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| FCC Set Top Box Vote, Cobbs Creek Shooting, Caitlyn Jenner Visits UPenn |
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 by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 02/18/16 8:50 am | updated: 02/18/16 8:50 am |
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| You should be able to choose your TV set-top box the same way you pick a smartphone. That's one argument being made by proponents of a push for competition in the market long locked-up by the cable companies. A vote by the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday in favor of the plan would open the matter for public discussion and rules mandating open standards for the technology. Instead of paying monthly cable box fees to Verizon $12/month for a Fios box or handing over $10/month to... Read More |
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| Love Park Graffiti Incident, Philly Resident Charged with Human Trafficking, Obama to visit Cuba |
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 by: blogue40 - Phoenixville, PA
started: 02/18/16 1:58 am | updated: 02/18/16 1:58 am |
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Love Park was tagged with graffiti today, just days before the iconic park is to be renovated. The park is scheduled to be closed sometime this week as a yearlong; multi-million dollar renovation is set to begin. Mayor Jim Kenney has also lifted the park's ban on skateboarding, giving local skateboarders a last chance to ride on the granite benches, ledges, and steps. It is still not clear who the vandals are, although the mayor has said he suspected this may happen.
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| Police Detective Arrested for Assault; Valentine's Assault in ChesCo; Bensalem Body Dump Arrest |
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 by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 02/17/16 9:42 pm | updated: 02/17/16 9:42 pm |
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| A Philadelphia police detective has been suspended with intent to dismiss after being charged with assault. 43-year-old Detective Adam O'Donnell has been charged with Aggravated Assault, Simple Assault, Kidnapping, Unlawful Restraint, and related offenses. He surrendered Wednesday to the Philadelphia Police Department's Internal Affairs Unit. It happened February 3rd. O'Donnell was escorting 45-year-old Theodore Life, Jr. out of the Philadelphia Police Department's Special Victims Unit... Read More |
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| PA Tpk Used Bad Forecast; Apple to Fight Back Door Order; Big 5 Battle on Broad St. |
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 by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 02/17/16 12:32 pm | updated: 02/17/16 12:32 pm |
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| The Pennsylvania Turnpike was filled with stranded motorists last month in blizzard conditions for 24 hours. It turns out Turnpike managers were hampered because they relied on a single afternoon weather forecast that understated the severity of the storm. Testifying yesterday before a state Senate committee, Turnpike Commission Chairman Sean Logan said the officials relied on a Jan. 22 mid-afternoon advisory that called for what seemed a "manageable range" of snow in south central... Read More |
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| Bill Cosby Trial, Mast Charter School Lottery, Allentown Policeman Shot |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 02/17/16 8:49 am | updated: 02/17/16 8:49 am |
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Bill Cosby's criminal sexual assault case, in Montgomery County, is headed to trial. Yesterday the judge, who refused to dismiss the case, denied Cosby's appeal of the decision. The comedian is accused of drugging and assaulting a former Temple University employee at his home in 2004. Cosby is scheduled to be in court for a preliminary hearing on March 8.
Swing with us at the Martini Lounge Radio Dance at Harrah's Casino, Chester. Saturday March 5th. Live orchestra, huge... Read More |
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| Philly Bloomingdales Robbed, Flipped Car in Frozen River in Delaware, Bill Cosby Charges Update |
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by: blogue40 - Phoenixville, PA
started: 02/17/16 2:43 am | updated: 02/17/16 2:43 am |
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Last night at around 7:30, nine men in ski masks robbed the Bloomingdales in Center City, the men stole around 20 to 30 pairs of jeans all in total costing around $2,000. Police stated the men were seen fleeing the scene heading east on Chestnut Street
Early yesterday morning in Yorklyn Delaware, an 18-year-old woman slid off an icy road and flipped her car into an icy river. The woman was still buckled in her seat belt as the upside-down car was covered in water to neck level.... Read More |
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| Kathleen Kane Pulls Out of AG Race; Woman in Recycling was Shot; Christie Gives NJ Budget |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 02/16/16 10:24 pm | updated: 02/16/16 10:24 pm |
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| Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane announced today at a press conference in Scranton that she will not be seeking re-election, but will be serving out her current term. She said that she wants to spend more time with her two sons, ages 13 and 15. Kane did not mention the criminal charges she's facing for leaking grand jury information and lying about it. She also did not reference her suspended law license or the pending impeachment proceedings in the PA House. Kane said her... Read More |
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| Taylor Swift GRAMMY Speech; Philly Losing 1300 Jobs; Rowan Explores Medical School in AC |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 02/16/16 11:39 am | updated: 02/16/16 11:39 am |
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| While Taylor Swift was accepting her Grammy Award Monday night for album of the year for "1989," Swift sent a message to the young women watching -- and took a jab at Kanye West. Swift wants Kanye West to know that it wasn't him who made her "Famous." West released a song earlier this week, titled "Famous." In it, he raps, "I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex. Why? I made that bitch famous." Swift's people say West did not ask for permission to use the controversial line in the... Read More |
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| 2016 Grammy Winners, Loopit Earbud Device, Ursinus Norovirus Confirmed |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 02/16/16 9:06 am | updated: 02/16/16 9:06 am |
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Taylor Swift's "1989" album brought the singer her second Grammy Award win for album of the year. She won three awards Monday, including best pop vocal album and best music video for "Bad Blood," at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars won two awards for "Uptown Funk," including record of the year. Justin Bieber won his first Grammy on Monday night for best dance recording for "Where Are U Now" with Skrillex and Diplo.
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| Villanova Student Arrested Selling LSD; Extended Freezing Rain/Ice; Norovirus Cause at Ursinus |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 02/16/16 5:16 am | updated: 02/16/16 5:16 am |
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| Two Villanova University freshmen are under arrest after three young people were taken to the hospital over the weekend under the influence of LSD. 18-year-old Justin Yim from Douglaston, New York has been arrested after Radnor Police discovered 37 doses of LSD, marijuana, and $9,000 in cash in his dorm room on South Campus. It started early Saturday morning, just after midnight, when police responded to a call of an out-of-control student who assaulted a female. He was arrested and... Read More |
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