The Great Migration, First Friday Rent Party Series w/ Philadelphia Jazz Project Cont. June 3rd |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/31/16 6:41 pm | updated: 05/31/16 6:41 pm |
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| Philadelphia, PA: 2016 marks the 100th anniversary of the start of the Great Migration: A historic period when millions of Black Americans moved from the South to the Northeast, Midwest and West. This changed the country culturally, politically and socially. People like Dizzy Gillespie, Jimmy, Percy and Tootie Heath, Cat Anderson, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Nina Simone, Archie Shepp, Jimmy... Read More |
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Alvin Clay
