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| Flyers Fire Coach Laviolette; Mother and Son Were Dead Before Fire; Woman who Hit Bus on Blvd. Dies |
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 by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 10/07/13 6:24 pm | updated: 10/07/13 6:24 pm |
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| The Philadelphia Flyers fired coach Peter Laviolette today after an 0-3 start. Assistant Craig Berube, in his seventh season with the organization, will take over as the 18th coach in Flyers history. Laviolette was hired early into the 2009 season and led the Flyers to the 2010 Stanley Cup Finals. They made the playoffs the next two seasons but failed last season. All four sports teams in Philadelphia have now changed their head coach in the past 10 months. Berube joins Chip Kelly of... Read More |
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| Mother and Son Found Under Burning Mattress; Skeletal Remains Found of Man Missing 1 Year |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 10/05/13 11:13 pm | updated: 10/05/13 11:13 pm |
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| The bodies of a woman and a boy were discovered Saturday morning in the Wissinoming section of Philadelphia after a fire. Firefighters responded to an apartment building on the 4600 block of Howell Street just before 9 a.m. Inside the apartment they found a bloody mattress in the living room. Further in the first floor apartment, they found another mattress inside a closet that was on fire. The bodies of a young woman around 30-years-old and an 11-year-old boy were uncovered beneath that... Read More |
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| El Wingador Sentenced to 7 years; 13 Hospitalized in AC crash; October 80's Continue this weekend |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 10/04/13 7:00 pm | updated: 10/04/13 7:00 pm |
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| Local competitive eating champion, 'El Wingador,' has been sentenced to 7 years in prison on cocaine charges. William Simmons, 51, of Woodbury Heights, NJ, pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute cocaine back in July. He was arrested in June 2012 in an undercover sting with around $8,000 worth of the drug and $4,000 in cash. Simmons has been apologetic since his arrest. He will be able to apply to an intensive supervision program which could significantly shorten his prison... Read More |
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| United States Capitol went on Lockdown after gunshots and car chase outside. |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 10/03/13 6:01 pm | updated: 10/03/13 6:01 pm |
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| The United States Capitol was placed on lockdown this afternoon after a woman rammed her car into a White House gate, then was chased by Secret Service and exchanged gunfire with police. The woman was shot and killed and one Capitol Police officer was injured. It all started at around 2 pm when she attempted to drive her car through the White House gate near 15th St. and E. She had a child in the car at the time. The woman was then chased at high speeds about 12 blocks when she began firing... Read More |
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| Arrest for Penn Wood Stolen Instruments; Pasquale Files Suit; 3 More Arrested in McClay Murder |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 10/02/13 5:32 pm | updated: 10/02/13 5:32 pm |
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| A private security guard hired to monitor Penn Wood High School’s Green Avenue campus has been arrested for stealing $15,000 in musical instruments from the school. 54-year-old Cory Thompson of Philadelphia turned himself in yesterday and was arraigned in Upper Darby court today. Last April, some one set fire to that school building. While the restoration work was being completed the district hired security to guard the buildings 24/7. Thirteen instruments were discovered missing from... Read More |
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| No Need For Alarm at Peach Bottom; Man Shot at LOVE Park Dies; More Arrested in Newark Smacked Party |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 10/01/13 6:05 pm | updated: 10/01/13 6:05 pm |
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| Authorities say there is no problem at a Pennsylvania nuclear power plant after the sirens went off briefly. The sirens sounded at the Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station on the Susquehanna River Tuesday morning in York County. The office of Emergency management said that there was no emergency and there is no reason to be alarmed. The two unit facility located about 50 miles south of Harrisburg near the Maryland border has 97 different sirens but only a few of them went off. Officials are... Read More |
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| Olney Man Jumps in Car, Rapes Teen; Body Found in Burning Car; Hit and Run Motorcycle and Horse |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 09/30/13 5:06 pm | updated: 09/30/13 5:06 pm |
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| Philadelphia SVU investigators are looking for man who raped a teenage girl in North Philly last week. Police say the teen was stopped at a red light in the Olney section when the man jumped into her car and pointed a gun at her. He then made her drive to an isolated area of the 5900 block of N 21st Street before pulling her from car and raping her. He fled northbound on 21st street. Authorities have released a detailed sketch of the suspect. He is described as a black male, 20 to 30... Read More |
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| 4 injured in North Philly Collapse; Wrong Way Driver Kills Mother; Double Shooting in Hunting Park |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 09/29/13 8:45 pm | updated: 09/29/13 9:40 pm |
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A 19-year-old woman was injured today in a building collapse in North Philadelphia. She was trapped after a two-story garage collapsed at 12th Street and Lehigh Avenue. She was taken to Temple University Hospital for treatment. The building collapsed after a car making a turn at the intersection lost control and crashed into the empty garage causing the front to crumble. There were four in the car all of whom were transported to Temple University Hospital.
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| Historic Firehouse Fire Old City; Same Sex Marriage Ruling in Jersey; Lorenzos in Well Fargo Center |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 09/27/13 5:44 pm | updated: 09/27/13 5:44 pm |
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| A fire erupted at a historic firehouse in Old City Philadelphia around lunchtime. The fire started before noon at the firehouse located at 4th and Arch Streets in Old City. Firefighters were able to respond quickly to the blaze at their own house but not before it caused significant damage to the doors and interior rafters. It was brought under control in about 15 minutes. The fire started when the engine block of an ambulance parked inside exploded. This firehouse is referred to as... Read More |
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| Amber Alert Canceled in DE; Former Priest Arrested for Abuse; 12-year-old Shoots Teen in Wilmington |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 09/26/13 6:45 pm | updated: 09/26/13 6:45 pm |
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Police in Delaware have cancelled an Amber Alert for a potential child abduction. The alert was issued on Tuesday evening after a report of a possible kidnapping by a witness near Albion Drive and Elliot Street in the Whispering Pines community of Newark, DE. Police have not received a missing child report and they canvased the area and have not found anything. New Castle County Detectives announced that although they were canceling the alert they will continue to investigate.
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Alvin Clay
