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 by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 11/21/12 9:10 am | updated: 11/21/12 9:10 am |
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Today is one of the busiest travel days of the year as families move to each other to celebrate Thanksgiving. AAA estimates that more than 43 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more between Wednesday and Sunday. Today alone, more than 100,000 people will pass through Philadelphia International Airport.
Hostess did not reach an agreement with its unions through mandated mediation. The munchies maker is meeting with a bankruptcy court judge today and plans to proceed with... Read More |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 11/20/12 8:54 am | updated: 11/20/12 8:54 am |
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| A three alarm fire erupted this morning around 5:30 a.m. at a chemical plant in Doylestown. The P&R Industries chemical plant is on the 3800 block of Old Easton Road near the Doylestown Airport. The 55,500-square-foot Arbonite Coating & Lining building is just northwest of the airport. Hazardous materials response teams were on the scene. The plant makes an industrial protective coating called Arbonite, used to line the insides of tankers that protect against corrosion. The fire was contained... Read More |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 11/19/12 6:18 pm | updated: 11/19/12 6:18 pm |
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At his Monday press conference, Andy Reid admitted his leadership isn’t good enough. But he will not step down, saying that would be a cop-out, adding that’s not the way he’s wired. Reid said that the team and owner Jeffrey Lurie are disappointed with their production this season. And that they would continue to battle.
Philadelphia rapper Meek Mill was back in court today for a status hearing on his prior gun and drug charges. Apparently the judge was not happy with... Read More |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 11/19/12 8:54 am | updated: 11/19/12 8:54 am |
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Actor James Earl Jones is in Philadelphia today. The actor’s credits include Field of Dreams, The Hunt for Red October and many others. Tonight at the Kimmel Center Jones will receive the Marian Anderson Award, honoring him for outstanding contributions to the humanities. Prior winners include Oprah Winfrey, Mia Farrow, Maya Angelou and Richard Gere.
The Eagles lost their 6th game in a row yesterday against the Washington Redskins. And in the final 2 minutes of the blowout... Read More |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 11/16/12 5:20 pm | updated: 11/16/12 5:20 pm |
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Camden has reached an unenviable milestone. A murder record that has stood for 17 years. Already dubbed America’s second most dangerous city, today investigators were on the scene on the 1600 block of Independence Road in the Fairview section looking into the murder of a man there. This murder brings the total in Camden for 2013 to 59. And it’s only November 16th.
Cherry Hill is joining the ranks of communities banning smoking in township owned areas. If the ordinance... Read More |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 11/16/12 9:02 am | updated: 11/16/12 9:02 am |
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Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter is in Washington and voiced his support of President Obama’s message that the middle class tax cut should stay in place. As the country heads toward the fiscal cliff, Nutter wants to see no increase for taxpayers making less than $250,000. Nutter heads the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
Hostess has announced it is going out of business. The maker of Twinkies, Ding Dongs and Wonder Bread have been negotiating with striking workers over wages and... Read More |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 11/15/12 4:59 pm | updated: 11/15/12 4:59 pm |
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Charges were filed today against former Philadelphia Highway Patrolman Jonathan Josey for punching a woman at the Puerto Rican Day festival in September. D.A. Seth Williams reviewed the video and saw that the situation was hectic, but use of force was not necessary. Josey is charged with simple assault.
Making Philadelphia’s streets safe for motorists and bicyclists was debated today by City Council. In a bill scheduled to take effect in 2013, drivers of cars would be... Read More |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 11/15/12 8:46 am | updated: 11/15/12 8:46 am |
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| Radnor Township police have arrested a 76 year old man in an attempted kidnapping plot. John Fedler of Miami Florida dressed as a flower delivery person, tased a man in his Villanova home and was planning to kidnap and hold him for ransom. The victim was able to disconnect the taser cables and Fedler fled. Fedler was tracked down because of a parking ticket he received outside the florist where he bought the flowers used in the attempt. He was arrested in the Poconos trying to buy a gun at a... Read More |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 11/14/12 5:03 pm | updated: 11/14/12 5:03 pm |
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Jon Bon Jovi's 19 year old daughter, Stephanie Bongiovi, has been hospitalized. She was found in her dorm unresponsive after a heroin overdose. Bongiovi is attending Hamilton College in upstate New York. Investigators are also charging Stephanie Bongiovi and another student with possession of controlled substances. She is reportedly stable and recovering.
The Philly cop who was captured on camera punching a woman at the Philadelphia Puerto Rican Day festival will likely be... Read More |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 11/13/12 4:39 pm | updated: 11/13/12 4:39 pm |
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In the Ligambi mob trial today, a subpoenaed Fox 29 undercover tape was played discussing a threat to kill Philadelphia disc jockey Jerry Blavat. In the video, Joe Ligambi is arguing with government witness Lou “Bent Finger” Monacello. Ligambi appears to blame “the Geator with the Heater” for a negative story about Ligambi in Philadelphia Magazine.
Three schools in the Chester-Upland School District will be closed. Columbus Elementary School, Stretser Elementary and... Read More |
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