Just two days ago, many self-proclaimed experts and sports show talking heads were calling Eagles coach Chip Kelly "crazy" for unloading star players, Lesean McCoy and Nick Foles. Now that the birds have swiped running back, Demarco Murray from the rival Dallas Cowboys, it’s all starting to make sense. Trading Foles to get Murray’s good friend, college teammate and roommate, Sam...

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Police are investigating after they say a man was fatally shot while walking his dog Thursday night in Philadelphia's Overbrook neighborhood. This happened just after 8:30 p.m. on the 6400 block of Woodcrest Avenue. Police say they found the 51-year-old victim unconscious in the street after responding to reports of shots being fired. He was taken to the hospital with a gunshot wound to the...

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Ben Folds has announced a-yet-to-be-named new album and plans for a world tour which promises to make a few stops in Philadelphia this May. Folds collaborated with New York classical sextet yMusic and recorded the album in just two weeks. Folds says that the arrangements however are 'rock' and the album itself is a 'pop record.' yMusic will...

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An Upper Darby mother has been arrested after a carbon monoxide leak led to the discovery of squalid living conditions for her two children. 29-year-old Christina Wright has been charged with endangering the welfare of her children. At 10:00 p.m. Wednesday, next door neighbors called 911when the CO detectors went off in their row home on the 7000 block of Guilford Road in Upper Darby....

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Two officers were shot in front of the Ferguson, Missouri Police Department early this morning as demonstrators gathered after the resignation of the city's police chief in the wake of a scathing Justice Department report alleging bias in the police department and court. A 32-year-old officer was shot in the face and a 41-year-old officer was shot in the shoulder. Both are hospitalized in...

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Bill Green - who was demoted last week from Chairman of the School Reform Commission - has changed his party affiliation, and that could open the door to an independent run for mayor this fall. When Green became the chairman of the SRC in early 2014, he ruled out any run for mayor. Governor Wolf removed Green as chairman last week, though he remains on the commission. And now Green has changed...

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Philadelphia Eagles' Head Coach Chip Kelly addressed the media today at a press conference and discussed the many recent roster moves made by the team that have perplexed fans and have gotten emotions running high. Talking about LeSean McCoy he said, "To get something you have to give something up." He explained the team got a great LB in Kiko Alonso and the money freed up allowed them to...

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Next week, Philly's What Scene?, Broad Street Music Group (BSMG), and RECphilly will host the official Philadelphia Showcase at the South by Southwest (

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Philadelphia Eagles fans are on the edge of their seats. And we are nowhere near football season. The Eagles coach and personnel director Chip Kelly has made several moves in this free agency period that have surprised and upset some fans. Kelly gave up Quarterback Nick Foles and 2 draft picks to the Rams for Quarterback Sam Bradford and picks. There is now speculation Kelly is interested in...

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Seven Marines and four soldiers were missing early Wednesday after an Army helicopter crashed during a night training exercise at Eglin Air Force Base in the Florida Panhandle. Base officials said the Marines are part of a Camp Lejeune-based special operations group and the soldiers were from a Hammond, Louisiana-based National Guard unit. The helicopter was reported missing around 8:30 p.m....

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