The Penn Museum in University City has been 'rearranging the furniture' the past couple of days, but instead of adjusting some couches and chairs, they are moving a 3,000-year-old stone sphinx that weighs 25,000 pounds. The statue is of Pharaoh Ramses II is the largest sphinx statue in the western hemisphere. It arrived in Philadelphia by boat and landed in Port Richmond in 1913. It was...

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A black bear that has been seen in areas of Bucks and Montgomery Counties was spotted in the East Falls section of Philadelphia on Wednesday morning, 6/12. The approximately 100-pound bear was roaming on train tracks just west of the East Falls SEPTA station at around 11:20 a.m. Train service has not been affected. The Game Warden says it is probably a juvenile bear looking for new...

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June 8/9 Playlist - Michael Tearson's ATTIC - Let 'Em Talk! Story Time

1) "These Foolish Things" by Ken Nordine
2) "All I Really Want to Do" by Sebastian Cabot
3) "She Loves You(Chinless Version)" by Peter Sellers
4) "Seven Curses" by Sebastian Cabot
5) "The Janitor" by Celestial Navigations
6) "God's Own Drunk" by Lord Buckley
7) "The...

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June 8/9 - Playlist - Michael Tearson's Marconi Experiment - When N's Meet

1) "Down So Low" by Tracy Nelson/Mother Earth
2) "Tobacco Road" by Nashville Teens
3) "Accidents" by Thunderclap Newman
4) "The Dolphin" by Fred Neil
5) "Morning Dew" by Vince Martin & Fred Neil
6) "Buy for Me the Rain" by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
7) "Going Back to...

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A new 47-story condominium tower broke ground on Tuesday, 6/11, across Broad Street from the Kimmel Center. Arthaus is being built by Dranoff Properties and is designed by Philadelphia-native architect Eugene Kohn. It will have 108 units or 'haus.' "Each residence, or as we call them ‘haus,’ will wrap a corner of the building with sweeping views from every vantage point,"...

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A Good Samaritan caught a glimpse of a woman getting attacked off of a New Jersey highway last week. He got out of his vehicle and was able to stop the assault and save the woman. It happened around 3 p.m. on Thursday, 6/6, on the I-295 northbound exit ramp to highway 73 in Mount Laurel. 54-year-old John Bishop of Burlington Township was traveling northbound on I-295 and began to exit at...

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Washington Township police are looking for a women who stole laundry out of some dryers at a New Jersey apartment complex. It happened around 9 p.m. on Friday, 6/7, at the Washington Way Apartments on Barnsboro Rd in Blackwood, New Jersey. The woman was caught on surveillance video. She entered the laundry room empty handed and left with clothing and bedding. She stole children's summer...

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Police believe that a 46-year-old man shot and killed inside his Roxborough apartment on Saturday evening, 6/8, was part of a multi-million drug ring and that he was killed during a robbery. It happened around 7:30 p.m. on the 7900 block of Henry Avenue. Neighbors heard the gunshots and then saw two men drive off in a dark Nissan Maxima. The victim was shot in the chest. He was taken to...

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An investigation is underway after a Philadelphia Sheriff's Office deputy was found dead at his desk on Friday morning, 6/7. Officials believe that Deputy Sheriff Dante Austin died from a self-inflicted gun shot wound to the head, but Sheriff Jewell Williams said an official determination will come from the Medical Examiner's office. Deputy Austin was the LGBTQ community liaison. "This is...

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Two teens were shot and injured while riding the Broad Street Line on Wednesday night, 6/5. It happened around 9:45 p.m. inside a train on the northbound side at SEPTA's City Hall station. A man opened fire inside the train. A 16-year-old and an 18-year-old were shot. They were taken to Hahnemann University Hospital with non life-threatening injuries. They are both expected to be ok. A...

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