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| Chase Utley returns to Philly, rejoins Phillies. |
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 by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/22/11 1:26 pm | updated: 05/22/11 1:26 pm |
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Chase Utley arrived back in Philadelphia this morning after 9 rehab appearances for the Class A Clearwater Threshers. Down in Florida he batted .281 (9-for-32) with two doubles, a home run, four RBIs, with a .361 on-base percentage and a .438 slugging percentage.
He rejoined the team today but is not in today's lineup in the series finale against the Texas Rangers. He's expected to make his season debut tomorrow night against the Cincinnati Reds.
Utley's debut... Read More |
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| Mayor Nutter vs. Milton Street...76%-24%: Why???? |
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 by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 05/19/11 11:12 am | updated: 05/19/11 11:12 am |
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Mayor Nutter captured the democratic nomination Tuesday with 76% of the vote. But there's another story looming. 24% of the voters backed T. Milton Street, a recent convict who owes nearly $800,000 in taxes.
Mayor Nutter sees it as a reflection of an electorate angry with a shortage of jobs and rising costs, a ripple effect of the national economic crunch. Others are weighing in with their opinions, including John F. Street and W. Wilson Goode Sr.
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| Spring Break 2010, Bolaris Gets Burned |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 05/19/11 11:03 am | updated: 05/19/11 11:03 am |
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| TV weather man John Bolaris' tales of Spring Break 2010 have got people talking. He hits Miami Beach for a few days, and Miami did more than hit him back. He ended up being drugged twice and falling victim to a credit card scam running up charges of $43,000! American Express demanded he pay the bill. He's since filed a civil lawsuit against them. With the FBI involved, Bolaris' testimony helped a federal grand jury last month indict 17 members of a massive wire-fraud scheme that victimized... Read More |
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| May 18 Music Calendar |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 05/18/11 2:21 pm | updated: 05/18/11 2:21 pm |
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(1911) 100 Years Ago
Blues shouter Big Joe Turner (Joseph Vernon Turner, Jr.) is born in Kansas City, Missouri. Turner is best known for his hit "Shake, Rattle, and... Read More |
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| Will Sheridan, Former Villanova F, Reveals He is Gay |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/17/11 1:39 am | updated: 05/18/11 1:09 pm |
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Following his music video debut from last month (Welcome to the Jungle, click here), former Villanova basketball player Will Sheridan recently sat down with ESPN's Dana O'Neill, publicly coming out of the closet.
It doesn't come as much surprise that WIll is gay. Anyone in the Philadelphia area that follows Big 5 basketball probably knew. If you were a Villanova student anytime around the years that Sheridan was on campus you... Read More |
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| End of the World Predicted for May 21, 2011 |
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 by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/10/11 12:23 pm | updated: 05/18/11 12:50 pm |
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| Are you prepared for the end of the world? According to Chris McCann of Linwood, May 21, 2011 will be the final day for earth. McCann is convinced that the earthquakes in Japan are nothing compared to what is coming May 21st. While the bible does not quote a specific date, Revelations 16 says an enormous earthquake is coming. McCann claims that God revealed the actual end date to him and a few others. So believe it or not, it's always a good time to look around and count your blessings. Read More |
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| Oprah Winfrey Demands James Frey |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/18/11 12:16 pm | updated: 05/18/11 12:16 pm |
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As Oprah Winfrey counts down to her final episode, there are surprises and revelations. Here she talks about discredited author of "A Million Little Pieces" James Frey, voices in her head, her ego and her meditation room.
Here's what Oprah had to say in her monologue: "I was sitting in prayer, meditation, trying to get myself still, because as you know, when you have all these different voices coming at you, I was just trying to get to a place where I could really hear what was... Read More |
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| Mayor Nutter wins over M. Street; GOP race between Brown and Featherman still close |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/17/11 10:37 pm | updated: 05/17/11 11:59 pm |
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After a cold, rainy day at the polls that saw many locations have very poor voter turnout, especially in the suburbs that did not have many races of major consequence anyway, incumbent Mayor Nutter easily won over Milton Street in the Democratic Party primary for the Philadelphia Mayorial race by about 3-1.
In the GOP primary, it is still too close to call at this time (10:37pm) with Karen Brown (50.3%) holding a slight lead over John Featherman (49.7%) with 76.1% of the... Read More |
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| May 17 Music Calendar |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 05/17/11 9:17 am | updated: 05/17/11 9:17 am |
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(2006) 5 Years Ago
The movie soundtrack for the Johnny Cash biography Walk The Line, featuring performances by Reese Witherspoon and Joaquin Phoenix, goes... Read More |
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| Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger say, "Hasta La Vista, Baby" |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/10/11 1:42 pm | updated: 05/17/11 8:57 am |
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Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver announced that they will separate after 25-years together, calling this "a time of great personal and professional transition for each of us." Arnold, the Austrian bodybuilder, turned Hollywood actor, turned US republican politician was consider by many to be an odd match from the start for Shriver, a Kennedy family democrat and TV news journalist. So far, neither is giving reasons or talking about what happens next.
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