June 23/24 Playlist - Michael Tearson's ATTIC - World Wide Dylan: Recent Tribute Albums

1) "Masters of War" by Bob Dylan with the Averner Rework
2) "Highway 61-Revisited" by Joan Osborne
3) "Blowin' in the Wind" by Willie Nile
4) "Sign on the Window" by Girl from the North Country Original Cast
5) "My Wife's Hometown" by Bill Sims, Jr.
6) "Mama...

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June 23/24 - Playlist - Michael Tearson's Marconi Experiment - Bards

1) "Don't Renege on Our Love" by Richard Thompson
2) "I'm Your Man" by Leonard Cohen
3) "Linda Paloma" by Jackson Browne
4) "Fool for a Cigarette" by Ry Cooder
5) "I Don't Want to Talk About It Now" by Emmylou Harris
6) "When the Roses Bloom Again" by Laura Cantrell
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The two men accused of killing Philadelphia Police Sergeant Robert Wilson III in March 2015 pled guilty today in court. Carlton Hipps and Ramone Williams accepted a plea deal that took the death penalty off the table in exchange for life in prison plus 50-100 years. Wilson was shot and killed inside a Game Stop store in North Philadelphia during an attempted robbery. The family of the...

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The Philadelphia District Attorney's Office has agreed to a plea deal with the two men charged in the murder of Philadelphia Police Sergeant Robert Wilson III. Carlton Hipps and Ramone Williams will no longer face the death penalty. They will plead guilty and be sentenced to life in prison plus 50-100 years. The DA's office called to inform Wilson's family of the deal on Friday. The family...

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A man on a bicycle was struck and killed by a dump truck in North Philadelphia on Friday morning, 6/22. It happened after 8:30 a.m. at Whitaker Avenue and Luzerne Street in the city's Franklinville section. The truck was traveling westbound on Luzerne Street and the man on the bicycle was riding alongside. The truck driver tried to turn right onto Whitaker Avenue when he hit the cyclist....

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Thursday night was the 2018 NBA Draft held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY. The Philadelphia 76ers had 2 first round picks and 4 second round picks in tonight's draft including the 10th overall selection. Four members of the 2018 NCAA Champion Villanova Wildcats had entered this year's draft. The Sixers drafted Villanova F/G Mikal Bridges with that #10 overall pick. He is a Malvern,...

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President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday, 6/20, that will end the separation of children from parents after they cross the US-Mexico border illegally. The new order does not end the 'zero-tolerance' policy that prosecutes all immigrants caught crossing outside border checkpoints. However, families will now be able to remain together while they are detained in custody....

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Vice President Mike Pence was in Philadelphia this evening to speak at a private event held at the Rittenhouse Hotel benefiting the Republican Governor's Association. Hundreds of protestors gathered outside the hotel and across the street in Rittenhouse Square. They were demonstrating their opposition to President Trump's recent "zero tolerance" policy that is resulting in large numbers of...

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Vice President Mike Pence will be in Philadelphia tonight for a GOP fundraising event. The VP will be speaking at the Republican Governor's Association event held in Rittenhouse Square this evening. Protestors plan to demonstrate their opposition to the "zero-tolerance" immigration policy starting around 5 p.m. The current administration's policy and US immigration law are forcing the...

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Former Pennsylvania Governor and Philadelphia Mayor Ed Rendell announced today that he has been battling Parkinson's disease. The 74-year-old made the announcement Monday, 6/18, at Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia alongside officials and doctors from the University of Pennsylvania. He said he was "stunned" when he was diagnosed 3 years ago. However, he said that he has been...

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