Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams has until the end of the week to find a new lawyer to represent him in his federal corruption and bribery case. Late last week his current attorney, Michael Diamondstein, filed a motion to withdraw. Diamondstein cited ethical conflicts and Williams' inability to afford his rates as reasons for withdrawing. He had agreed to represent his friend...

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Philadelphia police have arrested a woman described as the caretaker of a toddler found dead last week in the West Oak Lane section of Philadelphia. 22-year-old Jedayah Nesmith is charged with endangering the welfare of a child, recklessly endangering another person, concealing child death and abuse of a corpse. Police were called to the 7100 block of North 15th Street last Wednesday...

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Philadelphia Police formed a barricade at an apartment building in the Northern Liberties section of Philadelphia on Monday night. Police arrived on the scene after getting reports of gunshots coming from the top floor. Responding officers began to set up a perimeter along the 500 block of Front Street at around 6:30 pm. Police say that an employee at Delilah's Gentleman club near the...

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March 25/26 - Michael Tearson's ATTIC - Special Sides Show #2

1) "El Paso" by Marty Robbins (Grady Martin guitar)
2) "Comin' Home" by Delaney & Bonnie (Eric Clapton guitar)
3) "Miss You" by Rolling Stones (Sugar Blue harmonica)
4) "Loves Me Like a Rock" by Paul Simon (Dixie Hummingbirds b vox)
5) "Blue Yodel #9" by Jimmie Rodgers (Louis Armstrong...

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March 25/26 Playlist - Michael Tearson's Marconi Experiment - Special Sides Show #1

1) "The Guests" by Leonard Cohen (Jennifer Warnes b vox, Raffi Hakopian, violin)
2) "Gimme Shelter" by Rolling Stones (Merry Clayton vox)
3) "Love Hurts" by Gram Parsons (Emmylou Harris vox)
4) "Wild Horses" by Flying Burrito Brothers (Leon Russell piano)
5) "Loan Me a...

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Police say that a construction worker was killed on Monday afternoon in an industrial accident in Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County. It happened around 1 p.m. Monday at the former Cheltenham Mall on the 2400 block of Cheltenham Avenue. The mall is currently under construction. The man was working in an old Wells Fargo Bank branch when a ATM fell and crushed him. Fire, police, and a...

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The Philadelphia Police Marine unit pulled a badly decomposed body from the Schuylkill River this morning. A police boat recovered the body of a man around 10 a.m. near the 2500 block of Locust Street right along the Schuylkill River Trail. The medical examiner was called to the scene to help investigators determine race and age. An autopsy will need to be performed to determine cause of...

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Philadelphia Police are now investigating after a teen was injured in a shooting in West Philadelphia. The shooting took place near 50th and Haverford Avenue just before 4 pm. Police arrived on the scene to find the teenager with a gunshot wound to the upper body. He was then rushed to The Children's Hospital Of Philadelphia. Police are still searching for the suspect or suspects...

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The owner of a laundromat in North Philly shot a would be robber and also an innocent bystander on Sunday afternoon. It happened just before 4 p.m. Sunday on the 2800 block of North 5th Street. The 40-year-old male suspect held up the laundromat armed with a knife, but the owner pulled out a gun and chased him out of the store. The owner opened fire and hit the suspect twice in the chest....

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New Jersey Governor Chris Christie once again called on the federal government to have Cuba return a convicted cop killer who fled to the island nation decades ago. Joanne Chesimard was convicted in the murder of Trooper Werner Foerster 40 years ago Saturday, March 26th. He was killed during a firefight following a traffic stop on the New Jersey Turnpike in 1973. Chesimard was sentenced to...

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