Today is the last day to mail in your SEPTA TrailPass or Cross County pass for a refund. If you want a full refund for this week or this month, you must return it to SEPTA by U.S. Mail postmarked by today, Thursday, July 7, to: SEPTA, P.O. BOX 58609, Philadelphia, PA 19102-8849. SEPTA asks you to note "Silverliner V Pass Refund" on the envelope. Customers can also get a fare credit on a future...

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Video footage of a fatal police involved shooting on Tuesday morning in Baton Rouge, LA, has renewed outrage and protest over police use of force. Uniformed police officers responded to a convenience store where a man selling CD's had threatened someone with a gun. The officers approached 37-year-old Alton Sterling in the parking lot, telling him to get on the ground. He did not respond...

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Hundreds of transportation projects across New Jersey will come to a halt Friday night for at least a week as the state looks for money to pay for the work. The state Department of Transportation and New Jersey Transit released lists of projects Wednesday that will be suspended at 11:59 p.m. Friday. They will remain suspended at least seven days. An executive order signed last Thursday by...

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It's a beach day for Hillary Clinton in Atlantic City. She's there for a rally and to throw Donald Trump to the sharks. She's expected to talk about Trump's multiple bankruptcies under his management of Atlantic City casinos in the 1980s and 1990s. Clinton is near the Trump Taj Mahal where workers at the hotel have been striking since Friday.

An excessive heat warning is now in...

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A route 47 SEPTA bus driver was maced by a woman on Tuesday night. The incident occurred at 5th Street and W. Olney Avenue in the city's Olney section. According to police, it took place around 7:45 p.m. when a bus stopped at the location. Officials say the driver went to assist a passenger, in a wheelchair, onto the bus. Authorities say that while helping the passenger, a woman boarded the...

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Commuters faced long delays and packed trains today on the first day back to work after SEPTA pulled one third of it's Regional Rail train cars due to a structural problem. Morning trains eventually had to skip stations on the way into Center City because they were full to capacity. Station platforms were crowded with people waiting to go home at the end of the day. SEPTA is operating on a...

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SEPTA Regional Rail riders dealt with major disruptions this morning. SEPTA had to take about one-third of the cars out of service due to structural problems found in the suspension system. Revised schedules are on SEPTA's website.

The Wawa Welcome America! festival's television coverage moved to NBC10...

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Thousands of people lined up at the Independence Visitors' Center to wish the U.S. a happy birthday… in a delicious way. As with any good birthday party, the focus was on the cake. John Kawash is a cake decorator for Termini Brothers and says the cake is a showcase for all. Kawash said Termini Brothers and the Visitor Center has teamed up for the past five years. The tradition continued...

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July 2/3 Playlist - Michael Tearson's Marconi Experiment

1) "American Tune" by Willie Nelson with Paul Simon
2) "Across The Borderline" by Ry Cooder with Freddie Fender
3) "Over the Hill" by Edison Electric Band
4) "Hey Joe" by Willy DeVille
5) "Drifting" by Chris Whitley
6) "Hear My Train A-Comin'" by Jimi Hendrix
7) "Muhammad Ali" by Tom...

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July 2/3 - Michael Tearson's ATTIC - Pugilists

1) "The Boxer" by Paul Simon (Live Rhyming)
2) "Jack Johnson" by Tom Russell & Barrence Whitfield
3) "Tiger Tom Dixon's Blues" by Rod Picott
4) "Ballad of Davey Moore" by Phil Ochs
5) "Who Killed Davey Moore?" by Bob Dylan
6) "Who Killed Davey Moore?" by Sebastian Cabot
7) "No Mercy" by Nils...

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