Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach Britt Reid, son of head coach Any Reid, was involved in a multi-vehicle accident on Thursday night, 2/4, that sent two children to the hospital, one with life-threatening injuries. 35-year-old Reid admitted to a responding officer that he'd had "two or three drinks" and also takes prescription Adderall.

It happened on an on-ramp to Interstate 435...

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Philadelphia Police have identified two suspects wanted for carjacking an elderly woman last week in South Philly. Police are searching for 18-year-old Briana Cruz-Gordon and 17-year-old Taniyah Watson. It happened on Wednesday, 1/27, on the 2600 block of South Bancroft Street. It was caught on surveillance video. The teens followed the 78-year-old woman and then pepper sprayed her. They...

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The Philadelphia teacher's union told its members not to report to their school buildings on Monday, 2/8, over coronavirus COVID-19 safety concerns. Jerry Jordan, the president of the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, e-mailed teachers on Friday, 2/5, saying they "should not go into buildings on Monday, but should continue to work... I believe that you can do your job remotely." The...

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A regular traffic stop in Bucks County last week led to a huge $4 million drug bust. Police pulled over a Jeep driving erratically on Dublin Pike in Bedminster Township on January 29 around 11:30 p.m. 28-year-old Christian Ochoa of Texas and 28-year-old Edith Rodriguez Cardenas of California have been arrested for intent to sell drugs. Inside the vehicle, police found about $1 million...

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Philadelphia City Council introduced legislation on Thursday, 2/4, in relation to the Citizen Police Oversight Commission approved by voters in the November election. Councilmember Curtis Jones is the main sponsor on the bill. It proposes that the mayor and city council appoint a five-member nominating panel. The panel would be tasked with evaluating and nominating nine commissioners,...

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Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf laid out his fiscal year 2021-22 proposed budget and legislative plan on Wednesday, 2/3. The biggest proposal in the $37.8 billion spending plan is for a large increase in public education spending, almost $2 billion that is a 20% increase, with an emphasis on fair and equitable funding. The money will come from an increase in the state income tax from 3.07%...

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January 30/31 - Playlist - Michael Tearson's ATTIC - More Arcana More Weird Stuff

1) "Masochistic Baby" by Shel Silverstein
2) "Deteriorata" by National Lampoon
3) "Slow Talkers of America" by Bob & Ray
4) "Dinner Music for a Pack of Hungry Cannibals" by Raymond Scott
5) "A Cask of Amontillado" by Nelson Olmsted
6) "About to Die" by Procol...

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January 30/31 Playlist - Michael Tearson's Marconi Experiment - Arcana Weird Stuff

1) "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park" by Tom Lehrer
2) "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Nelson Olmsted
3) "25 Minutes to Go" by Johnny Cash
4) "26 Second Song" by Shel Silverstein
5) "The Sniper" by Celestial Negotiations
6) "Don't Take Me Alive" by Steely Dan

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Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his lair on top of Gobbler's Knob in the tiny town 65 miles northeast of Pittsburgh at 7:25 a.m. Tuesday, 2/2/21, and saw his shadow. The furry prognosticator told his top hat handlers called the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club's Inner Circle that we should expect six more weeks of winter! Normally, there would be a crowd of 1,000s gathered in Punxsutawney to celebrate,...

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A Bucks County man has been arrested and charged with assaulting a federal officer during the siege at the U.S. Capitol on January 6. 37-year-old Ryan Stephen Samsel of Bristol is charged with assaulting an officer, obstructing an officer during their official duties, obstructing an official proceeding, and other charges. Samsel was seen in videos approaching barricades outside the...

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