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| Fire Kills Elderly Vet; Philly Woman Charged with Murdering Children; Soda Tax Victory for Health |
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 by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 06/09/16 2:24 pm | updated: 06/09/16 2:24 pm |
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An overnight fire killed an elderly veteran who couldn't get out of his home. World War II vet Benjamin Boone, who was in his 90s and known as Uncle BB to the S. Taylor Street neighborhood, was trapped on the second floor. Firefighters got to the scene in Point Breeze, but they could not get him out. There was no evidence of a working smoke detector.
A 40 year old Philadelphia woman is accused of killing her 7-month-old son and 3-year-old daughter during a visit to South... Read More |
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| Amended Soda Tax Passes Council Committee; Gov Wolf Signs Wine Bill; Car Windows Smashed in Fishtown |
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 by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 06/09/16 1:08 am | updated: 06/09/16 1:08 am |
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| An amended version of Mayor Kenney's proposed "soda tax" made it past committee in Philadelphia's City Council this evening. It will go before the entire council next Thursday. Kenney had proposed a 3-cents per ounce tax on sugary drinks to pay for universal Pre-K, community schools, and parks and recreation imporovements. The amended proposal cuts the tax in half to 1.5-cents per ounce, but expands its reach to include artificially sweetened drinks like diet soda. The soda industry... Read More |
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| Norristown Shooting; Upper Darby Drumline Program Ending; St. Charles Seminary to Relocate |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 06/08/16 11:39 am | updated: 06/08/16 11:39 am |
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A man was found dead, shot at least 6 times, in the parking lot of a McDonald's in Norristown, and the gunman is on the loose. Workers say they heard shots but no argument before. The gunman got away on foot.
Upper Darby High School's award winning drumline program is coming to an end. The students traveled to Ohio three years ago for competition and won a national championship. Last night parents pleaded that the Board of School Directors save the Upper Darby drumline... Read More |
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| Duck Boat NJ Bus Collision, Soda Tax Decision Day, Showboat Job Fair |
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 by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 06/08/16 2:22 am | updated: 06/08/16 2:22 am |
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A New Jersey transit bus and a Duck Boat were involved in an accident on Tuesday around 6:49 p.m. Officials says the bus had passengers on board and the Duck Boat had no passengers. Police say the two vehicles sideswiped each other on the westbound lanes of 676/Vine Street Expressway near 22nd Street. Seven people were on the bus and no one was injured.
Wednesday is a big day for Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney and for the soda industry. One of them likely will emerge victorious... Read More |
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| Arrest Made in 78yo's Murder; Wine Bill Passes PA House; Woman Raped Behind Wawa |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 06/07/16 9:03 pm | updated: 06/07/16 9:03 pm |
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| Police have made an arrest in connection with the murder of a 78-year-old man in Southwest Philadelphia last week. The suspect, 18-year-old Quintis Clark, turned himself in to police late Monday. Police discovered Joseph Daly on his living room floor in a pool of blood on May 31st. The backdoor was unlocked and window broken. Daly's van was initially missing but recovered last Thursday. An arrest warrant for Clark was put together over the weekend. He has been charged with murder, criminal... Read More |
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| Charles Barkley Defends Ryan Howard; AP Calls Race for Clinton; 276 Puppies Rescued |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 06/07/16 10:08 am | updated: 06/07/16 10:08 am |
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Former NBA star Charles Barkley was at Citizen's Bank Park last night coming to the defense of Ryan Howard who had a beer bottle thrown at him on the field over the weekend. Barkley says he would have gone after the fan himself. According to Sir Charles, the appropriate response would be for Ryan Howard to beat the s___ out of the fan.
The Associated Press is saying Hillary Clinton now has enough delegates to wrap up the nomination. Hillary Clinton will become the first woman... Read More |
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| Hillary Presumptive Nominee, A Day In My Life CD, Deadly Auto-Pedestrian Accidents Increasing |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 06/07/16 1:56 am | updated: 06/07/16 1:56 am |
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| Hillary Clinton will become the first woman to top the presidential ticket of a major U.S. political party, capturing commitments Monday from the number of delegates needed to become the Democrats' presumptive nominee. The victory arrived nearly eight years to the day after she conceded her first White House campaign to Barack Obama. Bernie Sanders said this past weekend he plans to fight on until the convention, promising to make the case to superdelegates that he is better positioned to... Read More |
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| Police Seek Fan Who Threw Bottle at Howard; New Video KOP Kidnap; Suspect in 78yo Murder |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 06/06/16 8:33 pm | updated: 06/06/16 8:33 pm |
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| Philadelphia Police are looking for a man who threw a beer bottle at Phillies' first baseman Ryan Howard at the end of Saturday's game at Citizen's Bank Park. Howard was walking towards the dugout after grounding out to end the game when the fan threw an aluminum bottle. The bottle did not hit Howard, but did land near his feet. "I've done too much in this town to have that kind of stuff," Howard told reporters Sunday. "If you want to yell out 'You suck,' that's whatever. But when you... Read More |
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| Power Outages; Beer Bottle Thrown at Ryan Howard; Tainted Water Investigation Near Air Bases |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 06/06/16 12:02 pm | updated: 06/06/16 12:02 pm |
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Utility crews are restoring service after strong storms swept through New Jersey downing branches, trees and power lines. South Jersey was the hardest hit, especially areas like West Deptford and Washington Township. Atlantic City Electric said nearly 19,000 homes and businesses were without power at the height of the storm, mostly in Gloucester and Salem counties.
Philadelphia police are looking for the Phillies fan who threw a beer bottle at Ryan Howard after he grounded out... Read More |
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| Philadelphia International Cycling Classic Winners, Stop Hunger At Your Station, PA Budget |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 06/06/16 10:08 am | updated: 06/06/16 10:08 am |
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| Eduard Prades of Spain and Megan Gaurnier of the United States were the men's and women's winners of the 2016 Philadelphia International Cycling Classic. Twenty-eight-year-old Prades finished the 110.7-mile men's event Sunday with an unofficial time of three hours, 57 minutes, 37 seconds. He's the second straight winner of the event from the Caja Rural-Seguros RGAteam. Carlos Barbero was last year's winner. Prades said through an interpreter that winning the race was "an amazing feeling."... Read More |
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