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Montco woman held in road death of teen
A Lansdale woman who allegedly was reading a text message while driving a car that struck two teenagers in Hatfield Township, killing one, has been charged with homicide by vehicle and driving under the influence of alcohol. Bail was set Friday at $100,000 for Sarah Derstein, 31. According to authorities, at 11:34 p.m. April 26, Dennis Kee, 15, of Hatfield, was walking with four friends along ...
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Racing away to Margaritaville
DAVID MAIALETTI / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER John Hanshew , of Arlington, Va., is a Jimmy Buffett fan. We know because he's pedaling toward Margaritaville in AC . . . and because we hear he's a big fan of ...
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Police searching for missing boy 12
Philadelphia police are searching for a 12-year-old boy who they say has not been seen since Wednesday. Maurice Sorzano-Carter was last seen at his house on the 700 block of Brighton Street in Burlhome. Maurice is black with a light complexion and short black hair. He stands 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs 115 pounds. He has brown eyes and was last seen wearing tan pants and a navy blue shirt. ...
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Phila. family fights lung-donor rule for dying girl
For the parents of Sarah Murnaghan, 10, who is dying of cystic fibrosis at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, the bottom line seems heartbreakingly simple: She should be offered the first suitable lungs that become available, whether the donor is a child or adult. Instead, the Newtown Square couple say, organ-donation rules require adult lungs to be offered first to adults who are in ...
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Phila. judge holds Schaibles in custody
Concerned that religious supporters in other parts of the country might help secrete Catherine and Herbert Schaible away, a Philadelphia judge has detained the couple, who allowed a second child to die because they believe medical care is a sin. Attorneys for the Schaibles had asked Common Pleas Court Judge Benjamin Lerner to allow the faith-healing parents to remain free pending their ...
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Full season returns to Bucks County Playhouse
Almost immediately after opening, the Bucks County Playhouse in New Hope became known as one of the nation's top summer theaters. More than 1,000 people vied for about 300 tickets on the night of its first show, according to newspaper accounts, and along Main Street, "children peered from trees as Broadway and Hollywood celebrities attended the premiere performance." The ...
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Robert E. Carlson 91 taught at West Chester University
Robert E. Carlson, 91, a longtime West Chester resident and history professor who led Chester County's 1982 tricentennial celebration, died Thursday, May 16, of respiratory failure at Riddle Memorial Hospital in Media. Born in Johnstown, he earned a bachelor's degree in history from the University of Pittsburgh in 1943. That year, he was commissioned an ensign in the U.S. Navy. He ...
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Six Flags presents new off-road attraction
A tour truck drives past zebra and giraffes as two Red Ankoli cattle butt heads at the Safari Off Road Adventure attraction at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, N.J. (Jonathan Lai / Staff Photographer ...
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Case in 1984 paved way for Gosnell prosecution
The trial involved an aging Philadelphia abortion doctor, a desperate and pregnant 13-year-old, and a baby born alive during an abortion and left to die. But this trial occurred 24 years before that of West Philadelphia's Kermit Gosnell, sentenced Wednesday to three consecutive life terms after a jury found that he murdered three babies born alive in illegal late-term abortions. It was ...
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Albert C. Toll 93 former grain and feed firm executive
Albert C. Toll, 93, formerly of Overbrook Park, a retired grain and feed company executive, died Wednesday, May 22, of complications from Parkinson's disease at Ann's Choice, a retirement facility in Warminster. Mr. Toll was all about family. He didn't hesitate to clown around with his daughter, Carol Bress, when she was a toddler, or to pack up her belongings for a car trip to ...
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Stomping in memory of slain drill master
Gold Coast Funkerterrs marching at school assembly. It's swan song time for the young members of the Gold Coast Buccaneers, a drill team that had been coached by Gregory Scott, killed in front of his West Philly home earlier this year. The drill team members are graduating, the last batch of kids Scott coached. They are performing at Huey Elementary, also set to close. ( Special to the ...
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All but one kids-for-cash charge upheld
HARRISBURG - All but one of the convictions of a former county judge in the "kids for cash" juvenile justice scandal in northeastern Pennsylvania were upheld Friday by a federal appeals court. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit rejected nearly all the arguments made by attorneys for Mark A. Ciavarella Jr., who is serving a 28-year sentence for ...
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Tax increase layoffs possible in Chester-Upland district
The Chester Upland School District has released a preliminary 2013-14 budget with a $22.5 million shortfall that might require a 2.7 percent tax increase and layoffs. The $123.9 million spending plan approved Thursday night by state-appointed receiver Joseph Watkins represented a $22 million increase from this year's. School officials cautioned that the budget was in the early stages and ...
