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 by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/20/13 3:01 am | updated: 04/20/13 3:01 am |
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| Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey announced a plan to help curb gun violence. His plan comes after receiving a report from a blue ribbon task force he created to examine gun violence and its causes after the Newtown, CT shootings. The plan includes expanding government-funded mental health treatment, requiring a parental sign-off before children can buy or rent violent video games, and mandating that an ID presented by would-be gun-owners be government-issued. He also recommends banning... Read More |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/19/13 8:55 pm | updated: 04/19/13 8:55 pm |
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| After a day long manhunt that shutdown the city of Boston and its surrounding suburbs, authorities have apprehended the second suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is alive and in custody. He was taken at around 8:45 pm after a standoff at a home in Watertown, MA. He was hiding inside a boat in the rear of a property on the waterfront in the suburban town. The homeowner noticed blood on his boat cover and when he looked inside saw the suspect, ran inside and called... Read More |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/19/13 6:50 pm | updated: 04/19/13 6:50 pm |
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| One bomb suspect is dead and a second is still on the run this evening. The entire city of Boston has been on lockdown today as authorities search for 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. His brother, 26-year-old Tamerlan, was killed early Friday morning as the two engaged police in a furious firefight in the town of Watertown. Dzhokhar was able to escape during the battle. Thousands of officers have been scouring the city of Boston and it's suburbs looking for the suspect. Transit has been... Read More |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/19/13 2:28 am | updated: 04/19/13 3:00 am |
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| A Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer was shot and killed Thursday night while investigating a disturbance on the campus of the university in Cambridge, MA across the Charles River from Boston. Shots were fired at around 10:48 p.m. ET and the situation remained very active and fluid into early on Friday as authorities still searched for a suspect. No arrests have been made in the area of MIT. As of 2 a.m. MIT police say that the shooting suspect is no longer on campus and it is... Read More |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/18/13 6:34 pm | updated: 04/18/13 6:34 pm |
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| The 3rd annual Philadelphia Science Festival kicks off tonight. The 10-day festival includes over 100 different events throughout the city featuring lectures, debates, hands-on activities, special exhibitions and other informal experiences for people of all ages. Since the days of Benjamin Franklin to the world's first computer Eniac at the University of Pennslyvania, Philadelphia as long been an area of scientific... Read More |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/18/13 5:32 pm | updated: 04/18/13 5:32 pm |
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| The FBI has released photos and video of two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings. The two men can be seen walking down Boylston Street in Boston wearing baseball caps, sun glasses,, dark jackets over hooded sweatshirts, and carrying backpacks. If you have visual images, video, and/or details regarding the explosions along the Boston Marathon route and elsewhere, submit them on https://bostonmarathontips.fbi.gov/. No piece... Read More |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/18/13 3:42 pm | updated: 04/18/13 3:42 pm |
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| PHILADELPHIA - Mike Bowe, a Philadelphia Radio institution is back with one of his favorite programs in over 40 years on the air. "Happy Hour with Mike Bowe" became a popular feature on WHAT-AM 1340 from 2008 to 2011. Now, Mike Bowe is swinging the doors open again with Happy Hour on Martini Lounge at iRadioPhilly.com every Friday from 5 to 7 pm. Listeners can tune in on the website at www.iRadioPhilly.com or on FREE smartphone Apps for iPhone and... Read More |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/17/13 6:13 pm | updated: 04/17/13 6:13 pm |
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| The US Senate has rejected a bill sponsored by Pat Toomey (R., Pa.) and Joe Manchin (D., W.Va.). 60 votes were needed to advance the bipartisan measure, however there were only 54 "yes" votes to 46 "no". The Senate was voting on the specific amendment to a larger gun control bill that would have expanded background checks on gun purchases to include those at gun shows and internet sales. The checks would not have been required for private guns sales. Thursday, the Senate will vote on... Read More |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/17/13 2:07 pm | updated: 04/17/13 2:23 pm |
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| Despite earlier reports that an arrest had been made in the Boston Marathon Bombing, officials are saying that they have no one in custody and no arrests have been made. They have made significant investigative progress. A suspect was identified earlier today from surveillance video from the Lord & Taylor store that was between the two bomb locations. Another image shows the suspect carrying and perhaps dropping a black bag near the scene of the second blast. The FBI found the images combing... Read More |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/16/13 6:16 pm | updated: 04/16/13 9:40 pm |
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| More details are emerging about the nature of the bombs that exploded during the Boston Marathon on Monday afternoon. Officials speaking on condition of anonymity have stated that explosives were placed inside 6 liter kitchen pressure cookers and packed with shrapnel such as ball bearings and nails. They were hidden inside black duffel bags and placed in the crowd along the race route near the finish line. They are still trying to determine how the devices were detonated and who was... Read More |
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