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| June 10 Music Calendar |
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 by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 06/10/11 10:26 am | updated: 06/10/11 10:26 am |
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(1971) 40 Years Ago
A stretch of Highway 51 South that runs past Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee, is renamed "Elvis Presley... Read More |
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| Hardball on Independence Mall and Education |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 06/09/11 10:12 am | updated: 06/09/11 10:12 am |
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NBC's "Education Nation On the Road" tour made a stop on Independence Mall for a LIVE taping of "Hardball with Chris Matthews."
Among the guests were Mayor Nutter and his wife, Lisa, president of Philadelphia Academies, who spoke briefly about the struggle to get the community to reinvest in public education and prepare students for a changing job market.
Also featured were former U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy and Montgomery County Commissioner James Matthews - Chris... Read More |
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| DROP is A Keeper |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 06/09/11 10:09 am | updated: 06/09/11 10:09 am |
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Deferred Retirement Option Plan. Council gave preliminary approval to keep DROP, but at a reduced cost. Police and firefighters would be exempted from some changes.
The final tally at the committee-level vote was 15-2 in favor of the plan.
Mayor Nutter, declined to say whether he would veto the bill if it receives final passage, which could come as soon as next Thursday.
DROP has drawn public ire because elected officials have enrolled - including some who signed up, ran... Read More |
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| Bandstand |
| June 9 Music Calendar |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 06/09/11 8:37 am | updated: 06/09/11 8:37 am |
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(1966) 45 Years Ago
The Elvis Presley film "Paradise Hawaiian Style" premieres in Memphis,... Read More |
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| Weinergate Just Keeps Growing |
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 by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 06/09/11 8:06 am | updated: 06/09/11 8:06 am |
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| It's getting hard to ignore the swell of interest in this Weiner story. It's even harder to avoid the bad puns and double entendre. Weiner is of course, US Representative Anthony Weiner, who engaged in sexting X rated messages and photos to strange women. Weiner lied about it, but nobody swallowed, so he fessed up. Now the Weiner weiner pictures are floating around in cyberspace and Weiner watchers must see the Weiner picture. An elected public official gets caught in a juicy lie. Now, it... Read More |
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| Ziggy |
| June 8 Music Calendar |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 06/08/11 8:43 am | updated: 06/08/11 8:43 am |
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(1991) 20 Years Ago
Bruce Springsteen marries E Street Band member Patti... Read More |
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| Katie Couric Deal with ABC is Done |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 06/07/11 12:38 pm | updated: 06/07/11 12:38 pm |
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Katie Couric's new syndicated TV show will launch September 2012. Couric, who is an NBC and CBS on-air veteran will also have a role with ABC News.
The opportunity to be able to continue doing news reporting was apparently an important factor in getting Couric, the former anchor of the "CBS Evening News," to take the Disney/ABC offer. Couric will be reunited with former NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker as her other executive producer for the new talker. Couric and Zucker worked... Read More |
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| Bandstand |
| June 7 Music Calendar |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 06/07/11 8:23 am | updated: 06/07/11 8:23 am |
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(1946) 65 Years Ago
Roy Orbison's first wife, Claudette, is killed in a motorcycle accident at age... Read More |
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| Philly Beer Week is ON! |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 06/06/11 9:23 am | updated: 06/06/11 9:23 am |
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This is Philly Beer Week. It's a 10 day celebration showcasing great beer bars and restaurants. More than 200 participating venues and breweries are hosting hundreds of events featuring some of the best beer around. The experts suggest picking a neighborhood, and begin exploring. Center City, Old City, Northern Liberties, South Philly are all in on this one.
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Center City
Monk's Café, Tria, Jose Pistola's,... Read More |
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| Sports |
| NFL Lockout Latest |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 06/06/11 9:21 am | updated: 06/06/11 9:21 am |
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There was a court hearing on Friday in St. Louis whether to enforce an injunction to lift the NFL lockout or throw it out on appeal. The judges are saying that a ruling would come in "due course" and suggest that both sides work out a deal in the meantime.
For the players, a deal now would assure them of getting their paychecks in the fall and might be their best chance to get a decent deal before the court ruling really hurts them.
The one way both sides really... Read More |
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