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| Broad Street Run Ran Perfect, Duck Boat Stalls on Delaware, Eve to Play Kung Fu Necktie |
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 by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/06/12 7:04 pm | updated: 05/06/12 7:04 pm |
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| The 33rd annual Broad Street Run was held this morning with perfect running weather, overcast upper 50's and low humidity. The 40,000 participants ran the 10-miler from Central High School in North Philly down to the Navy Yard in South Philly passing by cheering crowds all along the route. The race has grown in popularity recently, partly due to a younger and more active city population, into the largest 10 mile race in the country. The men's winner was Henry Rutto with a time of 47:05. The... Read More |
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| Lakehurst, NJ, Hindenburg Disaster 75 years later |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/06/12 5:11 pm | updated: 05/06/12 5:11 pm |
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The Hindenburg luxury airliner was the pride of Adolf Hitler's Germany. The trans-atlantic dirigible was a part of a fleet of airships that the Nazi nation flew around the world built by the Zeppelin company. On May 6, 1937 the Hindenburg was coming into a routine docking with its air mast at the airfield in Lakehurst, NJ, Ocean County when it suddenly caught fire and was destroyed in seconds as it crashed to the ground.
The ship was running late that final day of it's trip from... Read More |
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| Supermoon Will Rise in Philadelphia Skies Saturday Night |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/05/12 6:28 pm | updated: 05/05/12 6:28 pm |
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This weekend's night skies will be especially bright with the biggest full moon of the year peaking on Saturday night at 11:35 PM. It's called the "super moon". A super moon is when a full moon coincides with the moon's "perigee" or its closest approach to Earth. The moon's orbit is not a perfect circle around the Earth, so sometimes of the month it is closer than others.
This month’s full moon happens to occur very close to the perigee, making it 16% brighter than normal, and... Read More |
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| Coldplay offers Tribute to Beastie Boy Adam Yauch last night in Hollywood |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/05/12 2:27 pm | updated: 05/05/12 2:27 pm |
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Yesterday, legendary Beastie Boy co-founder and music pioneer Adam Yauch aka MCA lost his nearly three year battle with cancer. He was 47. He was first diagnosed in July 2009.
Coldplay, like the rest of the music world in mourning, set aside time during their show at the Hollywood Bowl last night to pay tribute to Yauch. They brought back their piano heavy version of the Beastie Boy classic "Fight For Your Right", originally played live at the All Points West festival in 2009... Read More |
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| Archbishop Chaput Decides Fate of 8 Priests |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/04/12 2:54 pm | updated: 05/04/12 2:54 pm |
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Today, Archbishop Chaput announced the fate of 8 of 27 suspended priests. Three were determined that they can return to ministry while five cannot.
Six cases are still being reviewed by law enforcement officals, he said. Announcements on the remaining dozen will be announced in the coming weeks. One of the priests passed away before the review was completed.
Those clergy restored to ministry are the Revs. Philip Barr and Michael Chapman, and Msgr. Michael Flood.... Read More |
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| Beastie Boy, Adam Yauch aka MCA has died at age 47 |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/04/12 1:29 pm | updated: 05/04/12 1:29 pm |
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Beastie Boys rapper Adam Yauch has died at the age of 47 after a two-year battle with cancer. Known as "MCA", Yauch was diagnosed with a cancerous tumor in his left salivary gland and a lymph node in July 2009. He had undergone surgery and radiation therapy.
Recently he was was too sick to appear alongside his fellow bandmates during their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last month.
Yauch co-founded the group with friends Michael (Mike D) Diamond and... Read More |
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| Mayfair Slasher Denied Lower Bail, PA Unemployment Down and Out, Archdiocese to Announce Priest Fate |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/03/12 8:35 pm | updated: 05/03/12 8:35 pm |
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| David Toledo, the Mayfair tire slasher, was back in court today to set a date for trial and to discuss his bail. His side pleaded with the judge to lower his bail from $260,000 saying that it was too high to afford, and citing his ties to the community and lack of prior record. Appearing on his behalf was his attorney, wife, and mother. The ADA argued that while he had ties to the community, it was that very community he is charged with terrorizing for months with his crimes. The judge denied... Read More |
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| Teacher lock son in car at bar, NJ busts synthetic pot, Movie Shoot in Philly |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/02/12 1:22 pm | updated: 05/02/12 1:22 pm |
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A Haverford High teacher, Keith Barnes, 50 is charged with endangering the welfare of children and disorderly conduct and is suspended from his job after bringing his sons age 4 and 3 to Tom and Jerry's Sports Bar on McDade Blvd, and locking the younger one in his car alone when he became unruly. Police responded to a call of a child alone in a car, Barnes came out of the bar with his other son and didn't see the big deal. They were there watching the band Blackthorn play.
NJ... Read More |
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| New Duck Boat Video Released shows More Details |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/01/12 6:43 pm | updated: 05/01/12 6:43 pm |
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Attorneys for the two Hungarian students who were killed in the collision accident in July 2010 between a tugboat pushed barge and a stranded tourist Duck Boat, have released a new video of the event that they say contains disturbing details of what actually happened.
Attorney Robert Mongeluzzi explains that the video clearly shows the duck boat's captain jumping ship off the bow moments before the crash, while the rest of the 35 passengers were left still struggling to put on... Read More |
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| May Day Occupy Philly Demostrations, Mayor Nutter Wants Second Casino |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/01/12 2:54 pm | updated: 05/01/12 2:54 pm |
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| 'May Day' brought out a hundred or so Occupy protestors in Center City today. Starting out at the Wells Fargo at 17th and Chestnut around noon then moving through the streets they blocked traffic for a while at 18th and Walnut. They were under the watchful eye of Philadelphia Police the entire time, who had wagons lined up in case they needed to make mass arrests. Those proved to be unnecessary here in Philly. This coincided with protests around the country for May Day, the International... Read More |
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Alvin Clay
