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| Philadelphia City Council Votes to Raise Property Taxes and Parking for School Budget |
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 by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 06/17/11 1:05 am | updated: 06/17/11 1:05 am |
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After a long day of deliberations, negotiations, and proposals, City Council ended the day around 8:30 pm settling on a $53 million package that includes a 4% property tax increase, an increase in Center City parking, and a $10 million appropriation.
Mayor Nutter is happy with this package despite it not including his 2-cents-per-ounce 'soda tax', the second year in a row it has been shot down. This made the beverage workers lobbying at city hall happy as well.
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| Jones Family May Sue Over Morey Ferris Wheel Accident |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 06/15/11 1:25 am | updated: 06/15/11 1:25 am |
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On June 3rd, 11-year old, Abiah Jones fell to her death from the Ferris wheel at Morey's Pier in Wildwood, NJ. She was on a school trip to the beach resort. At a press conference in Philadelphia on Tuesday, June 14, lawyers for the family said they were considering filing suit against Morey's.
She was alone in her car and about halfway up the 156 foot high wheel when she fell. There were no mechanical or operational problems found with the ride. The exact cause of the accident is... Read More |
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| Former Resorts Atlantic City Cocktail Waitresses Sue After Losing Jobs |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 06/02/11 12:04 am | updated: 06/02/11 12:04 am |
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Nine former cocktail waitresses have filed suit against their former employer Resorts Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, NJ. They were fired in March after Resorts underwent vast changes around the property implementing rebranding plans to liven up the aging property. Inspirations came from the HBO show "Boardwalk Empire" portraying prohibition era Atlantic City.
The women allege they were fired because they simply weren't sexy or young enough to wear the '20s flapper outfits that... Read More |
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| Surcharge Now in Effect on all Taxis in City |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/27/11 3:16 am | updated: 05/27/11 3:16 am |
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Philadelphia Parking Authority approved a $1 temporary surcharge for all taxi rides starting earlier this morning at 12 am. The Unified Taxi Workers Alliance of PA had requested the surcharge to help offset the rising costs of gas. This surcharge will remain in effect for at least 90 days, and will be removed once fuel prices drop below $3.75 for 10 days straight afterward.
Cab driver's have been hit hard by the high prices of gas and spend an average of $20 per shift on gas... Read More |
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| Philly Republican Mayor Race leaning towards a Karen Brown win |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/24/11 5:44 pm | updated: 05/24/11 5:44 pm |
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It's been a week since the primary elections ended, and it seems that former school teacher Karen Brown will end up with the GOP nomination for mayor to run against incumbent Democrat Michael Nutter.
She holds a very tight 58 vote lead over John Featherman after city officials completed the latest tally of votes that included absentee ballots. Around 16,500 votes were cast in the GOP primary.
Featherman is not giving up hope. There are still provisional ballots out... Read More |
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| Harold Camping explains May 21 Judgement Day, says it was "Invisible" , sets new date for October 21 |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/24/11 1:41 am | updated: 05/24/11 1:41 am |
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The judgement day that was predicted by Harold Camping and his Family Radio network on billboards and pamphlets around the world came and went with nothing to show for it. Camping said he initially felt so bad that his rapture prediction did not come true that millions of Christians would be taken into heaven on Saturday that he left his home and took refuge in a motel.
But after careful thought and reconsideration, Camping is now saying that he just misunderstood the meaning of... Read More |
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| Chase Utley returns to Philly, rejoins Phillies. |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/22/11 1:26 pm | updated: 05/22/11 1:26 pm |
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Chase Utley arrived back in Philadelphia this morning after 9 rehab appearances for the Class A Clearwater Threshers. Down in Florida he batted .281 (9-for-32) with two doubles, a home run, four RBIs, with a .361 on-base percentage and a .438 slugging percentage.
He rejoined the team today but is not in today's lineup in the series finale against the Texas Rangers. He's expected to make his season debut tomorrow night against the Cincinnati Reds.
Utley's debut... Read More |
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| Will Sheridan, Former Villanova F, Reveals He is Gay |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/17/11 1:39 am | updated: 05/18/11 1:09 pm |
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Following his music video debut from last month (Welcome to the Jungle, click here), former Villanova basketball player Will Sheridan recently sat down with ESPN's Dana O'Neill, publicly coming out of the closet.
It doesn't come as much surprise that WIll is gay. Anyone in the Philadelphia area that follows Big 5 basketball probably knew. If you were a Villanova student anytime around the years that Sheridan was on campus you... Read More |
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| Mayor Nutter wins over M. Street; GOP race between Brown and Featherman still close |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/17/11 10:37 pm | updated: 05/17/11 11:59 pm |
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After a cold, rainy day at the polls that saw many locations have very poor voter turnout, especially in the suburbs that did not have many races of major consequence anyway, incumbent Mayor Nutter easily won over Milton Street in the Democratic Party primary for the Philadelphia Mayorial race by about 3-1.
In the GOP primary, it is still too close to call at this time (10:37pm) with Karen Brown (50.3%) holding a slight lead over John Featherman (49.7%) with 76.1% of the... Read More |
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| Chase Utley makes first official rehab start |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/11/11 12:39 am | updated: 05/11/11 12:39 am |
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| When will Chase Utley be back? Well, we have a much better idea on how to answer that question. After he made his first official rehab start today for the Clearwater Threshers, it opens up the 20 day window that he can make minor league rehab appearances before he has to be activated to the major league roster. Now there are some exceptions to that rule, he can take a 5 day timeout to that window, and if there are major complications he could shut it down completely. But everything is pointing... Read More |
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Alvin Clay
