This past March at The Fonda Theatre in LA an all-star lineup came together to pay tribute to Beach Boy's founding member Brian Wilson. The shindig was called "Brian Fest" and featured Norah Jones, Brandon Flowers, Bethany Costentino of Best Coast, Devandra Banhart, M. Ward, Local Natives, Boz Scaggs and more. In Part 1 of a...
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The man convicted of killing off-duty Philadelphia police officer Moses Walker Jr. in 2012 during a robbery was sentenced today in court. Rafael Jones was found guilty of first-degree murder by Judge Jeffrey Minehart in a non-jury trial. His accomplice, Chancier McFarland, previously pled guilty. Walker was killed walking to the bus stop after finishing his shift at the 22nd police...
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A Lower Merion Township man has pleaded guilty in what investigators call one of the largest invasion of privacy cases they've seen. 38 year old Sean Moses of Narberth secretly recorded women and girls in department store fitting rooms, at the beach and through apartment windows. Sentencing is expected in September.
Firefighters will be waiting tables at a northeast Philadelphia...
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It was a special deal Tuesday for all of the folks curious about Philadelphia's Bike Share program, which rolled out in late April. On the first Tuesday of every month, through 10 p.m., new riders can walk up to those Indego blue racks, snag a bike, and try it out for $1 for 30-minutes. Normal pricing kicks in after the first half-hour. In just over a month’s worth of operations, 65,000...
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Philadelphia's own Meek Mill has released another track off his upcoming new album Dreams Worth More Than Money. It's called "Check" and was posted to YouTube on Monday with the simple declaration of #MeekSeason. The track was produced by Metro Boomin. This is the third single released off the new album following "B Boy" and "Monster". The album still doesn't...
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Steve McCurry is a world-renowned photographer based in Chester County most notable for his picture of the "Afghan Girl" on the cover of the June 1985 National Geographic. It was announced today by Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan that, McCurry's assistant, 32-year-old Bree DeStephano of York, PA, has been charged with theft and related offenses. DeStephano worked as the...
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Roads remain flooded around the Philadelphia area after Monday's cloudbursts set rain records for the first day of June. The National Weather Service says 1.96 inches of rain fell on Monday at Philadelphia International Airport, breaking an 1881 record of 1.58 inches. Records also were set in Wilmington, where the 3.80 inches were measured Monday and Atlantic City set a record with 2.22 inches...
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Amtrak's CEO and federal safety officials will testify today at a Congressional hearing on the deadly derailment in Philadelphia thee weeks ago. Lawmakers are expected to pepper Amtrak CEO Joe Boardman and the Federal Railroad Administration's Acting Administrator Sarah Feinberg with questions this morning. A major railroad union official is testifying as well. Their union, the BLET, after the...
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At 9th and Passayunk, across from Pat's King of Steaks in South Philly, lives one of the Mural Arts Program's most seen and recognizable murals. People from all over the world come through this part of town to get a cheese steak or visit the Italian Market and see the mural. It features portraits of Bobby Rydell, Frankie Avalon, Chubby Checker, Fabian, Eddie Fisher, Al Martino, and DJ...
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The 54th Annual Philadelphia Folk Festival has announced several more additions to this year's lineup scheduled for August 13-16, 2015 on the Old Pool Farm in Upper Salford Township (near Schwenksville), PA. Last week, Lyle Lovett and His Large Band were added to the schedule.
They would now like to welcome North Mississippi Allstars, Bruce Cockburn, The Lee...
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA | June 04, 2015 5:56 am
