Two teenagers were killed and another person was injured when a minivan was hit by a pickup truck in Exton, Chester County. It happened around 7:00 pm in the northbound lanes on Route 100 near North Slip Road. The minivan was trying to turn when it was struck by the pickup. The two teens killed were thrown from the minivan, the other injured was in the truck. The driver of the truck was...

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Friday night, the NBA hosted a Celebrity game in Brooklyn, NY, as part of the All-Star Weekend. Two of the participants in the night's festivities were native Philadelphians. Comedian Kevin Hart and 13-year-old Little League phenom Mo'Ne Davis were pitted against each other on opposing teams. Now, Davis may have a 70+ mph fastball and the eighth grader was named Sport Illustrated's Sports...

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On Thursday, concerns began to swirl over the choice to feature Philadelphia Eagles' Wide Receiver Riley Cooper for the month of February on the official team calendar for 2015. February is widely publicized as Black History Month. Cooper, who is white, also had a widely publicized off-the-field incident during the off season in the summer of 2013. He was caught on video yelling a racial...

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The Democratic National Convention is coming to Philadelphia. This is the first time in 70 years that the City of Brotherly Love has been selected to host the gathering. The Democratic National Committee announced the convention will be held the week of July 25th, 2016, the week after the Republicans will meet in Cleveland, Ohio.

There is a wind chill advisory, meaning there is a...

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For months police have wondered whether Andrew Biddle, the missing boater from this past summer in Longport was dead or alive. He's alive, and turned himself into police yesterday. The Egg Harbor Township man was wanted for allegedly staging a boating accident and disappearing in order to escape criminal charges. Biddle and his business partner were being investigated for fraudulent boat...

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A man missing since a boating crash last summer in Longport, NJ has turned himself in to authorities at Atlantic County Superior Court on Thursday afternoon. 45-year-old Andrew Biddle, a professional boater, went missing on July 20th, 2014 when a boat he was said to be on hit a buoy and ran into a jetty. The passenger made it to shore and Biddle presumably went missing in the water....

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Next month, thousands will descend upon the 29th Annual South by Southwest (SXSW) music, entertainment and technology conference in Austin, TX. The music portion alone features over 2,000 acts on over 100 stages around the city. Philadelphia companies Broad Street Music Group/RECphilly and What Scene? have been selected to host an official showcase at this year's event. This Philadelphia-centric...

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It was announced today that the Democratic National Convention will be held right here in Philadelphia in 2016. Philadelphia beat out Brooklyn, NY and Columbus, OH to be the Democrats' choice of host city for their convention. We are not strangers to hosting presidential conventions, having had 6 Republican and 2 Democratic get-togethers in the past, most recently the 2000 RNC that...

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Tickets in North Carolina, Puerto Rico and Texas have matched all six numbers to split a $564.1 million Powerball jackpot, lottery officials said Thursday. Sue Dooley, senior drawing manager and production coordinator for the Multi-State Lottery Association, said the Puerto Rico ticket was the first Powerball jackpot winner ever sold outside the continental United States. Wednesday's jackpot...

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The bright new billboards on the historic Lit Brothers building in Center City Philadelphia are drawing some criticism from neighbors who don’t care for the new view of continuous blazing LED lights. Some neighbors claim it's like living next to a drive-in movie. Deputy Mayor Alan Greenberger says the signs were approved as part of an economic-development plan. And there are more...

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