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| New Music Venues in Fishtown, Fillmore Philadelphia; Charges Not Reduced in Center City Attack |
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 by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/17/15 2:56 am | updated: 04/17/15 3:19 am |
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| Live Nation's House of Blues Entertainment division announced today with confetti and fireworks that it will be opening two new music venues along the Delaware Waterfront in Philadelphia's Fishtown neighborhood. The complex will bare the famous "Fillmore" brand made famous by legendary rock promoter Bill Graham in the 1960's in San Fransisco. It will simply be known at "Fillmore Philadelphia." Live Nation plans to convert the abandoned Ajax Metal Company building located at Delaware and... Read More |
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| Redskin Mascot Retirement Push; New Concert Venue in Fishtown; Nightclubs Pay 7 Mil Settlement |
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 by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/16/15 11:53 am | updated: 04/16/15 11:53 am |
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A high school in Delaware is at the center of a debate over the school's mascot and nickname. For the last 80 years Conrad High School has used the name Conrad Redskins and many alumni are resisting the "retire the mascot" committee. Native American mascots have already been phased out by more than 2,000 schools and sports teams in recent years.
Philadelphia is getting a new concert venue in Fishtown. In fact, two under one roof. House of Blues entertainment will open the new... Read More |
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| Wawa Day Means Free Coffee, Kensington Hit and Run Child Dies, Market East Redesign |
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 by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 04/16/15 9:36 am | updated: 04/16/15 9:36 am |
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April 16th is now known as Wawa Day in Philadelphia, marking the day that the company's first convenience store opened. Wawa anticipates giving away more than 1.5-million cups of free coffee today to all customers chain-wide. Also, at an event today with Mayor Michael Nutter, the company will unveil plans for the new Center City location at Broad and Walnut Streets.
The child involved in a hit-and-run Monday night in Kensington has died. Police say two-year-old David Alicea... Read More |
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| Norristown Heroin Bust; Body Found in Burning Car; Philadelphia Police Training on Independence Mall |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/15/15 9:28 pm | updated: 04/16/15 2:37 am |
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| A Montgomery County drug task force has arrested two people and seized one kilogram of heroin in a drug bust in Norristown this week. Detectives intercepted a conversation between a Philadelphia area man and a Mexican drug trafficker about the purchase of kilogram amounts of heroin. The Mexican man set up a deal between the Philadelphia area man and Gladiz Basurto-Leal of Norristown. Those two then met in King of Prussia and Basurto-Leal bought the kilo. She then brought it back to the... Read More |
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| Christie Proposes Social Security Overhaul; Teacher Fall Settlement; PA Speed Camera Consideration |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/15/15 11:26 am | updated: 04/15/15 11:26 am |
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New Jersey governor Chris Christie has proposed a $1 trillion overhaul of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. The governor called for reduced Social Security benefits for seniors earning more than $80,000, and ending payments entirely for those making $200,000 or more, as well as an increase in the retirement age from 67 to 69.
A former high school administrator was awarded a $5 million settlement for severe injuries she sustained when she slipped on wet flooring glue at her... Read More |
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| Fast Food Workers Walk Off, Leonaldo Rivera Arraignment Set, Philadelphia Bars Last Call Later |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 04/15/15 9:41 am | updated: 04/15/15 9:41 am |
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Fast food workers in Philadelphia are planning to walk off the job today. The workers scheduled the walk-off for Wednesday to rally for higher wages and the right to unionize. Organizers say today's rally will be their biggest yet, with other "underpaid workers" joining them across the country. Students from Drexel, Penn, Temple, and other local colleges are also expected to take part.
Courtroom testimony indicates that a Camden man allegedly shot and killed a Temple... Read More |
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| Martina White Sworn In, Kensington Hit And Run, Southwest Philly Hit And Run |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 04/14/15 9:33 am | updated: 04/15/15 2:32 am |
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Philadelphia's newest state representative - who becomes the second of only two Republicans to represent the city in the state House - took the oath of office Monday. Republican Martina White was sworn in as the newest member, having won a special election for the Northeast Philadelphia seat formerly held by Democrat Brendan Boyle, who was elected to Congress. White's win gives the GOP a 120 to 83 edge in the state House.
Police say a woman and a child are hospitalized after a... Read More |
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| Revel Generators Arrive in AC; PA Senate Bill Against Sick Leave; Fairmount Park Crash |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/14/15 10:15 pm | updated: 04/14/15 10:15 pm |
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| Three portable generator trucks have arrived at the former Revel hotel-casino in Atlantic City which was bought last week by Florida developer Glenn Straub. Straub says that the two main units and one backup should be operational in two days. The $2.4 billion building has been dark since last Thursday when ACR Energy Partners cut power and water to it's only client. The city has been fining Straub $5,000 per day for not having operational fire prevention and suppression systems in the... Read More |
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| Board Meting to Decide Teacher's Fate; Mother Charged with Attempted Murder; Revel Owner Battling |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/14/15 11:15 am | updated: 04/14/15 11:15 am |
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The school board is meeting today to decide the fate of a New Jersey teacher who had her third grade class write get well letters to convicted cop-killer, Mumia Abu Jamal. Marilyn Zuniga was suspended from Forest Street Elementary School in Orange, New Jersey pending the outcome of the investigation.
The mother is being charged with attempted murder for dumping her son in the woods. Daequan Norman, who had been missing for five days has cerebral palsy, and is quadriplegic and... Read More |
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| Reward $20,000 Jewelry Kidnapping; Condoms, Stun gun on NJ Beaches; Find My iPhone Carjack Sentence |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/13/15 9:09 pm | updated: 04/13/15 9:09 pm |
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| Officials announced Monday that the reward for information in the case of the kidnapping and beating of a jewelry store employee early this month has risen to $20,000. This comes after one suspect, 31-year-old Khayree Gay, was arrested last Friday in South Carolina. Gay faces federal kidnapping and robbery charges. He waived his extradition to Philadelphia today. Three men abducted the 53-year-old woman after she left work on April 4th and bound, beat, tasered, and robbed her before... Read More |
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