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| Weinergate Just Keeps Growing |
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 by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 06/09/11 9:06 am | updated: 06/09/11 9:06 am |
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| It's getting hard to ignore the swell of interest in this Weiner story. It's even harder to avoid the bad puns and double entendre. Weiner is of course, US Representative Anthony Weiner, who engaged in sexting X rated messages and photos to strange women. Weiner lied about it, but nobody swallowed, so he fessed up. Now the Weiner weiner pictures are floating around in cyberspace and Weiner watchers must see the Weiner picture. An elected public official gets caught in a juicy lie. Now, it... Read More |
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| Ziggy |
| June 8 Music Calendar |
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 by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 06/08/11 9:43 am | updated: 06/08/11 9:43 am |
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(1991) 20 Years Ago
Bruce Springsteen marries E Street Band member Patti... Read More |
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| Katie Couric Deal with ABC is Done |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 06/07/11 1:38 pm | updated: 06/07/11 1:38 pm |
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Katie Couric's new syndicated TV show will launch September 2012. Couric, who is an NBC and CBS on-air veteran will also have a role with ABC News.
The opportunity to be able to continue doing news reporting was apparently an important factor in getting Couric, the former anchor of the "CBS Evening News," to take the Disney/ABC offer. Couric will be reunited with former NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker as her other executive producer for the new talker. Couric and Zucker worked... Read More |
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| Bandstand |
| June 7 Music Calendar |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 06/07/11 9:23 am | updated: 06/07/11 9:23 am |
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(1946) 65 Years Ago
Roy Orbison's first wife, Claudette, is killed in a motorcycle accident at age... Read More |
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| Philly Beer Week is ON! |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 06/06/11 10:23 am | updated: 06/06/11 10:23 am |
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This is Philly Beer Week. It's a 10 day celebration showcasing great beer bars and restaurants. More than 200 participating venues and breweries are hosting hundreds of events featuring some of the best beer around. The experts suggest picking a neighborhood, and begin exploring. Center City, Old City, Northern Liberties, South Philly are all in on this one.
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Center City
Monk's Café, Tria, Jose Pistola's,... Read More |
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| NFL Lockout Latest |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 06/06/11 10:21 am | updated: 06/06/11 10:21 am |
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There was a court hearing on Friday in St. Louis whether to enforce an injunction to lift the NFL lockout or throw it out on appeal. The judges are saying that a ruling would come in "due course" and suggest that both sides work out a deal in the meantime.
For the players, a deal now would assure them of getting their paychecks in the fall and might be their best chance to get a decent deal before the court ruling really hurts them.
The one way both sides really... Read More |
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| Bell Bottoms |
| June 6 Music Calendar |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 06/06/11 10:19 am | updated: 06/06/11 10:19 am |
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(2006) 5 Years Ago
Billy Preston, often referred to as "the fifth Beatle," dies from heart complications at age... Read More |
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| Are Whites Leaving Philadelphia? |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 06/03/11 3:16 pm | updated: 06/03/11 3:16 pm |
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According to a report released this week by the Pew Charitable Trust's Philadelphia Research Initiativean, there has been an overall decline of the white population in Philadelphia over the past two decades.
The report states the city's white population dropped by 263,254 people, from 1990 to 2010, representing a larger population decrease "than the entire population of Buffalo, N.Y."
Northeast Philadelphia, particularly the lower Northeast, saw a significant drop... Read More |
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| SPCA Seeks Tips on Dog Hanging in Bridesburg |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 06/02/11 11:41 am | updated: 06/03/11 3:00 pm |
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The Philadelphia SPCA is searching for clues related to the death of a dog found hanged in a tree in Bridesburg. The discovery was made Wednesday night in a wooded area in the 5600 block of Tacony Street near the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission in Bridesburg.
The dog was discovered by Bobby Wildey who was walking his dog, Lacey. In addition to being hung, the dog also had a stick jammed down its throat.
Animal control experts estimate the dog had been dead... Read More |
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| Sextuplets Delivered at Abington Memorial Hospital in Philadelphia |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 06/02/11 11:24 am | updated: 06/02/11 11:24 am |
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On Wednesday Abington Memorial Hospital announced the birth of sextuplets to a Philadelphia area family.
Three boys and three girls, born premature, are under close watch and care hospital's neonatal intensive care unit.
So far, there is no word of complications for either mom or the babies and the hospital will release more information at the families discretion.
Babies born premature are not fully developed, particularly, the lungs. Sextuplets... Read More |
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