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NJ Man Gets Life In Prison For Bucks County Musician’s Death
-- A New Jersey man will spend the rest of his life behind bars for his role in a crime that left a Philadelphia-area musician dead. Twenty-year-old Jermaine M. Jackson of Trenton was sentenced on ...
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SEPTA Board approves fare increases but postpones budget vote
SEPTA's governing body approved fare increases to take effect July 1, including raising cash fares to $2.25 from $2 and tokens to $1.80 from $1.55 for single rides. The cheapest weekly and monthly TransPasses will increase from $22 to $24 and $83 to $91, respectively, with similar increases for passes with additional zones. The SEPTA Board also again deferred voting on the 2014 fiscal ...
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Philadelphia Flyers forward Eric Wellwood starts rehab after gruesome injury
On April 7, Flyers prospect Eric Wellwood slammed into the boards feet first during an Adirondack Phantoms game against the Bridgeport Sound Tigers. His left skate cut into his right foot and severed three tendons. He also cut through 70 percent of his Achilles heel and had to be rushed off the ice and to the hosptial. The injury was so severe that Wellwood was projected to be out for at least ...
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Bill Davis Moving in the direction of the 3-4
Everyone wants to know, what will defensive coordinator Bill Davis' front seven look like? It's looked a lot like a 3-4 on base downs during the two open practices the media was permitted to attend this month, but the Eagles may have just been practicing against certain offensive formations that determined the odd-man front. Davis has generally been a 3-4 guy, but when he was the ...
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Missing College Student Found 2 States Away
His parents called police, who indicated from the start that whatever was going on with Royer, might be his own doing or decision. Police did pursue the search, treating Matthew's disappearance as a "missing person" ...
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SEPTA Riders To See Fare Hikes Starting July 1
-- Public transit riders in Philadelphia and its suburbs will be paying more to travel starting this summer. The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority approved across-the-board fare hikes on ...
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Mary J. Blige Faces $3.4M Federal Tax Lien In NJ
-- Mary J. Blige and her husband have been hit with a $3.4 million tax lien in New Jersey. Court documents show the Internal Revenue Service filed a notice of a lien on the nine-time Grammy Award winner Feb. 7. That was two days before the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul was honored at a pre-Grammy party in Los ...
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Pot-Legalization Group Relocates Outside US Courthouse After 2 Arrests
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Demonstrators swarmed the federal courthouse in Philadelphia this afternoon in an act of solidarity for two activists who were arrested last week during a marijuana protest in front of the Liberty Bell. About two dozen protesters raised signs and repeated chants this afternoon, calling for the release of Adam Kokesh and NA Poe, who were arrested at the marijuana ...
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Philadelphia Orchestra Prepares For Trip To China 40th Anniversary Tour
(Members perform at send off. Credit: John McDevitt) Allison Vulgamore, the President and CEO of the Orchestra, says the two week China residency and 40th anniversary tour will be busy. ';We will focus on high level people to people exchanges including rehearsals and performances with student and professional musicians. [There will also be] special lectures by Ambassador Nicholas Platt who ...
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Philadelphia Hosts US Mayors For Discussion on Technology and Government
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A two-day summit with more than 30 mayors from across the country is underway in Philadelphia. The topic: technology and innovation. Mayor Nutter welcomed his contemporaries as he winds down his one-year stint as president of the US Conference of Mayors. Breakout sessions include how cities are opening their data to make government more accessible, and how cities ...
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Police Suspect Dragged Employee With Vehicle While Fleeing After Robbery
- Police say a robbery suspect was seen on surveillance video dragging a grocery store employee through a parking lot while fleeing. The incident occurred on Monday just after 7: 30 p.m. at the ShopRite located at 170 Forty Foot Road in Hatfield Township, ...
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Arena Football League set to touch down in China
The AFL is holding coach/referee camps next week in various spots around the country for a crash course on Xs and Os. And the league plans to play an exhibition game in October in Hawaii and then two more preseason games later that month in Beijing and ...
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Defense Attorney For Convicted Abortion Doctor Defends Gosnell Admits There Should Be Changes To Late Term Abortions
– The attorney for Kermit Gosnell spoke with Dom Giordano to defend Gosnell’s character and admit there needs to be changes to late term abortion laws. Jack McMahon, Philadelphia defense attorney, joined Giordano for an interview on 1210 WPHT Thursday. During the interview McMahon said that after spending 2 1/2 years with Gosnell, the convicted abortion doctor treated him as a ...
