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| Sunoco Being Acquired, Temple Burglary Victim Arrested For Drugs, Worker Electrocuted and Falls |
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 by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/30/12 2:25 pm | updated: 04/30/12 2:25 pm |
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Sunoco Inc. is being acquired for $5.3 billion by a Texas pipeline company, Energy Transfer Partners of Dallas. Sunoco will maintain it's headquarters in Philadelphia after the merger, but will still be exiting the refinery business in this area as planned.
One of the Temple University students whose home was invaded and robbed last night by three masked men has been arrested. He was the victim but now he is in custody on drug possession charges because of what police found in... Read More |
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| Injured Bald Eagle Recovering Well, Cherry Hill Teacher Put on Leave |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/28/12 8:18 am | updated: 04/28/12 8:18 am |
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| The injured Bald Eagle found in a Broomall parking lot on April 17 is recovering well, but not 100 percent yet. The large bird was found by a maintenance man emptying the trash barely alive, but still breathing. It turns out the bird had been shot, then apparently hit by a car, and had lead poisoning. Case no. 0442 is now being treated at the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education in Roxborough, where it can now stand but is still disoriented and can't yet fly in the outdoor flight cage... Read More |
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| Saturday is Drug Take-Back Day, Kermit Gosnell pleads not guilty, Villanova Women win DMR |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/27/12 12:16 pm | updated: 04/27/12 12:16 pm |
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| Tomorrow is National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. Expired and unwanted medications pose threats both to abusers and the water supply. Never flush drugs and if you dispose in the trash, do so in a plastic bag with coffee grounds or kitty litter. The safest way is to use the Take Back program. Supermarkets, churches, municipal buildings and police stations are among the places taking part, under police supervision. Read More |
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| $172.7 Million Powerball Won by SEPTA workers, Police Text Tip line, Tire Slasher Bail at $270,00 |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/26/12 5:55 pm | updated: 04/26/12 5:55 pm |
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The $172.7 million Powerball jackpot from 4/25/12 was sold at a newsstand in The Gallery at Market East in Philadelphia. The winner? Well it's actually winners. The ticket belongs to a group of SEPTA transit workers consisting of about 40 members. The co-workers buy tickets together all the time and work on the same floor. Happy hour is going to be fun tonight! The winning numbers were 04-25-29-34-43, plus the red Powerball, 29.
Last night at Philly Tech Week's Switch Philly... Read More |
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| Bruce Springsteen to Play Citizen's Bank Park Labor Day Weekend; Not Revel in Atlantic City |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/15/12 4:28 pm | updated: 04/26/12 7:15 am |
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Bruce Springsteen has added a few more North American shows to his "Wrecking Ball" tour for this fall. This includes a September 2nd date at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia over Labor Day weekend.
He'll also be playing in Boston, Washington, DC, Chicago, and East Rutherford, NJ.
Bruce Springsteen Tour Dates
However, Springsteen is NOT going to be playing in Atlantic... Read More |
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| Police Arrest Northeast Philly Tire Slashing Suspect |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/25/12 4:16 pm | updated: 04/25/12 4:16 pm |
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| Police in Northeast Philadelphia have arrested a suspect, David Toledo, who lives on Aldine Street in Mayfair. That is the same street that bore the brunt of the attacks. David also belongs to the Aldine/Teesdale block watch group that was setup after the rash of attacks began. Toledo himself reported acts of tire vandalism to his own car and his wife's vehicle to the police, and talked to several media outlets during coverage of the attacks about being terrorized by the slasher and not knowing... Read More |
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| Rabid Animals in Delco, Valentino Gary Jr. Pleads Guilty, Asante Samuel Traded to Falcons |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/25/12 3:53 pm | updated: 04/25/12 3:53 pm |
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| It seems like the wild animals have gotten spring fever. Upper Darby is on the lookout for a raccoon who bit a 15 year old girl on the leg. The victim was staying overnight at her boyfriend's parents' and woke to use the bathroom when the raccoon who had climbed in the house bit her on the leg and ran. In Wayne, authorities tracked down a man who found an injured red fox along Lancaster Ave, but left without giving his info. The fox was determined to have rabies, and the man, though not bit ,... Read More |
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| Beach Boys preview their first new single in 20 years; "That's Why God Made the Radio" |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/24/12 5:02 pm | updated: 04/24/12 5:02 pm |
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| The Beach Boys have just unveiled a clip of "That's Why God Made the Radio," the first single off their reunion album. The album of new material is due to hit shelves on June 5th. The group split up in the late 1990s and toured separately. Last year, they put any animosity off to the side and reunited for a tour. They've spent the last few months at a Los Angeles studio working on their new album. This new album and summer tour is for their 50th Anniverary. They play the Susquehanna Bank Center... Read More |
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| Fiona Apple's new album "The Idler Wheel..." set to release June 19th |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/06/12 8:00 pm | updated: 04/23/12 7:04 pm |
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Fiona Apple will release her 4th album on June 19th on Epic. It's called "The Idler Wheel is wiser than the Driver of the Screw, and Whipping Cords will serve you more than Ropes will ever do." You may remember Apple's affinity for cumbersome titles, just take a look at 1999's "When the Pawn..." *see below
This is Apple's first new release since "Extraordinary Machine" in 2005.
The expected track list of new songs:
1. Every Single Night
2.... Read More |
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| Brian Dawkins Retires, Camden Cracks Down on Dumpers, Cab Surcharges, Man Jumped in Front of Train |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/23/12 2:30 pm | updated: 04/23/12 2:30 pm |
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| A man wanted for murder in New York was killed this morning when he jumped in front of a SEPTA train between Jenkintown and Noble stations. The suspect's truck was spotted speeding down Route 309 found abandoned at the Jenkintown Elementary School, triggering a lockdown of the school districts 600 students. A pair of officers stopped the man, Thomas W. Borden, 33, near Rodman Ave. and Old York Road in Abington. He broke away and ran through a yard, down an embankment and onto the commuter... Read More |
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