A 12-year-old boy and a 21-year-old have both been hospitalized after gunfire broke out in Lawncrest this evening. It happened after 9:00 pm on the 500 block of Van Kirk Street near Rising Sun Avenue in Northeast Philadelphia. The man and the boy were walking together when they were caught in the crossfire. The boy was hit in the leg and was taken to St. Christopher’s Hospital for...

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40,000 people are going through their final preparations before Philadelphia's 35th annual Broad Street Run. The 10 mile run down Broad starts at Central High and finishes at the Navy Yard. Runners picking up race bibs today and tomorrow are reminded that bag checks will not accept backpacks in heightened security. Pre-race bag checks will only accept clear plastic bags.

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ALBUMS

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers---Your Gonna Get It!---1978
Rory Gallagher---Jinx---1982
New Order---Power, Corruption & Lies---1983
Melissa Etheridge---Melissa Etheridge---1988
Morbid Angel---Blessed Are The Sick---1991
Ian Anderson---Divinities: Twelve Dances With God---1995
The Apples In Stereo---Fun Trick Noisemaker---1995

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Philly Hip Hop star Meek Mill (aka Robert Williams) has lost his civil suit against the Philadelphia Police and two city officers today. The 26-year-old rapper from North Philadelphia filed suit over an incident on Halloween 2012. Williams was pulled over, searched, and detained by police for several hours. That detainment caused him to miss a chartered flight, an appearance at his record release...

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Nearly half a million in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware signed up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act, during the six-month enrollment period. Official figures showed sign-up was higher than expected. Federal health officials say more than 8 million Americans got insurance between October first and mid-April, the end of the grace period following the close of open...

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Villanova University announced it's 2014 Commencement Speaker and Honorary degree recipients today. Dr. Jill Biden, Second Lady of the United States and a Villanova alumna, will deliver the Commencement Address on Friday May 16th. Dr. Biden graduated from Villanova in 1991 with a Masters of Arts in English. She also holds a Doctorate in Education from the University of Delaware, another...

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Peaking flood waters will recede this afternoon but not before causing havoc in homes, on the roads and mass transit around Philadelphia. We got more than a month's worth of rain in one day – close to 7 inches in some areas. Rising waters stranded cars and busses. Several people had to be rescued from floodwaters. Fortunately, there have only been minimal injuries (photo Jim...

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ALBUMS

Joni Mitchell---Clouds---1969
Bob Dylan---Possum Belly Overalls---1970
Jeff Beck Group---The Jeff Beck Group---1972
James Taylor---Gorilla---1975
Fairground Attraction---The First Of A Million Kisses---1988
The Cure---Disintegration---1989
Rory Gallagher---Fresh Evidence---1990
Dixie Chicks---Little Ol' Cowgirl---1992

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New Jersey has 60 days to find an $800 million solution as an income tax shortfall leads to questions about cutting spending. Tuesday, Governor Christie said that making a $1.5 billion payment to the state pension fund by the end of June remains a priority but not untouchable. Officials say not making the pension fund payment could hurt the state’s ability to borrow money –...

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A suburban Philadelphia school board has approved a new policy that prohibits it's school paper from banning the word ''Redskins'' in reference to the school's sports teams and mascot. Last October the Neshaminy High School newspaper staff voted to ban use of the word in the publication, saying it was a racial slur. School board members voted on Tuesday to forbid The Playwickian from...

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