August 20/21 - Michael Tearson's ATTIC - Guns and Fear

1) "Ballad of a Well-Known Gun" by Elton John
2) "Gun" by John Cale
3) "My Father's Gun" by Elton John
4) "Don't Take Your Guns to Town" by Johnny Cash
5) "The Road to Ensinada" by Lyle Lovett
6) "Fear is a Man’s Best Friend" by John Cale
7) "I Scare Myself" by Dan Hicks & the...

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A roller coaster somehow got stuck at Hersheypark, and riders had to be evacuated from the structure, marking the second time a coaster has stopped working at the park in less than a week. Hersheypark officials say The Sidewinder "experienced a stoppage" at 3:30 p.m. Monday, and workers escorted all 27 riders safely off it. They say the coaster worked as it should during a malfunction by settling...

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US swimmer Ryan Lochte has begun to feel the fallout from the controversy in Rio involving a late night incident at a gas station. Speedo announced today that they will be ending its longtime sponsorship of Lochte. The company said in a statement, "While we have enjoyed a winning relationship with Ryan for over a decade and he has been an important member of the Speedo team, we cannot...

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Philadelphia area retailers have moved quickly to capitalize on the new liquor reform laws recently passed in Pennsylvania. The new law, effective August. 8, means approved grocery stores, restaurants and hotels can now sell up to four bottles of wine per customer for takeout. The day the law went into effect, the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board began accepting requests for various new...

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A father of six was killed in front of his kidsduring a home invasion in Hunting Park overnight. His wife was also left wounded and police are now looking for the suspects who fired a shotgun at the couple. On the 3700 block of North 7th Street, near Rising Sun Avenue, around one in the morning, Chief Inspector Scott Small says two men broke in, went upstairs and encountered a 35-year-old man and...

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Officials speaking on the condition of anonymity told the Associated Press that some pills discovered inside Prince's Paisley Park estate were mislabeled and actually contained a significantly more powerful drug. The autopsy results released in June state that Prince died of an accidental fentanyl overdose. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid 50 times more powerful than heroin. It is used in...

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A missing Penn State professor has been found dead. His body was discovered at the bottom of a quarry and he had apparently been pushed. 56-year-old Ronald Bettig, an associate professor of media studies, had not been seen since August 12th. Penn State police launched an investigation and transferred it to State Police this week. His body was found in a quarry in Centre County at the...

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Firefighters had to rescue passengers aboard two NJ Transit buses that collided in Newark, New Jersey this morning. One person has died, seven others have been injured. One of the busses t-boned the other, killing one of the bus drivers as one bus ended up on its side.

Two American Olympic swimmers headed home today after being pulled off a plane yesterday to testify about an...

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A mass of consecration for Philadelphia's newest auxiliary bishop was held in the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul on the Parkway Thursday afternoon. Retired Cardinal Justin Rigali joined his successor, Archbishop Charles Chaput, along with bishops from Harrisburg and New York, to ordain Bishop Edward Deliman as the 27th auxiliary in the history of the archdiocese. Deliman, who has...

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Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has nominated former First Deputy Attorney General Bruce Beemer for temporary Attorney General. He would replace former Solicitor General Bruce Castor who was sworn into office as acting Attorney General. Beemer testified against the convicted Kathleen Kane who resigned yesterday. Beemer's nomination must be approved by the Senate, however, they aren't...

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