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CDC Says Majority Of Sandy Victims Drowned
The study looked at data from 117 deaths captured by American Red Cross mortality tracking during the time period from October 28 to November 30, 2012. The results showed that drowning deaths were most common during the storm, with 45% of those occurring inside New York City's Evacuation Zone A. The most Sandy-related deaths overall occurred in New York and New Jersey. According to the ...
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City Council OKs Law Requiring Parental Supervision of Teens at Tanning Salons
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — City Council today gave final approval to a bill that limits how minors use tanning salons in Philadelphia. The final vote came after some last-minute pleas from those on both sides of the issue. The measure requires a parent to accompany a teenager to a tanning salon, for each and every visit. Before the final vote, Joseph Levy, with ...
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Summer Travel Tips From An Expert
When you're a kid, warm weather means one thing: summer vacation! Sadly, things get a little bit more complicated once we grow up and realize traveling costs hard-earned money. But you don't have to spend a fortune on your summer trip. Travel expert Bob Diener, President of hotel flash-sale ...
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Araco to direct growth strategies at law firm
Nick Araco Nick Araco, the co-founder, president, and CEO of AchieveNext and The CFO Alliance, has joined Drinker Biddle & Reath as director of growth strategies. Drinker Biddle will be aiding Araco in running The CFO Alliance, a trade association for finance professionals that has gone national, by offering sponsorship and content for events. Araco will work with the lawyers and clients of the ...
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Charter schools join Nutter Hite in funding plea
Leaders from more than 20 Philadelphia charter schools today joined the school district's campaign to obtain more state and city aid to cover a looming $304 million shortfall. "We have got to share in the advocacy and share in the fight to ensure Philadelphia's public schools are adequately funded," Lawrence Jones, president of the Pennsylvania Coalition of Public Charter ...
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Life for Bucks County musicians killer
Jermaine M. Jackson was sentenced to life without parole for masterminding a robbery scheme that ended with the shooting death of a popular Bucks County musician. Although Jackson was 19 at the time of the Dec. 28, 2011 crime and did not have a prior criminal record, Bucks County Common Pleas Judge Rea B. Boylan said, "If ever there was a case where a life sentence was appropriate it ...
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Drowning leading cause of death during Superstorm Sandy
Story Highlights Drowning was the leading cause of deaths during Superstorm Sandy last fall. A report says 40 of the 117 deaths reported from the storm were caused by drowning. Drowning was also the top cause of death during Hurricane Katrina in ...
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Cops Suspects smuggled 4000 pounds of pot into Philly over 16 months
Last month, the detectives from county Prosecutor Risa Ferman's office got approval for a wiretap on the cell phones of the Frederick brothers, left and center. They then allegedly tracked the supply line to a California man, Charles Sadrin, right, who authorities say routinely shipped truck containers full of pot into the region. (Montgomery DA's ...
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Police W. Pa. man chained boy to table
CANONSBURG, Pa. - Authorities say a western Pennsylvania man allegedly chained his 11-year-old stepson to the dinner table after he refused to eat the food on his plate. Police say they arrested 38-year-old Joshua Lee Smith of Canonsburg on Monday. That's about 20 miles southwest of Pittsburgh. Smith allegedly told the boy to finish eating his dinner and when he didn't, made him get ...
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Chuck Norris wants the Jaguars to sign Tim Tebow
Cordell Walker, Texas Ranger has FINALLY weighed in on the controversial Tim Tebow debate that will never go away, regardless of how marginally terrible the quarterback ...
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Once unbeatable the pressure is on Blackhawks to prove their playoff pedigree
Chicago Blackhawks were unbeatable, it was easy to get caught up in the streak and the comparisons and the Stanley Cup dreams. They couldn't lose, at least in regulation. They looked like a complete team, with top-end talent, depth and goaltending. They looked like they did in 2009-10, when they won it ...
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Phila. Charter Schools Urge City and State To Increase Education Funding Citywide
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A group of charter school leaders today joined the mayor and the school district in calling for more funding to ease the district’s budget crisis. Charter operators and district officials gathered at Boys’ Latin Charter School, in West Philadelphia, to join in the push for city and state money to fill the district’s $304-million budget gap ...
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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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