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| Rare Hybrid Solar Eclipse in Philadelphia Sunday November 3, 2013 |
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 by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 11/03/13 3:35 am | updated: 11/03/13 3:35 am |
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| A rare 'hybrid' solar eclipse will happen this Sunday, November 3rd and it will be visible in the Philadelphia area. The hybrid solar eclipse (or an annular/total solar eclipse ) is an extremely rare occurrence. Of the 11,898 solar eclipses listed over a 5,000 year span from 1999 BC to 3000 AD in Fred Espenak’s Five Millennium Catalog of Solar Eclipses, only 569, or 4.8% are hybrids. It has to do with the curvature of the earth affecting which location's on earth's surface fall in the... Read More |
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| LAX Gunman from South Jersey; Special Needs Student Drowns; Fmr Tower Hill Headmaster Arrested |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 11/01/13 11:02 pm | updated: 11/01/13 11:02 pm |
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| The gunman suspected of using an assault rifle to open fire on TSA agents inside Los Angeles International Airport this morning is originally from South Jersey. 23-year-old Paul Ciancia has a family address and grew up in Pennsville, Salem County, N.J. He's been living in Los Angeles recently, but authorities are not sure for how long. Ciancia walked into Terminal 3 at Los Angeles International Airport around 9:30 a.m. Pacific time on Friday, pulled a rifle from a bag and began firing.... Read More |
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| Cat Hoarding at Grace Kelly Home; 300-ft Camden Skyview Tower; Armed Robbers Take $310k in Northeast |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 10/31/13 10:16 pm | updated: 10/31/13 10:16 pm |
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| The Pennsylvania SPCA says that Humane Law Enforcement Officers are investigating a possible case of cat hoarding at the former home of Grace Kelly. Officers served a warrant at the home on the 3900 block of Henry Avenue in Philadelphia’s East Falls section. They were only allowed into the house's foyer but found evidence of hoarding, including several cat remains. A complaint was received on the on the PSPCA cruelty hotline. The home was owned by Grace Kelly's mother, Margaret Kelly,... Read More |
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| Teenage Girl hit fatally hit on way to bus; Attempted abduction of 9-year-old on Frankford Ave. |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 10/31/13 12:14 am | updated: 10/31/13 12:14 am |
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A teenage girl was struck and killed by two vehicles while walking to the bus stop this morning in Vineland, NJ. She has been identified as 14-year-old Alexa Strittmatter. She died at the scene of the crash on South Main Road between Magnolia Road and East Elmer Road at 6:45 a.m. Her brother and sister were also walking to the bus when she was hit. She was a freshman at Vineland High School North.
Police are looking for a man who to tried to abduct a 9-year-old girl in front of... Read More |
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| Haddonfield Body ID'd by Tattoos; Blvd Drag Racers Held for Trial on Deaths; Temple Prof Assaulted |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 10/29/13 10:08 pm | updated: 10/29/13 10:08 pm |
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| Police have identified the decomposing body of a man found in a marsh in Haddonfield, NJ, yesterday. Distinctive tattoos helped investigators identify the man as 26-year-old Reginald Glover of Philadelphia. The body was found by joggers yesterday near Merion and Haverford Ave and appeared to have been there for several days. The body had been stabbed 10-11 times but that is not what killed them. The autopsy showed those wounds had been treated and sutured almost a month ago. A cause of... Read More |
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| 40 Lbs Marijuana Candy Seized; Penn State Settles for $60M; 14 NJ Men Arrested for Child Porn |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 10/28/13 9:02 pm | updated: 10/28/13 9:02 pm |
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| The Chester County District Attorney's Office announced that police have seized 40 pounds of marijuana laced candy from an on-campus apartment at West Chester University. Chief Deputy District Attorney Patrick Carmody stated, "With Halloween just around the corner, the last thing we want to see is drug-laced candy hitting the streets. This was good work by the police to pick off this load of drugs before it went to college students or kids." Officers first made contact with a group of... Read More |
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| Northeast Teen Dies Saving Stepdad; City Clerk Impersonates Cop; Sentence for NJ Income Tax Fraud |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 10/28/13 3:53 am | updated: 10/28/13 3:53 am |
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| Family and friends are mourning the loss of a teenager in Northeast Philadelphia who died saving the lives of his stepfather and two other passengers when his stepfather became incapcitated behind the wheel. The incident happened 12:30 p.m. Saturday on Red Lion Road and Norcom Drive. 45-year-old Joseph Synder was driving his stepson 17-year-old Christopher Alvelo home from his Eagle Scout service project in Pennypack Park. During the trip home, Synder suffered a medical emergency and... Read More |
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| Lou Reed, the legendary NY rocker, died today at age 71. |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 10/27/13 7:31 pm | updated: 10/27/13 8:43 pm |
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Lou Reed, the legendary NY rocker and founder of The Velvet Underground, died today at age 71. After splitting from the Velvet Underground in 1970, he went on a prolific and influential solo career spanning the decades. Reed called Andy Warhol and David Bowie colleagues, contemporaries, and collaborators. The modern rock sound rife with distortion and noise, poetry and the avant-garde owes itself to Reed. Indie, punk, alternative started with Reed.
Lewis Allan "Lou" Reed was born... Read More |
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| Car Drives Down Art Museum Steps |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 10/25/13 10:56 pm | updated: 10/25/13 10:56 pm |
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| Police are questioning a driver today after videos appeared on the internet of a black convertible with the top down driving down the Art Museum steps before speeding off. There were several people on the steps cheering him on and other cars lined up at the top at the time. The incident happened at midnight on Thursday. The driver, a Drexel University student, voluntarily surrendered himself to police. He claims that it was all an accident, that his brakes on his car failed. Police have seized... Read More |
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| Delco Couple Arrested For Filth; NJ Police Arrest Boyfriend Strangle Mother; Wyatt Girls Found Safe |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 10/24/13 10:05 pm | updated: 10/24/13 10:41 pm |
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| A Delaware County couple has been arrested and are behind bars for horrible conditions found in the home where they were raising two girls. This is the third time authorities had to remove children from their household. County case workers called police to the home on Bethel Road in Upper Chichester when they were blocked from visiting the children. Police found a house filled with trash, animal feces, and filth. Two girls, ages 5 and 7, were taken into protective custody. 46-year-old... Read More |
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Alvin Clay
