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 by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 10/09/13 4:38 pm | updated: 10/09/13 4:38 pm |
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| A Lancaster County man was convicted today for beating his wife for not addressing him as "sir" in front of their children. Prosecutors said that 49-year-old Dan Kirby Kopp of Ephrata would beat his wife with a wooden paddle when he thought she wasn't being respectful. He'd take her over his knee and spank her. The wife used her iPhone to record a September 2012 episode showing the 6'5", 230 lb man hitting her with the paddle for not saying "Yes, sir." Kopp was convicted of misdemeanor... Read More |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 10/08/13 4:18 pm | updated: 10/08/13 4:18 pm |
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| The Philadelphia Phillies announced today the return of Larry Bowa and Pete Mackanin to the coaching staff. This will be Bowa's fourth different stint with the Phillies franchise over his career. Bowa, a Hall of Fame player, played shortstop for the Phils from 1970-1981, was third base coach from 1988-1996, and was club manager from 2001-2004. Bowa and Manager Ryne Sandberg are long time friends, both being traded to the Chicago Cubs from Philadelphia in 1982. Pete Mackanin will come... Read More |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 10/08/13 2:22 pm | updated: 10/08/13 2:22 pm |
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Last night closed out the "blind audition" round for this season of NBC's The Voice. All four judges (Blake Shelton, Christina Aguilera, Cee-Lo Green and Adam Levine) have filled up their teams for the “battle round” starting tonight (NBC, 8pm).
Phoenixville's Matt Cermanski, 20, who auditioned last year singing Katy Perry's “Teenage Dream”, got a second second to impress the panel on last night's show. Cermanski sang "Have a Little Faith in Me" and convinced... Read More |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 10/07/13 6:24 pm | updated: 10/07/13 6:24 pm |
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| The Philadelphia Flyers fired coach Peter Laviolette today after an 0-3 start. Assistant Craig Berube, in his seventh season with the organization, will take over as the 18th coach in Flyers history. Laviolette was hired early into the 2009 season and led the Flyers to the 2010 Stanley Cup Finals. They made the playoffs the next two seasons but failed last season. All four sports teams in Philadelphia have now changed their head coach in the past 10 months. Berube joins Chip Kelly of... Read More |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 10/05/13 11:13 pm | updated: 10/05/13 11:13 pm |
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| The bodies of a woman and a boy were discovered Saturday morning in the Wissinoming section of Philadelphia after a fire. Firefighters responded to an apartment building on the 4600 block of Howell Street just before 9 a.m. Inside the apartment they found a bloody mattress in the living room. Further in the first floor apartment, they found another mattress inside a closet that was on fire. The bodies of a young woman around 30-years-old and an 11-year-old boy were uncovered beneath that... Read More |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 10/04/13 7:00 pm | updated: 10/04/13 7:00 pm |
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| Local competitive eating champion, 'El Wingador,' has been sentenced to 7 years in prison on cocaine charges. William Simmons, 51, of Woodbury Heights, NJ, pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute cocaine back in July. He was arrested in June 2012 in an undercover sting with around $8,000 worth of the drug and $4,000 in cash. Simmons has been apologetic since his arrest. He will be able to apply to an intensive supervision program which could significantly shorten his prison... Read More |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 10/03/13 6:01 pm | updated: 10/03/13 6:01 pm |
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| The United States Capitol was placed on lockdown this afternoon after a woman rammed her car into a White House gate, then was chased by Secret Service and exchanged gunfire with police. The woman was shot and killed and one Capitol Police officer was injured. It all started at around 2 pm when she attempted to drive her car through the White House gate near 15th St. and E. She had a child in the car at the time. The woman was then chased at high speeds about 12 blocks when she began firing... Read More |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 10/02/13 5:32 pm | updated: 10/02/13 5:32 pm |
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| A private security guard hired to monitor Penn Wood High School’s Green Avenue campus has been arrested for stealing $15,000 in musical instruments from the school. 54-year-old Cory Thompson of Philadelphia turned himself in yesterday and was arraigned in Upper Darby court today. Last April, some one set fire to that school building. While the restoration work was being completed the district hired security to guard the buildings 24/7. Thirteen instruments were discovered missing from... Read More |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 10/01/13 6:05 pm | updated: 10/01/13 6:05 pm |
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| Authorities say there is no problem at a Pennsylvania nuclear power plant after the sirens went off briefly. The sirens sounded at the Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station on the Susquehanna River Tuesday morning in York County. The office of Emergency management said that there was no emergency and there is no reason to be alarmed. The two unit facility located about 50 miles south of Harrisburg near the Maryland border has 97 different sirens but only a few of them went off. Officials are... Read More |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 09/30/13 5:06 pm | updated: 09/30/13 5:06 pm |
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| Philadelphia SVU investigators are looking for man who raped a teenage girl in North Philly last week. Police say the teen was stopped at a red light in the Olney section when the man jumped into her car and pointed a gun at her. He then made her drive to an isolated area of the 5900 block of N 21st Street before pulling her from car and raping her. He fled northbound on 21st street. Authorities have released a detailed sketch of the suspect. He is described as a black male, 20 to 30... Read More |
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