The speakers and program for tomorrow's memorial service for businessman Lewis Katz have been announced. Former President Bill Clinton, Ed Snider, Mayor Nutter, Gov. Corbett, Sen. Cory Booker, and others are expected to speak. Katz was killed on Sunday with 6 others in a private plane crash in Massachusetts. The service will be held at 11 am at the Performing Arts Center on the campus of...

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ALBUMS

Elton John---Empty Sky---1969
Deep Purple---Deep Purple In Rock---1970
Pink Floyd---Obscured By Clouds---1972
Bob Marley & The Wailers---Exodus---1977
Peter Gabriel---Peter Gabriel (2)---1978
George Strait---Strait From The Heart---1982
America---Your Move---1983
Bryan Ferry---Boys And Girls---1985
Belinda...

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The bridge over the Christina River on Route 495 around Wilmington is closed while DelDOT analyzes the problem. There is a structural issue that is causing the bridge to tilt. About 90,000 cars use 495 around Wilmington daily. The bridge and that stretch of 495 will be closed indefinitely.

The black boxes from the plane crash that killed Lewis Katz are now in Washington at the...

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GSK, formerly Glaxo SmithKline, and the Philadelphia Foundation have announced a $5 million grant package available to non-profits which will lead to healthier lives. It's called the GSK IMPACT Grant. The Philadelphia Foundation is a public charity community foundation which manages more than 800 charitable funds. The application process starts with a letter of intent and a formal application....

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A woman was injured and a man found dead in an apparent failed murder suicide in Montgomery County this morning. The shootings took place around 10 a.m. at a home along the 2200 block of Harvard Drive in North Wales, Montgomery Township. Neighbors reported hearing two gun shots a few seconds apart. The female suffered a gun shot to the chest and was airlifted to the Hospital of the...

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May 31/June 1 Playlist - Michael Tearson's Marconi Experiment

1) "No Sleep Blues" by Incredible String Band
2) "Uninspired" by Traffic
3) "Sitting in Limbo" by Jimmy Cliff
4) "Lazy Days" by Flying Burrito Brothers
5) "Won’t You Try/Saturday Afternoon" by Jefferson Airplane
6) "Lazy Sunday" by Small Faces
7) "Cherishing the Lonesome"...

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The co-owner of the Philadelphia Inquirer, Lewis Katz was killed with six others in a plane crash Saturday night in Massachusetts. His death comes just days after his successful buyout of the newspaper with partner Gerry Lenfest. The plane crashed during takeoff when it careened off the runway and burst into flames. Katz and the others on the plane were returning from an event at the home of...

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ALBUMS

The Kingston Trio---The Kingston Trio---1958
The Small Faces---From The Beginning---1967
Cockney Rebel---The Psychomodo---1974
Bruce Springsteen---Darkness On The Edge Of Town---1978
Teddy Pendergrass---Life Is A Song Worth Singing---1978
Thin Lizzy---Live And Dangerous---1978
Estefan, Gloria & The Miami Sound Machine---Let It...

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Lewis Katz, a self-made man who built his fortune in New York parking lots, billboards and cable TV, and went on to buy the NBA's New Jersey Nets, NHL's New Jersey Devils and The Philadelphia Inquirer, died in a weekend plane crash. Katz died Saturday night in a Massachusetts crash that claimed six other lives. Katz grew up in working-class Camden, New Jersey, and worked as a lawyer before...

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ALBUMS

The Kingston Trio---At Large---1959
The Hollies---Would You Believe?---1966
David Bowie---David Bowie---1967
The Beatles---Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band---1967
The Monkees---Changes---1970
The Carpenters---Big Star---1974
James Taylor---Walking Man---1974
The Rolling Stones---Still Life---1982
Genesis---Three...

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