A portion of the Delaware river in Philadelphia turned green Tuesday. Dr. Chris Crocket of the Philadelphia Water Department said it was a perfectly safe fluorescent compound used for surface and groundwater studies. The green plume extended from Susquehanna to Washington Avenue for a few hours on Tuesday. They're laying the groundwork for a detailed computer model that will allow the city to...
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA | August 05, 2014 9:07 pm
The body of a woman was found this morning in Pennypack Park in Northeast Philadelphia. The woman, identified as 46-year-old Connie McClain-Murray, was discovered just after 6 a.m. by a cemetery worker near the Crispin Rec Center at Holme and Convent avenues in the Holme Circle section. There apparently are no obvious signs of trauma but city detectives are investigating the case as a...
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA | August 05, 2014 12:16 pm
There were 34 drug overdoses and 42 arrests at a concert in Seaside Heights this weekend. The two day Electric Adventure Beach weekend featured EDM, Electronic Dance Music Saturday and Sunday. None of the overdoses resulted in death. Prior to this year the event had been held at Great Adventure.
A woman drowned at the Jersey shore possibly after getting caught in a rip current. ...
Culture | 
by: JoeS - Springfield, PA | August 05, 2014 11:02 am
ALBUMS
The Beatles---Revolver(UK)---1966
Pink Floyd---The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn---1967
The Stooges---The Stooges---1969
Elvis Costello And The Attractions---Punch The Clock---1983
Young MC---Brainstorm---1991
HIM---Interpretive Belief System---1997
311---Transistor---1997
Jeff Beck---Jeff---2003
Spoon---They Want My...
Philadelphia police say a suspect wanted for his alleged role in a shooting that claimed the life of a three-year-old girl late last week was taken into custody Monday night. Police say Brandon Ruffin of South Philadelphia was arrested by the Homicide Unit Monday night. Ruffin was wanted by the city's Homicide Unit for his alleged involvement in a shooting that killed three-year-old Tynirah Borum...
News | by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA | August 04, 2014 9:53 pm
Philadelphia Police have released the identity of the man they believe was the gunman in Friday night's shooting that killed an innocent 3-year-old girl and injured 3 adults in Grays Ferry. Police are looking for 22-year-old Brandon Ruffin whose last known address was on the 2300 block of Wharton Street. Ruffin was riding on the handlebars of the bicycle of 22-year-old Douglas Woods, who...
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by: mtearson - Philadelphia, PA | August 04, 2014 6:20 pm
August 2/3 Playlist - Michael Tearson's Marconi Experiment
1) "August " by Love
2) "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" by Allman Brothers Band
3) "Candy" by Byrds
4) "Jack Tarr the Sailor" by Byrds
5) "Space Odyssey" by Byrds
6) "Space Cowboy" by Steve Miller Band
7) "I’m Waiting for the Man" by Velvet Underground
8) "Vagabond...
News | by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA | August 04, 2014 12:00 pm
Funerals for the three children killed in a carjacking were held this morning at Seventh-Day Adventist church on Oxford Avenue. Keiearra Williams, Joseph Reed, and Terrance Moore were struck and killed by an out of control carjacked vehicle in North Philadelphia on July 25th. Their mother who one of three others injured, remains hospitalized.
Money Magazine has put Northeast...
Culture | by: JoeS - Springfield, PA | August 04, 2014 10:35 am
ALBUMS
Aretha Franklin---Aretha Arrives---1967
Michael Jackson---Ben---1972
Rainbow---Richie Blackmore's Rainbow---1975
Slayer---Haunting The Chapel---1984
Donovan---Troubadour: The Definitive Collection 1964-1967---1992
Gin Blossoms---New Miserable Experience---1992
Dimmu Borgir---Godless Savage Garden---1996
BIRTHDAYS
Two 17-year-old boys have been charged with breaking into a Pennsylvania home and baking drug-laced brownies. Police say the burglary happened late July 22 in Perkiomen Township, though the department only recently publicized it. Police say the boys were found with drug paraphernalia and more than 2 pounds of the unspecified drug used to make the brownies.
A 38-year-old woman has...
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