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 by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 08/03/12 7:51 am | updated: 08/03/12 7:51 am |
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The Philadelphia Housing Authority is taking away an employee benefit many saw as excessive - free cars. As many as 200 employees had take-home privileges for agency owned cars. No more. Excessive spending is being cut across the agency as interim Executive Director Kelvin Jeremiah right-sizes the organization.
The Firefighters Union is fighting mad over Mayor Nutter's order restricting firefighters' use of Twitter and Facebook while on or off duty. The Union claims Nutter is... Read More |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 08/02/12 5:00 pm | updated: 08/02/12 5:00 pm |
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Philadelphia police arrested a suspect in the attack of an 87 year old and her son during a home invasion on Tuesday in West Philly. The suspect, Jimmy Morrison, was arrested in Chester County after he gave a fake name during a traffic stop. The victims, Yvonne Gaines and her 62 year old son James Brinkly are recovering from their stab wounds.
Upper Darby police now have a second suspect in custody involved with the robbery and assault of a wheelchair bound victim. Police say... Read More |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 08/02/12 9:09 am | updated: 08/02/12 9:09 am |
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A heavily armed gunman was arrested Tuesday evening on a crowded SEPTA train. An alert passenger notified police when they noticed a man board the train at City Hall with a gun protruding from his bag. It turned out to be an AK 47 assault rifle. He also had a 38 caliber handgun, a 12 inch bayonet knife, live ammo, $700 in cash, marijuana and 22 Percocet pills. Jermal Ponds is being held on $100k bail.
A Philadelphia man has been sentenced to 15 to 30 years in prison for human... Read More |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 08/01/12 7:51 am | updated: 08/01/12 7:51 am |
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The City of Philadelphia may take a shot at landing a $1 million terrorist fighting fire boat from Bensalem Township. Marine 37 is the official name of the vessel but has been nicknamed the "Bear on the Delaware" because Bensalem can't keep up with maintaining the little used boat.
Route 23 in West Conshohocken and Upper Merion Township is open again. I hear you cheering. For about a year, over 15,000 daily commuters have had to deal with detours and slow traffic while... Read More |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 07/31/12 4:26 pm | updated: 07/31/12 4:26 pm |
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An American Airlines flight landed safely at Philadelphia International Airport this afternoon after it reported smoke in the cockpit. The plane landed without further incident and all 132 passengers onboard are believed to be okay.
Philadelphia Police released the identity of the man wanted in connection with the sexual assault and burglary of a 78 year old woman in Germantown. He is 24 year old Ronald Gregory and he is the primary suspect in last week's break-in.
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 07/31/12 8:21 am | updated: 07/31/12 8:21 am |
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The FBI has made an arrest in the scam that duped Philadelphia weatherman John Bolaris twice out of more than $43,000 in credit card charges. Alec Simchuk picked up in Miami, is a nightclub owner with alleged ties to an Eastern European crime ring that uses attractive women to scam unsuspecting men into parting with their credit cards. Bolaris was scammed back in 2010 two days in a row.
The body of a deceased 98 year old woman was stolen from her grave in Atlantic City. The... Read More |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 07/30/12 4:55 pm | updated: 07/30/12 4:55 pm |
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Over the weekend, trees were planted in the spot where Joe Paterno's statue once stood outside Penn State's Beaver Stadium. Last weekend the Paterno statue came down in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal and the investigation's conclusion that Paterno was involved in collusion to cover it up.
A 10 year old boy stabbed his 33 year old father in the neck Sunday night in Ardmore, Lower Merion Township. The father is in Paoli Hospital and the boy is in the... Read More |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 07/30/12 8:45 am | updated: 07/30/12 8:45 am |
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The City of Camden has tied a record that it is not proud of. There was another deadly shooting overnight bringing the total number of murders for the month of July to 12. That ties the record for the month and there are still 2 days left. Camden is pushing to adopt a county wide police force which could put 400 officers on the street.
Another water main broke overnight in Philadelphia flooding streets in Northeast Philly. The Philadelphia Water Department shut the water down... Read More |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 07/27/12 8:06 am | updated: 07/27/12 8:06 am |
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Jerry Sandusky's shower victim has filed a lawsuit against Penn State. The victim's lawyers also released two voicemails Sandusky left for the victim just prior to Sandusky's indictment last year. In both messages, Sandusky tells Victim #2 that he loves him and in one message invites him to a Penn State football game
Thunderstorms and wind gusts to 60 mph last night took down trees and power lines in the Philadelphia region. About 23,000 PECO customers lost power during a... Read More |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 07/26/12 4:52 pm | updated: 07/26/12 4:52 pm |
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Jerry Sandusky?s shower victim has filed a lawsuit against Penn State. The victims lawyers also released two voicemails Sandusky left for the victim just prior to Sandusky's indictment last year. In both messages, Sandusky tells Victim #2 that he loves him and in one message invites him to a Penn State game
Another grievance over disabled students has been filed against Oxford Area High School Principal, David Madden. Todd Shelly suffers from cystic fibrosis. His parents... Read More |
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