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| 16 Philadelphia Genaurdi's Supermarkets Sold |
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 by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 01/05/12 10:13 am | updated: 01/05/12 10:13 am |
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Giant Foods announced it will pay $106 million for 16 Genuardi's stores in the Philadelphia market. Three other Genuardi's stores will be closed and eight Genuardi's locations are still for sale, parent Safeway Inc. said separately, and the Genuardi's name is apparently on its way out.
The Philadelphia Business Journal reports that the 16 stores being acquired by Giant will bear the Giant name. The deal is expected to close by midyear. With the 16 stores, Giant will have 56... Read More |
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| CD and Album Sales Increase - A First Since 2004 |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 01/05/12 7:24 am | updated: 01/05/12 7:24 am |
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2011 saw U.S. album sales post an increase for the first time since 2004 according to the Associated Press. Maybe this is an indicator of how the market will react to CD's that contain more than one good song.
U.S. album sales rose more than 3 percent last year for the first gain since 2004 -- a sign that rising digital sales are finally stemming the decade-long decline of compact discs.
The uptick to 458 million album sales was helped by the hugely popular... Read More |
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| James Matthews Getting "Out of County" Judge |
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 by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 01/05/12 7:21 am | updated: 01/05/12 7:21 am |
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CBS 3 reports court officials in Montgomery County are now seeking an "out of county" district court judge to decide whether former county commissioner James Matthews will be held for trial on perjury charges.
The prosecution and the defense say they are both on the same page when it comes to assigning an "out of county" district justice to preside over the preliminary hearing.
Matthews was arrested last month and charged with lying to a grand jury that was... Read More |
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| Honest Services Fraud Retrial? - Christopher Wright |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 01/05/12 7:19 am | updated: 01/05/12 7:19 am |
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Former Philadelphia City Council staffer Christopher Wright, former chief of staff to the recently retired at-large councilman Jack Kelly, had been convicted in 2009 of what's called "honest services fraud," for helping a developer who was giving him a rent-free apartment.
But last year, the US Supreme Court rejected one component of the honest services fraud law as too vague, and now a federal appeals court has, in turn, thrown out Wright's conviction. Now, he's waiting to see... Read More |
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| Quadrantids Meteor Shower to show in Philadelphia early on 1/4 |
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 by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 01/03/12 5:20 pm | updated: 01/03/12 5:20 pm |
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The Quadrantids meteor shower, which can potentially be the best natural lightshow of the year, will be visible Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning. Viewing conditions will be ideal around Philadelphia with clear skies but it will be quite frigid with temperatures only about 20 degrees.
The peak is predicted to be somewhere around 2:30 to 3 a.m., though Quadrantids meteors are "notoriously unpredictable" in terms of intensity. NASA says it will be a "brief, beautiful"... Read More |
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| Andy Reid Will Return as Eagles Head Coach in 2012 |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 01/03/12 11:53 am | updated: 01/03/12 11:53 am |
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Eagles Chairman/CEO Jeffrey Lurie announced during today's press conference that head coach Andy Reid will return for his 14th season in 2012. After high expectations at the beginning of the season, the Eagles started off slow, but finished well to end the season 8-8. Reid has only had 1 losing season as head coach after his first year in 1999, and has had an overall record of 126-81-1.
"I want to see our team coached by Andy Reid and I can’t wait to see that team play," Lurie... Read More |
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| Counterfeit NHL Winter Classic Gear Seized |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 01/03/12 9:26 am | updated: 01/03/12 9:26 am |
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The Winter Classic in Philadelphia was measured a success all around - except for the Flyers' loss to the Rangers.
Philadelphia Business Journal reported that counterfeit NHL Winter Classic merchandise worth $350,000 was seized from international mail facilities and local street vendors in Philadelphia, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations said.
The roughly 1,600 items, valued at nearly $350,000, were confiscated by HSI... Read More |
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| 2012 Mummers Parade Produces New Winner and a Few Bruises |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 01/03/12 9:17 am | updated: 01/03/12 9:17 am |
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The 2012 Mummers Parade in Philadelphia was another huge success in the long tradition of the New Years Day tradition. The weather was perfect, and aside from a little brawl between some mummers and viewers caught on video, the day could not have been better.
Especially for the Woodland String Band. The band snagged first place for the first time in its 87-year history. Woodland was last to pass the judges but made a lasting impression.
Late in the parade a... Read More |
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| Philadelphia Archbishop Estate For Sale |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 01/02/12 9:30 am | updated: 01/02/12 9:30 am |
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Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput is seeking to sell the large estate in Overbrook where he lives.
A source says the proposal to sell the archbishops' residence has been presented to the priests' counsel and the finance counsel and now has only to be approved by the Vatican.
The source also says the bishop does not want to continue to live in such splendor in the eight-plus acre estate when he is about to ask area Catholics to accept sacrifices in the... Read More |
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| Philadelphia Increasing Tourism Numbers Start 2012 |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 01/02/12 9:28 am | updated: 01/02/12 9:28 am |
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According to a top tourism official, it was a rip-roaring New Year's holiday in terms of bringing people to enjoy the festivities in Philadelphia.
Meryl Levitz, president and CEO of the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation noted:
"Franklin Square had 15-hundred people for the "square drop." Both skating parties at Penn's landing sold out. The preliminary numbers for the fireworks for the New Year's Eve 6 pm show were 50-thousand on both sides of the... Read More |
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