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| Penn and Philadelphia Rank High in Green Power Use |
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 by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 10/26/11 7:50 am | updated: 10/26/11 7:50 am |
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| The US Environmental Protection Agency has released its Top 50 consumers of green power and Philadelphia is prominently on the list. The University of Pennsylvania claimed the number 1 spot among colleges across the country for consuming over 200 million kilowatt hours of green power, which is half of Penn's total power needs. The city of Philadelphia ranked 35th nationally for consuming 127.3 million kWh of green power, about 20 percent of the city government's power... Read More |
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| Talk of Early Snow from Philadelphia Forecasters |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 10/26/11 7:34 am | updated: 10/26/11 7:34 am |
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It is snowing in other parts of the country and local meteorologists have already started mentioning the four letter S word in Philadelphia forecasts. A half foot fell west of us in Colorado and two other systems are pushing winter weather from the north and are threatening New England and northeast PA. That's close enough for Philadelphia's TV weather folks to start warning us that snow MAY be coming soon.
The first snow flakes of the season may be spotted this weekend in... Read More |
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| Obama Declares the End of the Iraq War |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 10/21/11 9:40 am | updated: 10/21/11 9:40 am |
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Today, President Barack Obama declared an end to the Iraq war and announced that all American troops would be withdrawn from the country by the end of the year. Obama declared the move a promise kept, a new day for a self-reliant Iraq and a focus on building up the economy at home.
"I can report that, as promised, the rest of our troops in Iraq will come home by the end of the year," Obama said. "After nearly nine years, America's war in Iraq will be over."
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| Kenny Gamble Under Fire Over Royal Theatre Deterioration |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 10/19/11 9:27 am | updated: 10/19/11 9:27 am |
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South Street businesses are buzzing over the all the positive development along South Street in Philadelphia near 15th street. The buzz is mostly positive, but not when it comes to the still vacant Royal Theatre on South Street. The Royal was sold to Philadelphia music legend and real estate investor, Kenny Gamble 11 years ago with his promise to revitalize the building. However after an infusion of hundreds of thousands of tax dollars, nothing has changed.
The Royal Theatre... Read More |
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| Mummers and Prostitutes Arrested in Philadelphia |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 10/12/11 1:48 pm | updated: 10/12/11 1:48 pm |
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The Mummers are an institution in Philadelphia. And prostitution may be the oldest profession. Now the two are tangled after a raid in South Philly Tuesday night. Eleven people were arrested and charged with prostitution and two club members were arrested on liquor charges at the Downtowners Fancy Brigade clubhouse.
Undercover police found naked and barely clothed women participating in sex acts inside the club
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| Christmas in Philadelphia - Let the Christmas Music Begin! |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 10/11/11 1:19 pm | updated: 10/11/11 1:19 pm |
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According to old Christmas legend, businesses and customers waited until after Thanksgiving to get into the Christmas spirit. Now, neither can wait until Hallowe'en passes before the yuletide decorations go up, the holiday sales begin and best of all, the Christmas music begins! Are you in the mood for Christmas music 24/7? Click Mistletoe to satisfy your holiday urge.
At the beginning of October, retailers around Philadelphia started... Read More |
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| Steve Jobs Impact on Music Business |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 10/08/11 6:10 am | updated: 10/08/11 6:10 am |
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Steve Jobs never played a musical instrument and never sang publicly. But the mark Apple's founder made on the music industry is more significant than many hall-of-famers. Steve Jobs is the cover story in Billboard magazine this week recognizing his legacy, innovations in digital music and his impact on the music industry which will be felt for decades.
Here's this week's Top 10 Albums according to Billboard:
1. J. Cole - Cole World
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| Philadelphia Orchestra Opening Moved Due to Strike |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 10/08/11 5:23 am | updated: 10/08/11 5:23 am |
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| The Philadelphia Orchestra will open as scheduled on Thursday, but not at the Kimmel Center. Negotiations are continuing between Kimmel and striking Local 8, but the outcome of those talks is still uncertain. So the opening will take place at Irvine Auditorium at the University of Pennsylvania. The post concert gala will be moved to Penn's Museum of Archeology and Anthropology. Two Chamber Orchestra concerts have already been cancelled and the Audra McDonald concert has been rescheduled for... Read More |
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| Phillies and Eagles - Great Players, Different Results? |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 10/04/11 9:17 am | updated: 10/04/11 9:17 am |
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| The Phillies have delivered on the season of big promise. The pitching staff that graced the cover of Sports Illustrated at the beginning of the season delivered 102 wins despite injuries. What about the Eagles? In the pre-season they picked up some of the best free agents in football. Some fans even labeled it a Dream Team. However the Eagles results so far are nothing to dream about. Putting good, high paid players together on the roster does not guarantee success. If it was that easy,... Read More |
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| Tony Bennett Debuts at #1 on Billboard Charts |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 10/04/11 9:14 am | updated: 10/04/11 9:14 am |
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Tony Bennett's Duets II Album debuted at #1 on Billboards top 200 sales charts. Tony Bennett's new collection features duets with Lady Gaga, Michael Buble k.d. lang, Josh Groban, Natalie Cole and many others. Here's this week's Billboard top 5 with links to iRadioPhilly stations where you can hear them:
1. Tony Bennett, Duets II
Hear it on Martini Lounge Radio
2. Lady Antebellum, Own the Night
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Tom Kelly
