UPDATE: 3-year-old Elinor Trotta and her father have been found safe in Massachusetts Tuesday afternoon.

An Amber Alert was issued last night for a 3 year old girl believed to be abducted by her 39 year old father. Police in New Jersey and Delaware issued the Amber Alert after a woman in New Castle reported her daughter was taken by her ex-boyfriend, the father of the girl,...

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Ten years ago today, on February 24, 2005, Philadelphia's alternative radio station Y100 (WPLY FM) was taken off the air by its owner. On that same day, Y100 program director Jim McGuinn and promotions director Josh T. Landow launched the website Y100Rocks.com as a petition to bring the station back to the airwaves and as an online streaming radio station. While Y100 never returned...

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On Monday, the State Attorney's Office in Florida released a statement clearing Eagles safety Nate Allen of any wrongdoing in connection to a charge of indecent exposure following an incident that occurred in Fort Myers on February 16th. According to the State Attorney's Office, a 16-year old female called authorities after witnessing a man expose himself in a pickup truck on the afternoon of...

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A tanker truck carrying over 8,000 gallons of gasoline turned over and exploded in Pennsauken, NJ this morning. It happened at 11:00 am on the off-ramp from Route 90 to Route 130 near the Betsy Ross Bridge. The truck driver was able to escape before the truck exploded into flames. The nearby neighborhoods were evacuated as a precaution. Neighbors reported hearing several explosions and a...

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February 21/22 Playlist - Michael Tearson's Marconi Experiment

1) "Quicksand" by David Bowie (Holland 1997)
2) "She Belongs to Me" by The Nice (Sweden 1967)
3) "Tam Lin" by Fairport Convention
4) "Kuiama" by Electric Light Orchestra
5) "Fame" by David Bowie (Holland 1997)
6) "Over Under Sideways Down" by Yardbirds
7) "Cherry Blossom Clinic"...

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A video purported to be from Somalia's al-Qaida-linked rebel group al-Shabab urged Muslims to attack shopping malls in the U.S., Canada, Britain and other Western countries. The threat came in an hourlong video released Saturday. The masked narrator concluded by calling on Muslims to attack shopping malls, specifically naming the Mall of America in the Minneapolis suburb of Bloomington, as well...

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A police standoff is underway at a gun shop in Tullytown, Bucks County. It all started around 2 a.m. Monday when police got a call for a burglar alarm from Mike's Gun Shop along Levittown Parkway. Police say when officers arrived, they found forced entry through the roof. Negotiators are on the scene trying to make contact with the man. It’s unclear if the suspect is alone or if there...

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Former Philadelphia Phillies Catcher and member of the 1993 National League Championship team, Darren Daulton, stopped by spring training on Sunday. The 53-year-old revealed in the summer of 2013 that he was battling brain cancer. Today he had much better news. “When the doctor walks in and opens the door and he starts smiling, then everything is cool. I can do whatever I want....

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UPDATE: The 2015 THON has ended and it was announced that this year they raised $13,026,653.23!

The annual Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon, simply known as THON, is set to take place all weekend long at the Bryce Jordan Center on PSU's campus in State College, Pennsylvania. Since 1977, the event has raised over $114 million for the Four Diamonds Fund at Penn State Hershey...

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An 8-inch water main broke shortly after 9 a.m. Saturday morning forcing residents of a dozen homes to leave their houses. It happened on the 3000 block of Tulip Street in Port Richmond. In addition, around 100 homes lost water service for hours. Several homes had to have their basements pumped out by the Philadelphia Water Department. The Red Cross was on hand to assist anyone who was displaced...

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