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| Oscar Pistorius Bail Hearing, Credit Card Skimmers, Body Found in Wissahickon Creek |
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 by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 02/19/13 10:58 am | updated: 02/19/13 10:58 am |
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Blade Runner Oscar Pistorius appeared in court, weeping at his bail hearing. His attorney says the Olympian shot his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp by accident thinking she was an intruder. The double amputee pumped four bullets through the locked bathroom door. Then he broke the door down when he noticed she was not in bed.
Credit card skimmers racked up over $1,000 on a Philadelphia woman’s credit card before she realized there was a shopping spree happening on her... Read More |
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| Mercer Bus Crash, NJ Vacation Poll, Teen Struck by SEPTA Bus in Frankford |
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 by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 02/19/13 8:40 am | updated: 02/19/13 8:40 am |
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Six children and the bus driver were taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in Hamilton after an accident on Monday afternoon. The bus driver says she swerved to avoid hitting a deer, and the bus wound up in a ditch. Fourteen students were on the bus when the driver lost control and crashed into a ditch on Merrick Road, just off of Edgebrook Road.
A new poll finds more than three-quarters of regular visitors to the Jersey shore plan to be back this summer despite... Read More |
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| School Chef Salary Questioned, Jersey Shore Vacation Survey, School Bus Crash |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 02/18/13 8:32 pm | updated: 02/18/13 8:32 pm |
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The salary of a chef at a Camden Charter School has gotten attention because it is 25% higher than last year. Executive Chef Michele Pastorello of the LEAP Academy Charter is budgeted to earn $95,000 this year, $24,000 more than last year. Philly.com is reporting Pastorello is the live-in boyfriend of a school board member. The pay, well above market rate for a school chef, is being investigated.
Will you go down the shore this summer? According to a new poll, more than 75... Read More |
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| Philadelphia Fire Unveils Pot Factory, Mindy McCready Suicide, Allison Schwartz Run for Gov |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 02/18/13 3:34 pm | updated: 02/18/13 3:34 pm |
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A fire in Philadelphia revealed a marijuana growing operation at an abandoned home. After a Sunday fire in the 2600 block of North 27th Street, police searched an abandoned home next door and found materials used in growing pot. The house had been empty for about 6 months. No drugs were found at the scene.
Country singer, Mindy McCready took her own life yesterday. The troubled performer shot to the top of the Country Music charts, however she had been struggling with drugs... Read More |
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| Navy Yard Nightlife, PennDOT I-95 Reconstruction, THON Raises $12.37 million |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 02/18/13 10:46 am | updated: 02/18/13 10:46 am |
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The Philadelphia Navy Yard has announced that it recently reached the 10,000 employee threshold. Now planners are turning their attention to installing more amenities, including a nightlife. Just around the corner is a new hotel scheduled to be completed this year. Right at the entrance, they want to repurpose a brick building and convert it into a restaurant and bar.
The state transportation secretary says it will take two decades to rebuild I-95 through the Philadelphia... Read More |
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| Penn State THON 2013 raises record $12,374,034.26 |
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 by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 02/18/13 3:27 am | updated: 02/18/13 3:27 am |
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The annual Penn State 46 hour dance marathon, which was held this weekend from Friday, Feb. 15 6pm. to Sunday, Feb 17 4pm, has raised a record $12,374,034.26. THON benefits pediatric cancer patients with the money going to The Four Diamonds Fund at Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital. This year's total significantly shatters last year's record $10.6 million total.
Throughout the year, Penn State students can be seen at street corners around the state asking for donations from... Read More |
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| C. Regusters Arrested Nailla Robertson Case; Philly Real Estate Assessments; FBI Seeks Bank Robber |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 02/17/13 12:58 am | updated: 02/17/13 12:58 am |
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| The Friday arrest of 19-year-old Christina Regusters in the kidnapping of 5-year-old Nailla Robinson was a huge break in the case that has been tough to crack for the Special Victims Unit task force. Residents of West Philadelphia can feel relieved that the mystery abductor is now in police custody. Regusters is charged with kidnapping, conspiracy, aggravated assault, rape, and related offenses and held on $4 million bail. However, the three other members of her family taken into custody... Read More |
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| Tri State Indie Awards 2013 LIVE Broadcast! on iradiophilly - World Cafe Live! 2/17/13 |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 02/16/13 7:26 pm | updated: 02/16/13 7:26 pm |
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| Last week the music world descended on the Staples Center in LA to hand out gramophone trophies to each other at The Recording Academy's big night. The voting members of NARAS (The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences) handed out Grammys to many acts considered indie or have come from indie roots including The Black Keys, Gotye, and fun. Many people watching might have been asking themselves “Who?†when the winners were announced in the major categories, but for some it... Read More |
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| Four Taken Into Custody in Nailla Robinson Kidnapping case |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 02/14/13 6:50 pm | updated: 02/16/13 2:18 am |
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Police have taken four people into custody this afternoon in connection with the abduction of 5-year-old Nailla Robinson last month. Authorities are also executing a search warrant on a house on the 6200 block of Walton Avenue in West Philadelphia in the Cobbs Creek neighborhood. Police questioned three women from that same exact house and took evidence for DNA testing last week.
UPDATE: Regusters Guilty on All Charges
UPDATE: Christina... Read More |
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| CHOP Play Area at KOP Mall, Broad Street Run Deadline Tonight, $4M Bail for Kidnapper |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 02/15/13 8:07 pm | updated: 02/15/13 8:07 pm |
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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia cut the ribbon today on a play area it is sponsoring at the King of Prussia Mall. There is a replica of the hospital, an ambulance, a rescue helicopter, tunnels, slides and climbing walls. The 1200 square foot play area features colorful elements that encourage creative play and exercise while at the mall.
If you want to do the Broad Street Run this year, you have until midnight to enter the lottery. The annual 10 mile run down Broad Street... Read More |
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