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| hitchBOT Destruction Video Was a Prank by Ed Bassmaster/Always Teste |
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 by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 08/05/15 2:01 am | updated: 08/05/15 2:01 am |
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| The surveillance video that purportedly shows a man in a #12 football jersey kicking the hitchhiking robot as it sat on a bench in Philadelphia's Old City neighborhood was all part of a prank. Video bloggers and known pranksters, Jesse Wellens and Ed Bassmaster, were the last known people to be seen with the robot. They included their antics with hitchBOT in a... Read More |
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| Craigslist ATV Murder Found Guilty; Eastbound Turnpike Finally Opens; Darby Teacher Sentenced |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 08/04/15 11:18 pm | updated: 08/04/15 11:18 pm |
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| A Willow Grove, Montgomery County man was found guilty in the 2013 murder of a South Jersey man who was responding to an ATV for sale ad on Craigslist in the West Oak Lane section of Philadelphia. 25-year-old Thomas Coffee was found guilty by jury in the June 2013 shooting death of 27-year-old Daniel Cook of Williamstown and was immediately sentenced to life without parole. He was also found guilty of three other armed robberies where the victims also responded to Craigslist ads and was... Read More |
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| Fired Teacher Seeks Reinstatement; Donkey's Owner Dies; Wolf Police Chief Nominee |
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 by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 08/04/15 12:26 pm | updated: 08/04/15 12:26 pm |
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Margie Winters, the Waldron Mercy Academy teacher who was fired last month because she is in a same-sex marriage, hand-delivered a petition yesterday to the offices of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia seeking reinstatement. Winters said she also sought a moratorium on firing LGBT employees in the Archdiocese. The Archdiocese maintains it did not order Winters dismissal noting Waldron Mercy is a private Catholic School.
Robert Lucas, the owner of Donkey’s Place in Camden,... Read More |
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| SEPTA Papal Pass Lottery, Papal Choir Practice Begins, Margie Winters Petition |
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 by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 08/04/15 9:02 am | updated: 08/04/15 9:02 am |
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| SEPTA's Papal Pass Lottery closed just before midnight and the final tally is in. 38,013 entries are in for SEPTA's lottery to get a chance to buy the regional rail passes for the weekend of the Pope's Visit. What are the odds looking like? Each entry could have requested up to 10 tickets, but not everyone did that. In all, there are 350,000 passes available for September 26th and 27th. On Thursday, emails will go out to the randomly selected winners. They’ll get a link where they can... Read More |
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| hitchBOT's Final Night in Philly on Video; SEPTA Special Papal Rail Lottery Demand Lower |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 08/03/15 10:04 pm | updated: 08/03/15 10:04 pm |
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| Video of hitchBOT's final night in Philadelphia, including surveillance footage of the suspect who smashed the robot early on Saturday morning in Old City, has surfaced. The hitchhiking robot is a social experiment launched by Dr. David Smith and Dr. Frauke Zeller in Canada to see if the friendly looking machine can coax humans to carry it across the country. It has made journeys across Canada, Germany, and the Netherlands. It began a journey two weeks ago in the United Sates near... Read More |
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| August 1/2 Playlist - Michael Tearson's Marconi Experiment |
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 by: mtearson - Philadelphia, PA
started: 08/03/15 5:42 pm | updated: 08/03/15 5:42 pm |
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August 1/2 Playlist - Michael Tearson's Marconi Experiment
1) "Won't You Try" (live) by Jefferson Airplane
2) "All Summer Long" by Beach Boys
3) "Hound Dog (Milton Berle Show 6/15/56)" by Elvis Presley
4) "Dialogue/I Want You I Need You I Love You/Dialogue/Hound Dog (Steve Allen Show 7/1/56) " by Elvis Presley
5) "B.I.G.T.I.M.E." by Mitch Ryder
6) "A Hot Summer Day" by Blodwyn Pig
7) "Soapstone Mountain" by It’s a Beautiful DayRead More |
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| Eagles Training Camp Opens; Hitchhiking Robot Assaulted; SEPTA Papal Lottery |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 08/03/15 11:19 am | updated: 08/03/15 11:19 am |
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The Eagles opened training camp and coach Chip Kelly is again dealing with accusations by a former player. Defensive Back Brandon Boykin was traded to the Pittsburgh Steelers and texted Comcast SportsNet. “Chip is uncomfortable around grown men of our culture. He can’t relate and that makes him uncomfortable.†Meanwhile the Eagles new Quarterback, Sam Bradford started training camp without a knee brace and reported feeling strong.
The child-size hitchhiking... Read More |
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| SEPTA Papal Ticket Sales, Lambert Street Hit and Run, Mission Impossible Tops Box Office |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 08/03/15 9:05 am | updated: 08/03/15 9:05 am |
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SEPTA's second attempt at selling regional rail tickets for the Pope's visit is now underway, but this time, it's a lottery that ends at midnight tonight. So there's no need to rush to their website, and for that you can thank a local internet startup. After their first try at Pope train ticket sales crashed the website, SEPTA reached out to TicketLeap, a Center City company that helps event organizers sell tickets on line.
So if you want a chance to buy Papal train tickets, you can go... Read More |
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| Music News - 1000 Play Foo Fighters Song in Italy; Lauryn Hill on Tonight Show; Disclosure Tracklist |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 08/01/15 6:51 am | updated: 08/01/15 6:51 am |
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| A little over a year ago, in May 2014, Fabio Saffagnini and some friends from the town of Cesena in Italy's Romagna region had a big idea for getting Foo Fighters to come play a concert in the area. Over the past year they gathered 1,000 musicians to come play the Foo Fighters' hit 'Learn to Fly' simultaneously live. The resulting video is mind blowing. The project is called Rockin' 1000 and brought together drummers, guitarists,... Read More |
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| Woman Shot in Port Richmond Home; El Shutdown for Suspicious Package; NE Crash Victims ID'd |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 07/31/15 9:31 pm | updated: 07/31/15 9:31 pm |
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| A 22-year-old woman was shot and killed inside her Port Richmond home on Thursday night as her 2-year-old daughter lay next to her in bed. It happened on the 3000 block of Aramingo Avenue around 11:30 p.m. Thursday night. Stephanie Dzikowski was found shot in the head in an upstairs bedroom, the child was not hurt. Her boyfriend and the girl's father had gone out for milk when the intruder entered the home. Detectives don't believe this was a random attack, that the victim was targeted.... Read More |
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