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| Pong on the Cira Centre; Missing Boater After DE Capsize; School Lockdown; Kmart Video Game Theft |
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 by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/04/13 5:59 pm | updated: 04/04/13 5:59 pm |
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| Philadelphia's 29-story Cira Centre building next to 30th Street Station will host a giant game of the iconic Atari video game "Pong" later this month. The hundreds of LED lights that illuminate the Cira Centre at night will be used to display the paddles, balls, and score of the simple but groundbreaking 1970's video game. Players will stand on the steps of the Art Museum across the Schuylkill River and use giant joysticks to control the game. The facade of the Cira Centre will be... Read More |
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| ex-Arcadia Pres. Oxholm Shut Out; Man Throw Bottle, Pulls Gun on Video; Philly Teachers Lose License |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/03/13 5:55 pm | updated: 04/03/13 5:55 pm |
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| Fired Arcadia University President Carl "Tobey" Oxholm III says he has been banned from campus and was cut-off from his university email/calendar/contacts in a message sent to friends and colleagues on Tuesday evening. Oxholm was abruptly let go from his position on March 8th after serving as president of the private Glenside, PA university for only 20 months. The Board of Trustees and university leadership have declined to give reasons for Oxholm's termination citing its a confidential... Read More |
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| Rutgers Basketball Coach Mike Rice has been Fired after ESPN OTL Video |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/03/13 11:13 am | updated: 04/03/13 11:13 am |
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| Rutgers has fired their basketball coach. After the ESPN show, Outside the Lines featured video of Rutgers Men's Basketball coach, Mike Rice berating players during practices, the school has decided to fire him. The video was revealed to the school in November showing Rice throwing balls at players, grabbing them and using racial and gay slurs. At the time, Rutgers officials suspended Rice for three games, fined him $50,000 and sent him to anger management. Now it has decided, that was not... Read More |
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| Arrest/Confession in 1990 NJ Murder; Mom Burns Home Child Inside; Brooklawn Carjacker Sketch |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/02/13 6:14 pm | updated: 04/02/13 6:15 pm |
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| A Ventnor, NJ man has been charged in the 1990 murder of a teenager in Galloway Township today. 41-year-old Steven L. Goff walked into the Galloway Township Police Department on Monday morning and confessed to the crime committed nearly 23 years ago. The body of 15-year-old Frederick Hart was found 19 months after he was reported missing in May of 1990. A hunter discovered the body in a wooded area in December of 1991. The body was so decomposed that a cause of death could not be... Read More |
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| NJ Tanning Ban for Minors; Man Paid Cab with Pot; Brad Fox Stache Bash; SEPTA Derail; I76 Accident |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/01/13 11:40 pm | updated: 04/01/13 11:40 pm |
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| New Jersey Governor Christie has signed a bill on Monday that prohibits minors under the age of 14 from using spray tanning facilities and those under 17 from using tanning beds. The bill does say that those 17 and older can use commercial tanning beds if a parent or guardian is present for the initial consultation. The state already has strict guidelines pertaining to underage tanning. Currently children under 14 cannot use tanning beds and those under 18 must have written parental... Read More |
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| Tire Thief Caught on Tape; April Fool's in Philly; Sen. Casey Pro Gay Marriage; Phillies Lineup |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/01/13 5:12 pm | updated: 04/01/13 5:12 pm |
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| Philadelphia Police are searching for a suspect who was caught on surveillance tape stealing used tires and jacks worth $1600. The theft occurred on Friday March 29th at around 10:15 pm. It occurred at the Hunting Park Tire Shop located at 440 East Hunting Park Avenue. The man hopped over the fence and into the shop's yard. He threw several used tires and jacks over the fence and then took off in an unknown direction. The whole incident was caught on video. The suspect is described as a... Read More |
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| Google gets in on April Fool's Day early; Google Nose and Space Station |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/01/13 12:25 am | updated: 04/01/13 1:12 am |
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Google has gotten in on the April's Fools Day shenanigans a little early this year. The jokes are subtle and not so obvious. One is public and the other is hidden in an enterprise tool.
First off, you may notice a new google tool along the top with the usual suspects of Images, Maps, News, Gmail, etc. This one was just sitting there, innocuous enough, without any fanfare and called "Nose beta". What new google product could this be? Especially since Google Labs has been... Read More |
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| Top Dog Brawl/Stabbing; Teen Hits Building, Man Dies in Millville; Police Officer Dragged 3 Blocks |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 03/31/13 11:08 pm | updated: 03/31/13 11:08 pm |
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| A bar brawl at the Top Dog night club in Cherry Hill, NJ ended with 4 people stabbed, including a security guard, and another security guard injured. A fight broke out between two men on the second floor dance floor just after 2 am. When the bouncer, Robert Dellaquila, attempted to break up the fight other began to join in. He was stabbed in the leg along with three other patrons by 32-year-old suspect Daniel Skillings of Sicklerville, New Jersey. Skillings was subdued by the other... Read More |
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| Phil Ramone, record producer and engineer, Pope of Pop, passes away at age 79 |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 03/31/13 2:52 am | updated: 03/31/13 2:52 am |
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Phil Ramone, innovative record producer and engineer, passed away on Saturday at the age of 79 in New York. Ramone's prolific body of work with some of the biggest names of the past 50 years of music garnered him 14 grammy awards and the nickname “Pope of Pop.”
Phil Ramone was born January 5, 1934 in South Africa, but grew up in Brooklyn. His father died while he was young and his mother worked at a department store. Ramone, a childhood violin prodigy, started studying... Read More |
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| Woman Accidentally Shot by Boyfriend; Allen Iverson Back in Philly; Phillies Opening Day Roster |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 03/30/13 11:31 pm | updated: 03/30/13 11:31 pm |
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| A 27-year-old woman is dead in Kensington after being shot in the neck by her 28-year-old boyfriend. The shooting is said to have happened accidentally. The boyfriend was arguing with a neighbor outside their home on East Seltzer Street around 7:45 pm when the neighbor threatened him with a hammer. The boyfriend, fearing for his safety, pulled out his gun. However, he tripped and accidentally pulled the trigger hitting his girlfried. She was taken to the hospital but pronounced dead.... Read More |
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