Philadelphia Police have arrested and charged a man in the assault of a women in a Center City SEPTA station on Monday afternoon. 26-year-old Reginald Green is charged with Attempted Rape, Robbery, Aggravated Assault, Unlawful Restraint, False Imprisonment, Aggravated Indecent Assault, Simple Assault, and Indecent Assault. It happened around 1:30 p.m. at Jefferson Station. The 27-year-old...
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Jon Stewart is leaving the Daily Show. After 17 years. the comedian announced he would step down from Comedy Central’s late night television show. Stewart says the show and its audience don’t deserve an even slightly restless host. Stewart says he has no specific plans – just ideas for his future after he leaves the show in the Fall.
A Pennsylvania State...
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Nearly half a billion dollars is up for grabs tonight in the Powerball drawing. It's the fifth largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history. The Powerball jackpot stands at $485 million dollars. Lottery officials say booming sales meant raising the big prize from $450 million dollars yesterday. Pennsylvania lottery officials say tickets were selling at a rate of about 2,300 tickets per minute...
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Philadelphia Police have released photos of a man they say beat and nearly raped a woman at a Center City SEPTA station yesterday. The attack happened around 1:30 pm Monday afternoon at Jefferson Station, formerly Market East. The woman was on her way home to the Northeast when she was approached by a man asking for directions which turned into a demand for sex. The man walked with her...
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A water main break closed the Roosevelt Boulevard this morning at the peak of morning rush hour. The rush of water flooded Roosevelt Boulevard with deep water forcing authorities to close the Boulevard from Red Lion Road to Grant Avenue. Making matters worse, the temperature hovered around 29 degrees, creating an icing problem.
The deal for the purchase of the bankrupt Revel...
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A flight from Philadelphia to Houston had to make an emergency landing when its landing gear didn't deploy. The fight left Philadelphia International Airport a little after 6 p.m. Monday. It arrived at Houston's George Bush International Houston at about 10 p.m. The flight landed safely, but without its nose landing gear. All 52 passengers and four crew members got off American Airlines...
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Police in South Jersey believe three suspects (2 women, 1 man) set a fire inside a Burlington County Walmart. It happened at 11:30 a.m. on February 1st at the Walmart on Route 70 in Evesham Township. They took a took a “Fire-Puck†starting brick from a shelf. They then used it to start a fire on the floor of an aisle containing 'highly-combustible products.' The trio then left...
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February 5/6 Playlist - Michael Tearson's Marconi Experiment - Valentine's Day
1) "I Love You Big Dummy" by Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band
2) "Love" by Traffic
3) "When I Fall In Love" by Nat King Cole
4) "I Just Keep Falling in Love" by Steve Goodman
5) "The Nearness of You" by Dr. John
6) "Angel" by Jimi Hendrix
7) "Her Eyes Are a...
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Philadelphia Police say a shot was fired during a robbery at a Dunkin' Donuts in Olney earlier Monday morning. It happened around 6:30 a.m. at the store at 5th Street and West Somerville Avenue. Police say a man fled with an undetermined amount of cash after firing a shot inside of the store. No one was injured during the robbery.
This is the final week of open enrollment in...
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An 18-year-old Millersville University freshman from Chadds Ford was found dead in her dorm room Sunday. Karlie Hall was reportedly found badly beaten and her boyfriend has been arrested. There were reports of a physical altercation before she was found unresponsive about 5 a.m. The boyfriend, 19 year old Gregorio Orrostieta, of Kennett Square, was not a student at the school. He was ordered...
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