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| Broad Street Bottlenecks This Weekend |
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 by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 04/28/11 5:51 am | updated: 04/28/11 5:51 am |
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According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, the juxtaposition of the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts' street fair and the 32nd annual Blue Cross Broad Street Run will cause the city to shut down areas of Broad Street from 1 p.m. Friday to 2:30 a.m. Sunday.
The close timing of the events - the run starts only 12 hours after the massive street fair is supposed to end - is compounded by a number of weeklong, citywide events, such as the Penn Relays, Equality Forum and... Read More |
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| Philadelphia School District Cuts Coming? |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 04/28/11 5:37 am | updated: 04/28/11 5:37 am |
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According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, facing an "unprecedented" fiscal crisis, the Philadelphia School District could shed 3,820 employees - 16 percent of its workforce - and is planning for more painful cuts, including losing full-day kindergarten.
At a hearing on the district's $2.7 billion budget, Chief Financial Officer Michael Masch told the School Reform Commission (SRC) that to close a $629 million gap, the district must also make painful trims in areas ranging from... Read More |
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| April 28 Music Calendar |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 04/28/11 5:33 am | updated: 04/28/11 5:33 am |
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(1941) 70 Years Ago
Singer/actress/dancer Ann-Margret, who played Elvis's love interest in "Viva Las Vegas" and Tommy's mother in The Who's film "Tommy," is born in Stockholm,... Read More |
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| New Music on Trinity |
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 by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/27/11 11:42 am | updated: 04/27/11 11:42 am |
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| Just Added to Trinity this week - New music from Chris Sligh, Jeremy Camp, Peter Furler, Matthew West, Chris Tomlin, Afters. An Inspiration In Music,... Read More |
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| New Music on Sapphire |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/27/11 11:22 am | updated: 04/27/11 11:22 am |
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| New music just added to Sapphire from Ledisi, Jill Scott, R. Kelly and Tank. Listen to the Sound of Your Soul on Sapphire at www.iradiophilly.comRead More |
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| Obama's Birth Certificate Released |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/27/11 10:08 am | updated: 04/27/11 10:08 am |
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The White House released President Obama's long form birth certificate. It shows the President was, in fact, born in the US. So is the debate over? Not likely. The political propaganda machine will continue to churn on both sides. Since it is a requirement to become a US president that you be born here, why not require all presidential candidates to provide long form birth certificates before their campaign ever starts?
ADD YOUR COMMENT BELOW. You may hear it on... Read More |
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| April 27 Music Calendar |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 04/27/11 9:22 am | updated: 04/27/11 9:22 am |
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(2006) 5 Years Ago
Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards suffers a brain hemorrhage after falling out of a palm tree on the island of... Read More |
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| Mumia Abu-Jamal Death Sentence Revisited |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/27/11 8:27 am | updated: 04/27/11 8:27 am |
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| Philadelphia's District Attorney will ask the US Supreme Court to reconsider the sentencing of convicted death row murderer Mumia Abu-Jamal after the Third Circuit Court upheld its previous decision. Abu-Jamal received the death sentence for the 1981 execution style murder of Philadelphia Police Officer, Daniel Faulkner. But Abu-Jamal has not been executed because of a debate as to whether the jury was given proper sentencing instructions. Now a new jury will be assembled to determine... Read More |
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| April 26 Music Calendar |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 04/26/11 9:50 am | updated: 04/26/11 9:50 am |
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(2006) 5 Years Ago
Rapper Snoop Dogg (Calvin Broadus) and five members of his entourage are arrested at London's Heathrow Airport after a fight with airport staff breaks out in the terminal. Dogg and his entourage allegedly become verbally abusive with airport police after being told they could not board their flight.... Read More |
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| April 25 Music Calendar |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 04/25/11 5:41 am | updated: 04/25/11 5:41 am |
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(1986) 25 Years Ago
The rock movie musical Absolute Beginners featuring David Bowie, Ray Davies, and Sade is released in theaters in the... Read More |
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