The Philadelphia Zoo has announced that their 37-year-old female polar bear Coldilocks has died. The zoo decided to euthanize the animal due to a serious decline in her health. Colidlocks was the oldest polar bear in the country. She was born on December 13, 1980 at Seneca Park Zoo in Rochester, NY. Coldilocks arrived at Philadelphia Zoo on October 6, 1981. She well surpassed the typical...

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Philadelphia Police are now investigating after a man was shot and killed in the Hunting Park section of Philadelphia on Monday. The shooting took place at around 5 p.m. on the 3800 block of North 13th street, near Pike Street. Police arrived on the scene to find the victim with a gunshot wound to the head, lying outside of a local grocery store. Officers quickly grabbed the man and...

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February 17/18 Playlist - Michael Tearson's ATTIC - Sour Love Songs 2

1) "Love Story" by Randy Newman
2) "It Makes No Difference" by The Band
3) "Don't Think Twice" by Eric Clapton
4) "Boots of Spanish Leather" by Sebastian Cabot
5) "It Ain't Me Babe" by Turtles
6) "Here Without You" by Byrds
7) "No Milk Today" by Herman's Hermits
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February 17/18 - Playlist - Michael Tearson's Marconi Experiment - 250th Episode

1) "Ballad of a Thin Man" by Bob Dylan (Manchester, UK, May '66)
2) "Like a Rolling Stone" by Bob Dylan (Manchester, UK, May '66)
3) "Blue River" by Danko, Fjeld, Andersen
4) "Souvenirs" by John Prine & Steve Goodman
5) "Homborg" by Procol Harum with Danish National Concert...

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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court released its own congressional redistricting map this afternoon (see map below). Back in January, the Democratic-majority court ruled that the state's 18-district map in use since 2011 was unconstitutionally gerrymandered and partisan in Republican favor and ordered a new map be drawn. Legislative leaders sent a new map to Governor Tom Wolf last Monday, who...

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Police in Atlantic County, New Jersey are investigating a deadly crash that happened Sunday morning. The crash took place at around 8:30 am on Sunday on US Route 206 close to the intersection of Union Road. Police say that a 25-year-old driver was attempting to pass a car in the southbound lanes and ended up in the northbound lanes. The car then crashed head on with a pickup truck driven...

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Over 100 residents and hotel guests were evacuated early this morning because of a 4-alarm fire in Old City. The fire started in a building near 3rd and Chestnut around 3 a.m. Firefighters arrived to heavy smoke and flames coming from the windows and roof. The building has retail/restaurant space at street level and apartments above. About 160 people were evacuated including neighboring...

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A tricky, thread-the-needle winter storm is expected to affect the Philadelphia area this evening and overnight with the possibility of accumulating snow. Sunny skies early will give way to clouds as the afternoon progresses. A cold front passed through last night bringing in enough cold enough air that a storm approaching from the south later today should produce wintry precipitation. It...

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Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf submitted a congressional districting map to the PA Supreme Court today. He said, "From the outset, I have made clear I wanted a map that was fair and removed the partisanship that Pennsylvanians have been forced to live under since the 2012 elections. This map takes features from Republican and Democratic submissions, while still meeting the court's orders...

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UPDATE: Penn State THON 2018 raised $10,151,663.93!

The annual Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon, simply known as THON, is set to take place all weekend long at the Bryce Jordan Center on PSU's campus in State College, Pennsylvania. This is the 41st anniversary of THON. Since 1977, the event has raised over $136 million for the Four Diamonds Fund at Penn State...

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