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| Pot Billboard Challenges NFL, ASAP Rocky Assault Charge, Christie Commited to School Vouchers |
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 by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 09/05/13 11:19 am | updated: 09/05/13 11:19 am |
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Tonight the NFL regular season kicks off in Denver Colorado. Outside the Bronco's stadium, a billboard has been put up by the reform group, The Marijuana Policy Project challenging the NFL to change its policy on pot. The message reads, "Stop driving players to drink" and promotes marijuana, now legal in Colorado, as a safer choice.
Rapper ASAP Rocky has been charged with misdemeanor simple assault for slapping a woman while he was performing in Philadelphia's Made in America... Read More |
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| Schuylkill River Torso Identified, Advocacy Efforts To Benefit From Penn State Fine, Rivera Indicted |
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 by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 09/05/13 2:01 am | updated: 09/05/13 2:01 am |
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Investigators were at a Center City apartment looking for evidence connected to the discovery of a human torso found in the Schuylkill river Tuesday morning near the Grays Ferry Bridge. Police have identified the victim as a man who had been reported missing, 40-year-old Frank Zarzycki of Northeast Philadelphia. Investigators were able to identify the 40-year-old through tattoos on his torso.
State officials can pursue their bid to steer Penn State’s $60 million fine... Read More |
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| Police Looking for 3rd in WV Fatal Beating; PA Judge Weighs Same Sex Licenses |
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 by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 09/04/13 6:28 pm | updated: 09/04/13 6:28 pm |
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Police in Wheeling, WV are looking for a third person who may have been involved in the fatal beating of a Wheeling Jesuit University student over the weekend. Two men have already been been charged with the murder of 21-year-old Kevin Figaniak of Perkasie, Bucks County, PA. 22-year-old Craig Peacock of Clewiston, Fla., and 24-year-old Jarrett Chandler of Winnfield, La. are being held on $1 million bond. Figaniak was a senior business major who played varsity lacrosse.
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| Ariel Castro Dead, Free Lunch Ends in Willingboro, Dranoff Wins Approval for One Riverside |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 09/04/13 11:33 am | updated: 09/04/13 11:33 am |
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Convicted kidnapper and rapist, Ariel Castro is dead, an apparent suicide, after he was found hanging in his prison cell last night. The Cleveland man had been sentenced to life plus 1,000 years on August 1st for kidnapping three women 10 years ago and holding them as slaves until they were rescued this year.
No free lunch for students in the Willingboro, New Jersey school district if they are not on the Free and Reduced lunch program. Kids without money will go hungry for the... Read More |
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| KitKat Android, East Pikeland Drug Bust, NJ West Nile Virus |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 09/04/13 1:48 am | updated: 09/04/13 1:48 am |
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KitKat is the name Google has chosen for Android 4.4, which will power phones and tablets this fall. The candy's packaging will show the Android robot breaking off a piece of that bar. Google says no money is changing hands in this deal.
Authorities in Chester County announced a rather large drug bust Tuesday after a lengthy investigation into drug deals in East Pikeland Township. Authorities found 600 bags of heroin, a large amount of crack cocaine, marijuana, drug... Read More |
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| Wrongful Death Suit in Center City Collapse; Gloucester Police Rescue Child in Car |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 09/03/13 9:15 pm | updated: 09/03/13 9:15 pm |
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| The first wrongful death lawsuit in Center City building collapse has been filed. The family of 24-year-old Mary Lea Simpson of Haverford filed the suit Tuesday against the Salvation Army, the building's owner Richard Basciano, and the demolition contractors. Simpson was one of 6 killed when a brick wall from the adjacent building fell on the Salvation Army thrift store. She was with shopping with her childhood friend, Anne Bryan, who was also killed. Simpson was an art student pursuing a... Read More |
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| 3rd Annual Atlantic City Boardwalk Rodeo on October 5th and 6th |
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 by: liaferrante - Wildwood Crest, NJ
started: 09/03/13 5:31 pm | updated: 09/03/13 5:31 pm |
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On Saturday, Oct. 5th and Sunday, Oct. 6th, the 3rd Annual Atlantic City Boardwalk Rodeo will be featured at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ to bring the biggest rodeo on the East Coast. The 2 ½ hour rodeo from the Barnes PRCA Rodeo Company includes bullriders, cowboys, saddle bronc, steer wrestling, and barrel racing.
The shows for the rodeo include: Saturday, Oct. 5th at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 6th at 1:00 p.m.
Ticket prices range from $20, $30, $50... Read More |
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| Philly Teachers Back But Negotiating, Arrests in Death of Bucks Student, NJ Teacher Evaluations |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 09/03/13 11:37 am | updated: 09/03/13 11:37 am |
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Teachers in Philadelphia are back to work but still have no contract. They've agreed to pay freezes and contributions to their health care, however they are now being asked to accept pay cuts of up to 13%. More than 4,000 Union members attended a meeting yesterday where they voted to continue negotiating.
A college student from Perkasie, Bucks County died after being brutally beaten early Saturday morning while walking from a bar back to his campus at Wheeling Jesuit University... Read More |
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| Rite Aide Chemical Reaction Devices, Tommy Morrison Dies, BJ's Springfield Flooding |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 09/03/13 1:11 am | updated: 09/03/13 1:11 am |
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Two chemical reaction devices were thrown into a Rite Aide in the East Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia Monday night. The devices did burst, nobody was injured. There was no significant damage to the store either. Police say it's important to note this was not any type of bomb.
Tommy Morrison, the former heavyweight champion who stood toe-to-toe with Lennox Lewis and George Foreman and later tested positive for HIV, died Monday. He was 44. Morrison died Sunday night at... Read More |
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| Made In America Day 2 Recap/Review Wavves, Nine Inch Nails, Queens Of The Stone Age |
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 by: SteveKane - Broomall, PA
started: 09/02/13 2:42 pm | updated: 09/02/13 2:42 pm |
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| On Sunday, September 1st the morning seemed even hotter than the day before leading for another full day of music. Starting the festival on the Main Stage were LA indie pop group Fitz and The Tantrums playing to a dedicated crowd. Next up were Californian pop-punkers Wavves on the Liberty Stage playing a last minute set. Nathan Williams of Wavves played with great vocals and stellar guitar work. Wavves will be back in Philadelphia on October 2nd at the First Unitarian... Read More |
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