Penn State's Athletic Director Sandy Barbour is taking some heat on Twitter. She called the 409 sticker worn on the helmets of Penn State's hockey team "inappropriate and insensitive". The hockey team wore the stickers to recognize the restoration of Joe Paterno's 409 wins as the school's football coach.

The inauguration of Democrat Tom Wolf as Pennsylvania's 47th governor takess...

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A major gas leak in South Philadelphia forced the evacuation of 6 homes early Tuesday morning on Snyder Avenue around 2:40am. Captain William Dixon of the Philadelphia Fire Department says there was a 60% natural gas reading in the air when the leak was discovered. South Philly High School was opened as a warming center for people who couldn’t yet return to their homes. No one was...

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January 17/18 Playlist - Michael Tearson's Marconi Experiment - Martin Luther King Day

1) "Beautiful Fool" by Don Henry
2) "Martin Luther King's Dream" by Strawbs
3) "I'm Easy" by Boz Scaggs
4) "Baby's Calling Me Home" by Steve Miller Band
5) "All the Madmen" by David Bowie
6) "I Got Stones and I Missed It" by Shel Silverstein
7) "Talk...

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Thousands marched today in Philadelphia on Martin Luther King day. The event was organized by a group called MLK Day of Action, Resistance, and Empowerment or 'MLK Dare'. The march started on North Broad Street outside the headquarters of the Philadelphia School District and headed south around City Hall. The protestors marched down Market Street to a rally at Independence Hall around 3:30...

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The Secret Service says several shots were fired from a fast moving vehicle outside the Delaware residence of Vice President Joe Biden last night. Mr. and Mrs. Biden were not home at the time and no one was hurt. Authorities have one person in custody for questioning. Biden appeared at the Chase Center in Wilmington this morning for a Martin Luther King Day event.

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Three people are dead after multi-vehicle accidents on both the Schuylkill Expressway and the Blue Route Sunday morning because of wet and icy roads. One person was killed and several dozen others were injured after a pileup involving at least 50 vehicles on the westbound Schuylkill Expressway near the Gulph Mills exit. The victim who died has been identified as 31-year-old Eric Blau from...

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Three motorists died and dozens more were injured in multiple chain reaction pileups on area highways Sunday morning due to icy roads. Starting at 7:00 a.m. on the westbound Schuylkill Expressway near the Gulph Mills exit a near 60-car pileup had I-76 closed in both directions for hours. 31-year-old Eric Blau from Philadelphia was killed in the crash and 30 people were injured. At the same...

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ALBUMS

Pink Floyd---A Nice Pair---1974
Smokey Robinson---Deep In My Soul----1977
Diana Ross---An Evening With Diana Ross---1977
Gentle Giant---Playing The Fool---1977
Warren Zevon---Excitable Boy—1978
Sheena Easton---Take My Time---1981
Jean-Luc Ponty---Mystical Adventures---1982
Bryan Adams---Cuts Like A Knife---1983

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ALBUMS

Simon Garfunkel---Sounds Of Silence---1966
Aretha Franklin---Soul '69---1969
Joni Mitchell---Court And Spark---1974
Bob Dylan---Planet Waves---1974
Bob Dylan---Blood On The Tracks---1975
Black Sabbath---Live Evil---1983
Smokey Robinson---Yes It's You Lady---1983
Green Day—Kerplunk!---1992
The Roots---Do You Want...

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The NCAA and Penn State have reached a settlement that would vacate the 2012 consent decree signed in the the wake of the Jerry Sandusky scandal. The settlement would restore 112 wins to the football program, 111 of which were won under the late Joe Paterno, placing him back on top the all-time wins list for head coaches. Penn State will still be responsible for $60 million, but the monies...

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