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Open or closed for Memorial Day
Pennsylvania New Jersey Banks Optional Optional Savings & loans Optional Optional Federal agencies Closed Closed Federal courts Closed Closed State agencies Closed Closed Local/state courts* Closed Closed Liquor stores Closed Optional Postal service** No No * Arraignment court at the Criminal Justice Center, 1301 Filbert St., will be open. ** Windows at the 30th Street post office, ...
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N.J. bill would fill a need in teacher career advances
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N.J. overrules Haddon Twp. athletic directors firing
The state education commissioner has overruled the decision to fire Haddon Township schools' athletic director, who was captured on camera putting dog feces on his ex-wife's car last May. Alan Carr's conduct was "grossly improper," but removing him from his tenured position was "an unduly harsh penalty," state Education Commissioner Christopher Cerf found in a ...
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Evesham school official accused of anti-Semitic remarks
An Evesham school board member accused of making anti-Semitic statements at Thursday's meeting says she was misunderstood. But there were calls for Rosemary Bernardi's resignation after she allegedly called for non-Jewish residents to seek election to the board to offset the Jewish presence on it. "I have apologized," Bernardi said Friday. "But they were two separate ...
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Neighbors keep watchful eye in Cedarbrook
STEVEN M. FALK / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Michael J. Lyde Sr. , a 43-year resident of Pickering Avenue in Cedarbrook, says he's the "unofficial sheriff" of the ...
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Arias juror tells of tough effort
Jodi Arias stands as the jury enters the courtroom before the verdict for sentencing was declared a hung jury for her first degree murder conviction at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix on Thursday, May 23, 2013. The jury in Jodi Arias' trial was dismissed Thursday after failing to reach a unanimous decision on whether the woman they convicted of murdering her one-time boyfriend ...
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Judge Religious couple charged in babys death must stay in jail
HERBERT AND Catherine Schaible, the devoutly religious parents charged with murdering their baby because they failed to get him medical care, are a potential flight risk and therefore must stay in jail, a Philadelphia judge ruled yesterday. The Schaibles, charged with third-degree murder in the April death of 7-month-old Brandon, have been on probation since 2011 for involuntary manslaughter ...
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Pa. bill would extend honor to Tomb Guard
This handout photo provided by the us Army shows Spc. Brett Hyde, Tomb Sentinel, 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), keeping guard over the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier during Hurricane Sandy, at Arlington National Cemetery, Va., Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. Just like the Sentinel's Creed says "Through the years of diligence and praise and the discomfort of the elements, I will walk my ...
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The superstar you dont know
Q They weren't born with 111-mph shots, either. You have been called the Face of Lacrosse. Admit it: Your appeal goes deeper than clever tweets. Oh, I don't know if I'm the Face of Lacrosse. And, you know, my shot didn't just come off like crazy the first time I ever played. I shoot every day. I train every day. I push myself to discomfort. And, I have decent size and ...
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FBI seeks two Northeast Philadelphia bank bandits
THE FBI is asking the public to help investigators identify two bandits who are responsible for separate bank robberies in the city. One of the crooks tried to rob a Bank of America on Welsh Road near Blue Grass in Northeast Philadelphia yesterday morning - a day after his photo was featured in the People Paper's "Catch Me If You Can" item. (Clearly, he's not a devoted ...
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5 guilty in home-invasion conspiracy
FIVE PHILADELPHIA men were found guilty this week by a federal jury for conspiring to break into the home of a local drug dealer and steal at least 10 kilograms of cocaine at gunpoint. Robert Lamar Whitfield, 33; Marlon Graham, 22; Kenneth Parnell, 27; Kareem Long, 23; and Frank Thompson, 35, were busted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives last July while planning the ...
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Donovan McNabbs nephew Defenseman and top NHL draft prospect
If selected by the Flyers in next month's NHL draft, hulking defenseman Darnell Nurse would not feel an added burden playing in Philadelphia - and living up to the standard set in another sport by his famous uncle, former Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb."There is a link there, but I don't see how the pressure crosses over," Nurse, a mature 18-year-old, said the other day ...
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Philadelphia expands recycling, but not all is well
Philadelphia is expanding the range of recyclable products its accepts in the refuse disposal systems and in effort to increase recycling rates and save money for the city council during current lean times. But, there is a concern among environmentalists that increased recycling may actually have negative side effects.
Recycling across the country is not entirely mainstreamed yet, according to figures from 2007 to 2008 (the most recent available), just 11% of all the USA’s garbage was recycled. Environmentalists point to figures such as these for the reason why landfills are running out, pollution is increasing and the environment is suffering. Read more
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