Philadelphia Police are looking for a man who stole a customer's cell phone from a South Philadelphia Target store while carrying a baby. It happened around 6:40 p.m. on May 3rd at the store on Mifflin Street in South Philly. The victim was standing at a counter listening to headphones on display and placed her phone on the counter. She then walked away leaving her phone behind. A short...

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The Flyers have a new head coach. Flyers General Manager Ron Hextall named Dave Hakstol as the Flyers' 19th head coach yesterday. Hakstol spent the past 11 years as the head coach of the ice hockey team at the University of North Dakota. Hextall's son Brett Hextall previously played for Hakstol at the University of North Dakota.

Today is Election Day. It’s the primaries...

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SEPTA says service to the North Philadelphia station on the Trenton Regional Rail line is back up and running after being suspended following last week's fatal Amtrak train derailment. Service on the Trenton Rail Line resumed yesterday for the first time since last Tuesday night. For current updates on all routes, head to the system status page on SEPTA’s website.

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May 16/17 Playlist - Michael Tearson's Marconi Experiment - 90-min Bob Dylan Show

1) "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll" by Bob Dylan
2) "Lay Down Your Weary Tune" by Byrds
3) "Walls of Red Wing" by Bob Dylan
4) "Tears of Rage" by Joan Baez
5) "One Too Many Mornings" by Dion
6) "Only a Hobo" by Rod Stewart
7) "I Was Young When I Left...

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Saturday night at Seattle's Neptune Theater, Guns N' Roses' Duff McKagan joined Nirvana's Krist Novoselic to talk about Novoselic's new book How To Be A Man (and other illusions). Following the discussion, the duo was introduced by Pearl Jam's Mike McCready. McKagen pickup his bass and Novoselic strapped on an accordion. The two then launched into an unexpected rendition of "Sweet...

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President Obama was in Camden, NJ, this afternoon to tour Camden County's two-year-old Metro Police Division and talk about it's community policing efforts. "I've come here to Camden to do something that might have been unthinkable just a few years ago and that is to hold you up as a symbol of promise to the nation," the president said. Violent crime is down 24%, Murder is down 47%, and...

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Amtrak resumed full Northeast Corridor operations this morning after being suspended since the May 12th derailment. Infrastructure repairs have been made in compliance with Federal Railroad Administration directives. Starting with departures from Philadelphia at 5:53 a.m. and New York City at 5:30 a.m., all Amtrak Acela Express, Northeast Regional and other services resumed.

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SEPTA will resume operations on the Trenton Regional Rail Line with the start of the service day on Monday. The announcement Sunday evening followed Amtrak's announcement of restoration of service on the Northeast Corridor effective Monday morning. Service on both railways was suspended following Tuesday night's deadly derailment of an Amtrak train at Frankford Junction. SEPTA says due to an...

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Taylor Swift released the video for "Bad Blood" featuring Kendrick Lamar directed by Joseph Kahn and co-starring a long list of female actresses, singers, and models. It was debuted at the start of the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas Sunday night. The video is dark and action-packed, set in some futuristic time where every woman is kick ass. It's easy to see the homage to various films...

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Amtrak and SEPTA both announced that service will resume again following last Tuesday's crash of Amtrak 188 in Port Richmond that killed 8 and injured over 200. Amtrak crews have been working around the clock to restore service to the Northeast Corridor line between Philadelphia and New York. Acela Express, Northeast Regional and other services will begin with departures at 5:53 a.m. from...

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