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| Free Thyroid-Protection Pills For Those Near Nuclear Plants |
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 by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 08/12/11 7:32 am | updated: 08/12/11 7:32 am |
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If you live or work within 10 miles of the Limerick nuclear power plant, you can pick up free potassium iodide tablets courtesy of the state and local health departments. The pills are designed to protect the thyroid gland against harmful radioactive iodine that may be released during an accident. The nuclear disaster in Japan earlier this year caused concern among any within range of a potential disaster.
The Chester County Health Department says this is a smart protective measure to... Read More |
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| Energy Assistance Fraud Probed |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 08/12/11 7:16 am | updated: 08/12/11 7:16 am |
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| Pennsylvania Auditor General Jack Wagner is calling on Governor Corbett to launch a statewide audit focusing on the widespread waste and evidence of fraud in the Pennsylvania Welfare Department's administration of the program that distributes heating assistance to low-income families. Wagner claims the welfare department was scammed by applicants for aid under the federally-funded Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. He says they gave fake Social Security numbers, addresses that didn't... Read More |
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| Philadelphia Cyclists Getting Citations? |
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 by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 08/11/11 9:35 am | updated: 08/11/11 9:35 am |
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Philadelphia bicyclists beware.....traffic citations may be coming your way.
Philadelphia Traffic Court president Judge Thomasine Tynes suggests, making city bicyclists register their bikes, cite them for moving violations such as riding on the sidewalk or blowing through stop signs, and then have those tickets dealt with by Traffic Court. Judge Tynes is not against cyclists, but says there is no punishment for not abiding by the law.
The city in May started a 40-week "Give... Read More |
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| Philadelphia Orchestra Association vs. American Federation of Musicians |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 08/11/11 9:33 am | updated: 08/11/11 9:33 am |
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Lawyers for the Philadelphia Orchestra Association and the pension fund of the American Federation of Musicians were still butting heads in U.S. Bankruptcy Court over the union's demand for deeper layers of documentation relating to the orchestra's $120 million endowment.
Much of the session focused on a line-by-line examination of many of the union's 50 or so requests for information in its effort to prove that portions of the endowment were not restricted by donors to remain... Read More |
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| Philadelphia Mourns for a Proud Navy SEAL |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 08/09/11 7:40 am | updated: 08/09/11 7:40 am |
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| The Navy SEALS, an elite fighting force for the US military, lost 30 soldiers in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan last week. The Philadelphia family and friends of Michael Joseph Strange, one of the SEALS lost, are remembering him as a true hero. According to the family, he was an ordinary Philly kid who loved his cheese steaks and loved the Eagles. Michael Strange was a graduate of North Catholic High School, a Navy triathlon champion who decided to join the military after 9/11. According... Read More |
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| Delaware Tags Tell The Tale |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 08/08/11 10:08 am | updated: 08/08/11 10:08 am |
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If you owe traffic fines, or even back taxes, license plates in Delaware can now tell all.
Delaware state troopers are using new technology that lets them instantly check license plates to determine whether you owe traffic fines and even back taxes.
Troopers can now process up to 900 plates per minute.
Privacy advocates worry about what happens with the electronic recordings, how long the information is stored, who keeps it, and whether third parties get... Read More |
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| Philadelphia Flash Mobs and Mayor Nutter's Sunday Sermon |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 08/08/11 10:06 am | updated: 08/08/11 10:06 am |
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Sunday's sermon at Mount Carmel Baptist Church, in West Philadelphia was a 30 minute emotionally packed message from Mayor Nutter regarding the flash mobs popping up in Center City. Nutter emphasized that it's a very small percentage of the city's youth who bring a bad name to the rest.
"This nonsense must stop. If you're going to act like a butthead, your butt is going to get locked up," he said.
He homed in on absentee fathers and said that those who send money... Read More |
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| Corbett Privatizing PA |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 08/06/11 11:06 am | updated: 08/06/11 11:06 am |
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Pennsylvania spreading privatization? Gov. Corbett suggested this week that Pennsylvania's 117 state parks might be ripe for privatizing.
When the governor was asked what besides the Liquor Control Board, might benefit from private-sector control. He replied: "Prison health care and running state parks."
Corbett cited the lack of lifeguards at beaches and park pools saying, "If we privatize that, can we save a little money and have the lifeguards back?"
The idea... Read More |
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| Promise Academies Slashed |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 08/06/11 11:03 am | updated: 08/06/11 11:03 am |
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| THE Philadelphia TEACHERS UNION has agreed to the district's slashing of the number of Promise Academies by more than half this school year, union president Jerry Jordan said in an email yesterday to his membership. This week, Jordan called for the ouster of Superintendent Arlene Ackerman and said he refused to reopen contract talks as long as she was still employed by the district. But then, he and the district "reached an agreement . . . following the School Reform Commission's decision to... Read More |
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| Prosecuters Push for Video Testimony from Cardinal Bevilaqua |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 08/04/11 11:48 am | updated: 08/04/11 11:48 am |
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| Prosecutors in the criminal sex abuse case against Msgr. William Lynn claim that Cardinal Anthony Bevilaqua is a material witness and have asked a judge to order videotape testimony from Bevilaqua in case he is unavailable at the time of the trial. Cardinal Bevilaqua is now 88 yearsd old. His lawyers object saying he suffers from cancer and dementia and is not well enough to testify or be cross-examined. Assistant District Attorney Mariana Sorensen claims a Bevilaqua's testimony is necessary... Read More |
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