The Pennsylvania Sexual Offenders Assessment Board has determined that Bill Cosby should be considered a sexually violent predator. The Montgomery County District Attorney's office has requested a hearing on the report so a judge can decide if Cosby will be classified as a sexually violent predator. The 81-year-old was convicted on April 26th on sexual assault charges. He is already...

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Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney and representatives for hip hop mogul Jay-Z's ROC Nation met today following fallout from last week's media fiasco surrounding the future of the Made in America festival in Philadelphia. They have both agreed to continue to host the Made in America Festival here in Philadelphia on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in 2019+.

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney...

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A mother was killed and her two daughters injured when their house collapsed in Mercer County on Monday morning, 7/23. It happened around 7 a.m. on the 1800 block of South Broad Street in Hamilton Township. 38-year-old Tika Justice was killed in the collapse. Rescuers found her 16-year-old daughter buried beneath her mother. Her 20-year-old daughter was found buried waist deep in debris....

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The Cumberland County Prosecutor's office has released police body cam footage from last weekend's fatal encounter between Vineland police and a suspect outside a home (see video below). It happened on Saturday, July 14th on Wood Street near Northwest Boulevard. Police responded to reports of a suspicious man and found 37-year-old Rashaun Washington pacing back and forth and holding...

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Philadelphia Police have released surveillance video of a road rage shooting in Northeast Philadelphia earlier this month. It happened around 8:30 p.m. on July 3rd on the 2600 block of Cottman Ave. near the Roosevelt Mall. The victim is a 22-year-old male. It started when he was getting ready to turn on to Cottman Ave. The suspect, driving a dark-colored sedan, asked to get in front. The...

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Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney has been trying to clear up 'miscommunication' between the city and hip hop superstar Jay-Z regarding the future of the Made in America festival. It started with wide spread reports on Tuesday, 7/17, that the city had decided not to host the two-day Labor Day weekend music festival on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway after this year. That information came from Sarah...

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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled in favor of the City of Philadelphia and upheld the city's tax on sweetened beverages. The so called 'Soda Tax' is 1.5 cents/ounce. The beverage industry argued that the tax is in violation of the 1932 Sterling Act that gave Philadelphia its own tax authority, but also prohibits it from taxing anything already taxed by the state. Since beverages are...

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July 14/15 Playlist - Michael Tearson's ATTIC - Long Ago and Far Away

1) "Music! Music! Music!" by Teresa Brewer
2) "Glow Worm" by Mills Brothers
3) "Too Fat Polka" by Arthur Godfrey
4) "Lydia the Tattooed Lady" by Groucho Marx
5) "Barnacle Bill" by Louis Jordan
6) "Three Little Fishies" by Kay Kyser
7) "Save the Bones for Henry Jones" by...

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July 14/15 - Playlist - Michael Tearson's Marconi Experiment - Intrumentals

1) "L'Enfant (Theme from The Year of Living Dangerously)" by Liona Boyd
2) "In a Silent Way" by Miles Davis
3) "Morgana" by John Renbourn
4) "Section 43" by Country Joe & the Fish
5) "Seven Up" by John Renbourn
6) "Gold & Silver" by Quicksilver Messenger Service
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Nine of Pennsylvania's 13 casinos have applied for licenses to operate online casinos and internet gambling. All four Philadelphia-area casinos have applied. The deadline was on Monday, 7/16. It will cost them each $10 million. The other four still have 30-days to decide, but it was cost $12 million. Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board spokesman Doug Harbach said that the license will allow...

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