Pennsylvania State Police used shotguns to deflate the runaway Army surveillance blimp that broke loose from its mooring in Maryland and came to rest in some trees in North-central Pennsylvania. The 243-foot long craft was tethered at Aberdeen Proving Ground and came free early yesterday afternoon. It caused power outages as its tether got caught it power lines along its way. It finally...

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Philadelphia Police are looking for help from the public in locating a missing 15-year-old boy with autism. Kalis Adams (pictured) left his home on the 6200 block of Carpenter Street in Cobbs Creek after an argument with his siblings. Kalis is described as 5'1", 115 lbs with dark complexion, brown eyes and low cut black hair. Kalis has been reported missing on several occasions in the past and...

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A new poll of Pennsylvania GOP voters taken before last night's debate shows Donald Trump and Ben Carson neck-and-neck with registered Republicans, while Democrats are solidly behind Hillary Clinton. Franklin and Marshall College Poll Director Terry Madonna says Donald Trump is at 23-percent, and Ben Carson at 22-percent, among Pennsylvania Republicans. On the Democratic side, it’s no...

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An unmanned Army surveillance blimp broke free from its tether at a military base in Maryland this afternoon and was floating aimlessly north over Pennsylvania this afternoon causing power outages as it's cable dragged over power lines. The Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System (JLENS) broke free from it's tether in Aberdeen, MD around 12:20pm. NORAD...

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How did Lenny Dykstra walk so much? Former Philadelphia Phillie and New York Met Lenny Dykstra now says he hired spies to help him blackmail gay MLB umpires. Dykstra told interviewer Colin Cowherd that he spent a half-million dollars later in his career hiring private investigators to dig up dirt on umpires who had sex with men, had extramarital sex with women and gambled. Dykstra said he would...

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The Droid Turbo 2, in stores tomorrow, has a display that's not glass, and guaranteed not to shatter. It has a four-year warranty. It can absorb shock and it can bend rather than break during a drop. Independent tests have seen the Droid Turbo 2 emerge unscathed after plunging 15 feet to a sidewalk. It's out Thursday from Verizon Wireless, which will take your shattered-screen smartphone as a...

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Chester County Police say that the man who flipped his car into a pond earlier this month, killing himself and his brother, had a blood alcohol content nearly five times the legal limit. 52-year-old Thomas McAleer was behind the wheel around 4:30 pm on October 2nd driving on Glenn Avenue in Berwyn. At some point he left the road and flipped into a small pond. Both he and his brother,...

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The Fairmount Welcome Center that resembles a flying saucer in Love Park caught fire overnight. Fire crews were on the scene at about 3 a.m. Crews faced heavy smoke coming from the welcome center. Aided by sprinkler systems, the fire was placed under control in half an hour. The fire was primarily located in the basement area. No injuries were reported. An investigation is underway.

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Upper Moreland police are being sued by a man who was dragged off a SEPTA bus and tasered repeatedly in the parking lot of a Willow Grove convenience store. The civil lawsuit alleges violation of constitutional rights, false arrest, false imprisonment, assault and battery at the hands of Upper Moreland police sergeant Peter Ruddell and Officer Matthew Snyder. It happened in October 2013,...

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October 24/25 Playlist - Michael Tearson's Marconi Experiment

1) "Urge for Going" by Joni Mitchell
2) "Autumn" by Strawbs
3) "Jackdaw" by Audience
4) "Season of the Witch" by Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity
5) "Eight Miles High" by Byrds
6) "Echoes" by Gene Clark
7) "Echoes" by Pink Floyd (11/16/74, London Wembley Empire Pool)

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