After two bicyclists (pictured) were photographed riding rented Indego bikes on I-676 this week, there is discussion about signage at entrance ramps. The two likely ended up on the busy highway by mistake. The two helmetless riders probably entered 676 West at 8th street, confusing the two lanes there where one is for local traffic into Chinatown and the other dumps straight onto the...
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Former President George H.W. Bush fell at home on Wednesday and broke a bone in his neck but was doing OK after. Spokesman Jim McGrath tweeted that the 41st president would be in a neck brace. Bush, is the oldest living former U.S. president and has a form of Parkinson’s disease that has forced him in recent years to use a motorized scooter or wheelchair for mobility.
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Arcade Fire will release a feature film called The Reflektor Tapes in theaters worldwide on September 24th. The film was directed by 2013 Sundance Grand Jury Prize for Short Films winner Kahlil Joseph. According to their press release it "will be a unique cinematic experience, meeting at the crossroads of documentary, music, art and personal history." They have released a 45-second...
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Philadelphia Police have released surveillance video of four armed suspects attempting a home robbery on the 500 block of Burnham Road on Tuesday night. It happened around 10:30 p.m. in West Mount Airy. The 32-year-old resident heard a knock on the door and opened it slightly. He saw another man appear with a gun and quickly shut and locked the door. He witnessed two others appear on the...
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The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning for much of the area Wednesday morning. The warnings are set to expire at 9:30am. Reports are of 1 1/2" rain in a 20-30 minute span where it will come down heaviest. The areas affected in Pennsylvania are parts of Chester, Bucks, and Philadelphia Counties. In New Jersey, the warning extends to parts of Camden, Salem, Gloucester, and...
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Radiohead's Thom Yorke played in the band Headless Chickens during his college days at the University of Exeter starting in the late 80's. Video of some of the band's performances at Exeter's Lemon Grove have surfaced. Watch Headless Chickens perform a Radiohead classic "High and Dry" off of 1995's The Bends years before it hits the masses:
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A man being chased by police was killed after his car collided with a school bus this afternoon in Wilmington, DE. It happened around 1:30 p.m. Tuesday on the 800 block of Delaware Avenue. Wilmington police spotted the man driving erratically through the city streets and attempted to pull him over but he sped off. At the point where 12th Street turns into Delaware Ave. the man lost...
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President Barack Obama will address the convention in Philadelphia and is expected to call for sweeping changes of the criminal justice system. Watch the live streaming broadcast below:
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A woman was fatally struck by a SEPTA train in Montgomery County this morning. SEPTA said the woman died after she was hit by an inbound Lansdale/Doylestown Line train just before 6 a.m. The woman was struck between the North Wales and Gwynedd Valley stations. It's not yet known why the woman was in the track area. The incident prompted SEPTA to suspend service on the Regional Rail line...
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President Barack Obama will be in Philadelphia today to offer remarks at the 106th NAACP convention. NAACP President Cornell Brooks says he expects President Obama to provide guidance on key civil rights issues facing communities of color, like racial profiling, mass incarceration, voting rights and hate crimes. The 106th convention has included speeches by the nation’s top legal minds,...
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