A Montgomery County jury took a little more than 6 hours over two days to find a longtime defense attorney guilty of raping a client after she passed out in her apartment. 57-year-old Vincent Cirillo Jr. was convicted of guilty of Rape of an Unconscious Person and Involuntary Deviate Sexual Intercourse. The incident happened in August 2015. Cirillo claimed in his defense that the encounter...

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The Sixers have now stated that Jahlil Okafor will be joining the team on Wednesday night against the Celtics. Okafor has been in the midst of a trade rumor between the Sixers and the Pelicans, and has not been playing much because of it. Head Coach Brett Brown said earlier this week that playing Okafor in the middle of the trade talks could complicate things. Coach Brown stated "It's...

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Lehigh Valley authorities are now investigating a fire that broke out in North Whitehall Township on Tuesday night. The fire broke out at around 7 pm at the old Rockdale Hotel on the 1800 block of Rockdale Road. The hotel had been converted into a three-story house. The fire was eventually put out by the responding fire crews, but the building appeared to be completely destroyed. Luckily...

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Falls Township Police have arrested a major drug dealer in Bucks County. Darren Thompson was placed into police custody on Tuesday and is accused of dealing large amounts of heroin in Falls and Bristol Townships. Falls Township detectives have been investigating Thompson for the past four months and say that undercover officers had bought over 70 bags of heroin from him in those months....

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A Maple Shade, NJ, man was convicted today of murder almost 38 years after 6-year-old Etan Patz went missing on his way to the bus stop in New York City. 56-year-old Pedro Hernandez worked as a store clerk in Etan's Manhattan neighborhood back in 1979. He was not a suspect until 2012. He told police that he offered Etan a soda, choked him, and placed him in a box by the curb for trash...

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PHILADELPHIA - Mayor Jim Kenney and the Philadelphia Department of Commerce will join a coalition of Philadelphia startups, corporations, musicians, and other partners in Austin, Texas at the SXSW Interactive & Music Festival this March. The Amplify Philly initiative will promote Philadelphia as a hub for innovation, highlighting the companies, music, and technologies created here.

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As the NBA All-Star weekend is just a little over a week away, many Sixers fans were hoping that the end of the All-Star weekend would mean a start for Sixers rookie Ben Simmons. According to head coach Brett Brown, that scenario is looking extremely unlikely, saying that Simmons will not be participating in the 5-on-5 drills during All-Star Weekend. Sixers general manager Bryan Colangelo...

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February 11/12 - Michael Tearson's ATTIC - Come from the Heart

1) "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" by Jackie de Shannon
2) "Come from the Heart" by Guy Clark
3) "Where I Used to Have a Heart" by Craig Bickhardt
4) "In Memory of My Heart" by Buddy Miller
5) "Armed with a Broken Heart" by John Gorka
6) "Heart with No Companion" by Ron Sexsmith

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February 11/12 Playlist - Michael Tearson's Marconi Experiment - Live Performances

1) "Drive In Saturday" by David Bowie
2) "No More" by Neil Young
3) "Radio Radio" by Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4) "The Fan" by Little Feat
5) "Deep Dark Truthful Mirror" by Elvis Costello & the Rude 5
6) "The End of the Innocence" by Bruce Hornsby
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A woman was killed in a house fire that broke out in the Frankford section of Philadelphia on Monday. The fire broke out on the 5200 block of Akron Street at around 4:30 pm on Monday. Officials say that 4 people were inside of the home when the fire broke out. A couple and their child were able to escape, but a grandmother who had been bedridden for several years was unable to make it out...

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