All 10,000 free tickets made available to the general public this afternoon for the Festival of Families at 4pm were claimed within 2 minutes according to World Meeting of Families officials. There will be another ticket giveaway at 8pm for tickets to the Papal Mass on Sunday 9/27. That giveaway is expected to be equally brisk. You can go to

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September 5/6 Playlist - Michael Tearson's Marconi Experiment - Labor Day

1) "All Summer Long" by Beach Boys
2) "Fall Breaks and Back to Winter" by Beach Boys
3) "Back to Schooldays" by Graham Parker & the Rumour
4) "School Days" by Chuck Berry
5) "My Real Hero" by String Driven Thing
6) "Child's Song" by Tom Rush
7) "1984" by Spirit

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The taxicab company whose driver struck and killed a young man and woman on North Broad Street early Monday has been under investigation by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission nearly two dozen times in the last five years, and has paid thousands of dollars in fines for infractions and safety violations, according to state records. Around 4:30 a.m. Monday, Amanda DiGirolomo of Phoenixville...

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Tickets for the Festival of Families and the Mass with Pope Francis on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway will be made available online Wednesday, September 9th. Tickets are available on a first come, first served basis and individuals are limited to four (4) tickets per person. There is absolutely no cost associated with these tickets. 10,000 tickets will be made available for The Festival of...

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Philadelphia Police have made an arrest is the deadly shooting outside the Theater of the Living Arts on South Street on Friday night. 28-year-old Tylee Wilbur of of North Saint Bernard Street in West Philadelphia has been arrested and charged with murder and firearms offenses. His bail was denied and is currently being held at Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility. The shooting happened...

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The Phillies set a new record last night. Although the organization is not particularly proud of this one. Last night's loss to the equally poor Atlanta Braves was played in front of an announced crowd of 15,125, a new low attendance record for Citizens Bank Park. Monday night marked the fourth time the Phillies had set a new low for the 12-year-old ballpark, which has hosted 1,203 games since...

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T-shirt makers are bracing for the pope with new faith-inspired designs. Scott Soffen, the force behind the T-shirt website "faithadelphia.com/phaithadelphia.com" says with the World Meeting of Families coinciding with the Jewish high holiday Yom Kippur, he decided to make a shirt that says, "Good Yontif, Pontiff 5776." He also has a shirt that says “Yo Pontiff Philadelphia” and...

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Two people were killed in Center City early this morning after being struck by a taxi. The victims, a 24-year-old woman and a 25-year old man, were hit by a northbound cab about 5:15 a.m. as they crossed Broad Street one block north of City Hall at Arch Street. The woman died at the scene. The man was taken to Hahnemann University Hospital where he died of his injuries. Police are withholding...

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A man is dead after gunfire erupted on South Street outside the Theater of Living Arts before a hip hop concert on Friday night. It happened just after 8 p.m. on the 300 block of South Street. Fans were lined up outside the TLA waiting to head into the Lil Durk concert when a scuffle broke out near the front door. Philadelphia Police that patrol crowded South Street saw the violence and then...

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The Philadelphia Eagles traded backup quarterback Matt Barkley to the Arizona Cardinals today for a conditional 7th round pick in 2016. The Eagles will get the pick if Barkley remains on the roster for six games. Barkley was in competition with Tim Tebow for a third string quarterback position behind starter Sam Bradford and backup Mark Sanchez. Barkley was drafted by the Eagles in the 4th...

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