Police have arrested a homeless man in connection with a large fire that destroyed one business and damaged several others on 69th Street in Upper Darby earlier this week. 54-year-old James Morris was squatting in the abandoned second floor of the Payless Shoe Source store. Morris was inside the store at the time of the blaze. Upper Darby Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood said that...

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Parents gathered to discuss the firing in June of an openly gay teacher at Waldron-Mercy Academy in Merion, PA. Margie Winters, the respected Director of Religious Education was dismissed for being in a same-sex marriage, something she told administrators about when she was hired in 2007. Principal Neil Stetser notified parents that Winters contract would not be renewed after some disagreement...

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A clogged toilet down the shore helped New Jersey authorities track down a North Carolina man indicted Wednesday for allegedly trying to rig a poker tournament at an Atlantic City casino last year. A grand jury indicted 43-year-old Christian Lusardi of Fayetteville on counterfeiting, theft and criminal mischief charges. Acting New Jersey Attorney General John Hoffman says Lusardi allegedly used...

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Jason Isbell has released a lyric video for the title track to his upcoming new album Something More Than Free due out July 17th. The song is an ode to the blue collar working man who toils week in and week out without question and is grateful to have the job. Watch/Listen to the song below:



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The New York Stock Exchange shutdown for a few hours Wednesday afternoon after what was called 'an internal technical issue.' Trading was halted around 11:30 a.m. ET and did not resume until about 3:10 p.m. ET. Security experts say that this was the result of an internal software glitch and not 'the result of a cyber breach.' Investors were still able to buy and sell NYSE-listed stocks at...

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An independent arbitrator has ordered the School District of Philadelphia to restore a full-time counselor to every school and to give back pay to laid-off counselors who should have been recalled based on seniority. The ruling says the district violated its contract with the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers when it failed to recall laid-off counselors in seniority order. If upheld, the...

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As soon as Carli Lloyd stepped off the plane and into Philadelphia International Airport at 2am Wednesday morning, a group of cameras were waiting for her. The Delran, New Jersey. native helped propel Team USA to its first World Cup since 1999. And she did it in tremendous fashion, scoring a hat trick in the World Cup Final. Now that she’s home, Lloyd says she’ll spend a little...

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Demi Lovato has released the official lyric video for "Cool For The Summer" and it's pretty hot. Over the past few weeks, Lovato has been throwing pool parties for fans across the country and filming the fiasco as she performed the single live. The footage has been strung together with the lyrics to create this new video. There is lots of splashing, dancing, partying, and plenty of sexy...

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According to the Gilbert Police Department, former Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb was arrested for DUI last week in Arizona. The incident happened on June 28th shortly before midnight in Gilbert, AZ outside of Phoenix. The police report says that he was "impaired by alcohol" and rear-ended another vehicle stopped at a red light. This is McNabb's 2nd DUI offense. He was arrested in...

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Bill Cosby testified during a 2005 lawsuit deposition that he gave a 19 year old Quaaludes then had consensual sex with her. The 77 year old actor and comedian said at that time he acquired powerful sedatives to give to women he wanted to have sex with. Now outside the statute of limitations, attorneys for Cosby's more recent accusers are demanding apologies from Cosby for calling alleged...

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