Janet Jackson, who celebrated her 49th birthday on Saturday, announced in a #ConversationsInACafe video that she will be releasing a new album and going on a world tour in 2015. She said, “I promised you’d hear it from my lips, and now you will. This year, new music, new world tour, a new movement. I’ve been listening. Let’s keep the conversation going.”...

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A driver is dead after he crashed his pickup truck into Lower Moreland High School on Saturday afternoon. It happened just before 2 p.m. on the 500 block of Red Lion Road in Lower Moreland. Witnesses saw the truck speeding across the parking lot, without any breaking or slowing down, and plow right through the side of the building. The black truck with Virginia tags ended up in a...

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The NTSB interviewed the engineer and two assistant conductors on Friday following Tuesday's Amtrak 188 derailment in Philadelphia. At a 5:30 press conference, National Transportation Safety Board member Robert Sumwalt relayed what those Amtrak crew members told investigators. The engineer, Brandon Bostian, said that before the wreck he did not feel fatigued or ill before the wreck and the...

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Motorists are leaving their cars in the garage today in Philly opting for two wheels to get to work. It's the 20th annual Bike To Work Day in Philadelphia, so don't be surprised if you see more bicyclists than usual on the streets. Also, you can use the city’s new bike share program for just $1.

As federal investigators try to find out why an Amtrak train that crashed in...

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B.B. King, whose scorching guitar licks and heartfelt vocals made him the idol of generations of musicians and fans while earning him the nickname King of the Blues, died late Thursday at home in Las Vegas. Although he had continued to perform well into his 80s, the 15-time Grammy winner suffered from diabetes and had been in declining health during the past year. He collapsed during a concert...

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Earlier today an 8th fatality was discovered in the wreckage of the Amtrak 188 train derailment in Port Richmond section of Philadelphia. 43 passengers remain in the hospital following Tuesday night's crash, 8 are in critical condition. 238 passengers and 5 crew were aboard the train when it derailed along a curve in the Frankford Junction section of track. All passengers have been...

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About a dozen passengers remain missing from the Amtrak derailment as officials work to reconcile Amtrak's manifest with hospital records and other information. The death toll could rise as crews continue to comb through the wreckage. Clean-up at the site, where all but two cars have been removed, is underway.

UPDATE 1:00 pm: An 8th passenger was found dead at the scene Thursday...

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Seven people were killed in the Amtrak train derailment Tuesday night in Philadelphia. One was 48-year-old Jim Gaines, an Associated Press video software architect, another was a midshipman at the U.S. Naval Academy, 20-year-old Justin Zemser. The third was Abid Gilani, a Wells Fargo executive, the fourth was Rachel Jacobs, CEO of an Philadelphia based education startup ApprenNet. and now the...

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Britney Spears and Iggy Azalea have released the totally 80's video for their "Pretty Girls" collaboration. Britney plays the typical airhead Valley girl and Iggy is an alien from space that crash lands in Brit's pool. After Azalea gets a makeover the pair hits the town. They cruise around in a Jeep, dance it up at a car wash, hang with friends, and take over the club. The whole premise...

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The NTSB confirmed this afternoon that preliminary data shows that Amtrak Northeast Regional Train 188 was traveling 106 mph before it derailed in the Port Richmond neighborhood on Tuesday night around 9:30 p.m. The train veered off the tracks in an area known as Frankford Junction just as the the rails turn north near the 2000 block of Wheatsheaf Lane. Seven cars left the tracks in...

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