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| SUV Firetruck Collision; Five Year Old Shot; Cigarette Tax |
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 by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 08/01/16 3:29 pm | updated: 08/01/16 3:29 pm |
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| A driver struck a Philadelphia Fire Department truck in Center City Sunday evening knocking down a street light. According to officials, the incident occurred at 7:01 p.m. on 23rd and Market Streets. Ladder 9 was responding to a call when they were T-boned by a 2016 Porsche SUV driven by a 35-year-old white female. The fire truck then knocked down a street light and a PPA kiosk before coming to rest against the side of the PECO building. No injuries were reported and the crash was not the... Read More |
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| Boy Catches 7 Foot Shark on LBI Beach; Clinton Speaks at Temple; SEPTA Fare Changes |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 07/29/16 2:58 pm | updated: 07/29/16 2:58 pm |
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| A seven foot shark was beached by a 13 year old fisherman at the Jersey shore this week. Joseph Mandile and his son Gianni Mandile, 13, were surf fishing on Long Beach Island, New Jersey when the Gianni hooked what he first thought was a stingray. It turned out to be a 200 lb. sand tiger shark. According to National Geographic, sand tiger sharks are not very aggressive toward people. The Mandiles did not keep the shark. They released it back into the Atlantic Ocean. Researchers says this... Read More |
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| Health Insurers Propose Rate Hikes; Rolling Green Welcomes Women's Amateur; Bradley Cooper at DNC |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 07/28/16 2:44 pm | updated: 07/28/16 2:44 pm |
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| Health Insurers want to hike rates in Pennsylvania. Saying their own costs have risen, insurance companies made their cases to state regulators Wednesday for double-digit rate increases next year for individual policies in Pennsylvania. The requests before the Insurance Department include proposed average rate increases of 17.2 percent for Aetna Health Inc., 25.4 percent to 48.1 percent for Highmark companies, 0.9 percent to 16.2 percent for UPMC companies, and 19.9 percent to 22.5 percent... Read More |
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| Freddie Gray Officers Clear After Charges Dropped; Teacher Electrocuted; Sarandon Not Enjoying DNC |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 07/27/16 3:24 pm | updated: 07/27/16 3:24 pm |
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| Prosecutors dropped remaining charges today against three Baltimore police officers awaiting trial in the death of Freddie Gray. This decision brought an end to the Gray case without a conviction. The decision by prosecutors came after a judge had already acquitted Officer Caesar Goodson, Officer Edward Nero, and Lt. Brian Rice. The case of Officer William Porter resulted in a mistrial at the end of last year. The trial for Sgt. Alicia White had been scheduled to begin in October. Prosecutors... Read More |
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| Mississippi State Flag Removed; South Philly Enjoying the DNC; Police SUV Vandalized |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 07/26/16 1:59 pm | updated: 07/26/16 1:59 pm |
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| Philadelphia has removed Mississippi's state flag from a lamppost after a group of about 50 protesters sat in a roadway while marching down Philadelphia's Broad Street ahead of the Democratic convention. The flag includes the Confederate emblem. The city started to receive complaints from residents since the flags went back up as part of re invigoration efforts of the so-called Avenue of the States ahead of the convention. The flags of all 50 states fly from light poles flanking Broad... Read More |
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| DNC Philadelphia Road Restrictions; Heat Related Deaths; Kane's Legal Fight Costing Taxpayers |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 07/24/16 11:58 pm | updated: 07/24/16 11:58 pm |
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The Office of the Mayor has issued an advisory for a series of permanent road closures due to the Democratic National Convention being held in Philadelphia this week.
Secret Service Restrictions
From noon on Saturday, July 23 until late evening on Friday, July 29 the following permanent street closures will be in effect:
- North and south bound lanes of South Broad Street between Packer Avenue and the Navy Yard/Terminal Avenue
- Pattison Avenue... Read More |
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| Philadelphia Ready for DNC; Excessive Heat Watch; K of P Kidnapper to Plead Insanity |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 07/22/16 3:46 pm | updated: 07/22/16 3:46 pm |
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Organizers of the Democratic National Convention offered a sneak peak of a transformed Wells Fargo arena and stage on Friday, three days before the convention starts. Around the arena, 10-foot-long bags with thousands of inflated balloons sat waiting to be hung, producers milled about, and a police K9 took a lap around the blue carpeted floor. The LED screen wall is one of the largest in the world. Parts of the stage spin, allowing the look of it to change moment-to-moment.
Is... Read More |
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| Temple's Theobald to Resign; Love Triangle Fugitive; WCU Rapist Sentenced |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 07/21/16 3:27 pm | updated: 07/21/16 3:27 pm |
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Temple University's board of trustees has reached a tentative agreement with embattled President Neil D. Theobald for him to resign, two sources close to the negotiations confirmed. The tentative settlement comes just hours before the board planned to meet and vote on dismissing Theobald, who has been at the helm for three and a half years.
A Bucks County man wanted by police for a love-triangle killing last week surrendered to police Wednesday night, authorities said. Jeffrey... Read More |
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| Cat Rescued - Mistaken for Pokemon |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 07/20/16 8:13 pm | updated: 07/20/16 8:13 pm |
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Pokemon Go is one of the hottest games around but one diehard player couldn't go anywhere after getting stuck in a tree! Tuesday night, authorities in Gloucester County were called to Eglington Cemetery.
The problem, according to East Greenwich Township Fire & Rescue, was "a Pokemon stuck in a tree, along with the person who was chasing it."
They posted on their Facebook page that they “set up a extension ladder and was able to assist the person back... Read More |
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| Cosby Reportedly Blind; PA Turnpike Tolls Up 6 Percent; West Nile In Haverford Mosquito |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 07/20/16 2:56 pm | updated: 07/20/16 2:56 pm |
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Bill Cosby is awaiting trial for the alleged aggravated indecent assault of a woman in 2004, and now the New York Post's Page Six is reporting on his medical problems. A well-placed source told the paper Cosby is now "completely blind" and "in his own personal hell." The Post says, "He has been suffering from a degenerative eye disease and is completely blind. All his Hollywood friends have turned their backs on him."
Tolls on the Pennsylvania Turnpike are going up. The... Read More |
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Tom Kelly
