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| Train Kills SUV Driver; Mayor Candidates Miss Deadline; Norristown Fire |
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 by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 02/04/15 11:49 am | updated: 02/04/15 11:49 am |
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Yesterday, an SUV driver and six people on a packed commuter train that crashed into it at a rail crossing in New York have died. The Jeep Cherokee was sitting in traffic at the railroad crossing when the gate came down on the back of the SUV. The woman got out of the vehicle, tried to lift the gate, then got back in the car and accelerated directly into the path of the train. She was killed and the train burst into flames killing 6 on board.
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| Norristown Apartment Fire, Staples Buying Office Depot, Office of Open Records Court Case |
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 by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 02/04/15 11:05 am | updated: 02/04/15 11:05 am |
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Fire fighters made dozens of rescues from windows and fire escapes while evacuating a burning apartment building in Montgomery County early Wednesday morning. The fire started shortly before 1am at the 600 block of Swede Street in Norristown. It quickly grew to four alarms. One person has died. Three people were injured in the fire, including a firefighter who suffered a cut to the hand while searching the burning building.
Staples is buying Office Depot in a cash-and-stock... Read More |
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| MontCo Bomb Threat Footage; Tree Falls on Car Radnor; Nicetown Laundromat Shooting |
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 by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 02/03/15 10:41 pm | updated: 02/03/15 10:41 pm |
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| Authorities in Montgomery County have released surveillance footage of a man they are calling a 'person of interest' in last week's bomb threat of the county courthouse. Last Thursday around 8:30 a.m. a caller told Norristown police that there were bombs and explosives in the courthouse. A second similar call from a cell phone was placed just minutes later. The courthouse was evacuated for 2 hours while it was searched top-to-bottom by sheriff's deputies. The call was traced to a pay... Read More |
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| Art Museum Additions; Union Carpenters and Teamsters Denied; Christie on Measles Vaccination |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 02/03/15 12:19 pm | updated: 02/03/15 12:19 pm |
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The Philadelphia Art Museum has announced it has received five major French paintings as a bequest from long time supporter Helen Tyson Madeira who died last year. The Cezanne, Manet, Pissarro and others are already on display in the galleries at the Art Museum. The new paintings join the collection donated by Madeira’s parents Mr. and Mrs. Carroll S. Tyson, Jr. five decades ago.
Union carpenters and Teamsters looking to get their jobs back were turned down by the PA... Read More |
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| Philadelphia Paid Sick Leave, DRPA Projects, Human Trafficking Trial Opens |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 02/03/15 11:00 am | updated: 02/03/15 11:00 am |
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| For the third time since 2011, a city council committee will debate a plan that would force local businesses to offer all workers paid sick leave and Mayor Nutter seems to be on board. Before Council's Public Health Committee is a measure that would require local businesses to offer one hour of sick leave for every forty hours an employee works. The sponsor, Councilman-at-large Bill Greenlee, says for a full-time worker that equates to about five paid sick days a year. Sixteen cities and... Read More |
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| Philly Sgt. Uses Fake Name; Christie, Parents Vaccine Choice; Preppie Drug Ring Sentenced |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 02/02/15 10:14 pm | updated: 02/02/15 10:15 pm |
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| A Philadelphia Police officer is facing charges after he used a fake name and birthday when attempting to surrender three handguns at a police station. 28-year-old Sgt. Brandon Ruff went to the 35th Police District headquarters on August 3rd, 2014 in civilian clothes and carrying a bag containing three handguns. He told officers the guns belonged to a family member and gave them the name “Ryan Jones†with a fabricated birthdate. Ruff became agitated and went outside where... Read More |
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| January 31/February 1 Playlist - Michael Tearson's Marconi Experiment |
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 by: mtearson - Philadelphia, PA
started: 02/02/15 6:00 pm | updated: 02/02/15 6:00 pm |
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January 31/February 1 Playlist - Michael Tearson's Marconi Experiment
1) "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" by Jimi Hendrix Experience
2) "Stone Free" by Eric Clapton
3) "Angel" by Cassandra Wilson
4) "Sun Zoom Spark" by Captain Beef Heart & The Magic Band
5) "Knots" by Gentle Giant
6) "The Supermen" by David Bowie
7) "Running Up That Hill" by Kate Bush
8) "Burning of the Midnight Lamp" by Jimi Hendrix Experience
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| Beating on SEPTA Trolley VIDEO; Phil Shadow Says More Winter; Co-worker Charged with Murder |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 02/02/15 12:55 pm | updated: 02/02/15 12:55 pm |
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| SEPTA police are investigating an attack on a city trolley that was caught on video and posted on social media. It happened on the Route 10 trolley at 11:23 pm Saturday night on its way westward into West Philadelphia. The video shows a group of young people, male and female, involved in an assault. Some of them are kicking and stomping someone on the floor. One of the females is seen punching and slapping another passenger a few seats up. Eventually the trolley was stopped at 49th and... Read More |
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| North Phila. 2nd Story Window Fall, Employer Mandate Problems Unseen, American Sniper Tops Again |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 02/02/15 11:00 am | updated: 02/02/15 11:00 am |
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A 2-year-old girl is recovering in the hospital after she fell from a second story window at her home in North Philadelphia. It happened around 12:30 a.m. Monday at a home along the 2100 block of Gratz Street. Police say the girl was conscious and talking after the fall. She was taken to Hahnemann Hospital in stable condition.
One month into the new year, it appears that a new provision of the Affordable Care Act, known as the employer mandate, is not creating the ripples that... Read More |
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| Man Charged w/ Murder of Co-Worker; Berks County Prisoner Escapes; Philly School District Hiring 400 |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 02/02/15 3:46 am | updated: 02/02/15 3:50 am |
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| A man has been charged in the murder of a North Philadelphia woman, shot execution style while waiting for the SEPTA bus in the morning on her the way to work. 36-year-old Randolph Sanders is accused of killing 56-year-old Kim Jones. Sources say that Sanders confessed to shooting his co-worker Jones in the back of the head at around 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday January 13th at 12th and Jefferson Streets near the campus of Temple University. The incident was caught on area surveillance cameras... Read More |
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