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Slaying at water-ice stand stuns neighbors
A fatal shooting outside a Rita's Water Ice shop in West Oak Lane left neighbors bewildered Wednesday as word spread of a crime that took place at a spot popular with families and children. Dyrell Brown, who stopped by the shop for a cool treat amid Wednesday's afternoon heat, said he was surprised to learn that it was the site of a shooting the night before. "I didn't know ...
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Dueling portrayals of Savage as jury weighs penalty
Prosecutors seek the death penalty for Kaboni Savage. The case includes 12 homicides carried out or ordered by Savage, said an indictment handed up in ...
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Bucks race was exception to sleepy primary
The trappings suggested a significant election: big bucks from outside donors, a boast of an endorsement from a former presidential candidate, and some serious party infighting. But in a sleepy primary marked by dismal turnouts all over the Philadelphia region, the Republican primary for Bucks County prothonotary - the clerk of civil courts - ended up being one of the hottest races around. ...
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Narcotics officer arrested in FBI sting
In the latest blow to the Philadelphia Police Department's embattled narcotics unit, federal authorities have arrested a veteran officer and accused him of stealing money and drugs from a suspected dealer. Officer Jeffrey Walker was taken into custody Tuesday by FBI agents after a sting operation in which they recorded him bragging about how easy it was to rob dealers. In a complaint ...
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29 N.J. bars restaurants accused of substituting cheap liquor
Story Highlights Bars and restaurants across New Jersey may have used cheap booze poured from top-shelf bottles to overcharge customers. Dubbed "Operation Swill," details will be released at a press conference scheduled for Thursday. The New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control raided the businesses and seized specific alcoholic beverage ...
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N.J. report calls two local historic sites endangered
Poor maintenance and vandalism threaten the survival of two historical sites in Gloucester and Camden Counties, a report published Wednesday by a nonprofit preservation group says. The Green Castle Hotel at Cooper Street and Railroad Avenue in Woodbury, built in 1881 by five-time Mayor Lewis M. Green in the Second Empire style, is vacant and suffers from "neglect and poor stewardship" ...
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Swarthmore among colleges named in federal suit
A women's-rights lawyer said Wednesday that federal suits had been filed against several U.S. colleges, including Swarthmore College, alleging that the schools did not properly handle students' sexual-assault allegations. Two other complaints making similar claims were filed against Swarthmore last month. It was not immediately clear how many of the suits filed Wednesday were against ...
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South Jersey counties see increase in poor children
Story Highlights Camden and Gloucester counties saw an increase in the percentage of children living in poverty from 2010 to 2011. From 2007 to 2011, the percentage of the state's children considered low income increased by nearly 20 percent. For the same four-year period, the percentage of very poor children rose by 40 ...
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Christie Give Oklahoma what it needs in aid
BELMAR, N.J. - Gov. Christie, whose state was beset by a major storm last year and then by squabbling in Congress over disaster aid, said Wednesday that Oklahoma's tornado victims deserve "swift and immediate" help, and federal lawmakers have said they are likely to get it. Last October, Hurricane Sandy ravaged the Eastern Seaboard and zeroed in on New Jersey and New York, ...
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N.J. Assembly speaker seeks to block college projects
The leader of the New Jersey Assembly is trying to block the entire list of 176 construction projects at colleges and universities across the state while she seeks answers to how decisions were made on the $1.3 billion in grants. "Many issues concerning the validity of the administration's specific awards in the approved project lists have come to my attention," Speaker ...
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Hundreds of union members protest stalemate in city negotiations
CHEERING ERUPTED from the demonstrators when 17th Street between Market and Chestnut in front of the Westin Philadelphia hotel was officially closed to provide them a forum. Several hundred of them, with whistles and picket signs, brought their own heated emotions to the already warm afternoon yesterday to protest the deadlock in contract negotiations with the city. Mayor Nutter, president of ...
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Feds bust veteran narcotics cop
YONG KIM / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Officer Jeffrey Walker, who has worked in the Narcotics Field Unit since 1999, was arrested Tuesday outside this Kingsessing home after allegedly stealing $15,000 from a drug ...
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Faith-healers face murder charges in death of second child
Catherine and Herbert Schaible, at right, were charged with third-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter and other charges in the death of another son, Brandon, in April. They are seen here turning themselves in at Philadelphia police headquarters in Philadelphia on May 22, 2013. ( DAVID MAIALETTI / Staff Photographer ...
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Dear Governor Here a Latino there a Latino. Everywhere Latinos
DEAR GOV. CORBETT, Aren't you getting tired of that smell? First you step in it when you suggest that the jobless are unemployed because they can't pass a drug test. And now, you're talking about Latinos as if they're as elusive as the chupacabra. (It's like a Latino Jersey Devil.) In case you missed it, Corbett stepped in it - again - Friday during a roundtable ...
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A party for Old St. Marys
OLD ST. MARY'S Church in Society Hill, Philadelphia's first Catholic cathedral, will celebrate its 250th anniversary Sunday in conjunction with Memorial Day weekend. A commemorative Mass and parade will take place at the church, on 4th Street near Locust. Old St. Mary's, founded in 1763, was the second Catholic church in the city. It served as the first cathedral for the Diocese ...
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Stretching your retirement dollars
FOR THE SECOND time in two weeks, educators have joked that I was scaring them about retiring. In the end, these readers felt that they would be OK, but the steady news of retirement woes have them thinking of plans A, B and C. I'm a long way from retirement. But as time passes, I've become more aware of the challenges of leaving the workforce and trying to live off my savings. ...
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New law nets cops ATVs dirt bikes
PHILADELPHIA police have successfully launched a new city law aimed at clearing illegal ATV riders and dirt-bikers out of public parks and streets, but "bike life" has proven persistently deadly regionally, with at least four fatal wrecks in the last 14 months. Police impounded 26 ATVs and dirt bikes through Monday and issued 57 citations through May 7 (more recent figures are ...
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Narcotics cop subject of 18 complaints
JEFFREY WALKER, the veteran Philly narcotics cop who was federally charged yesterday with allegedly robbing a drug dealer, has been the subject of 18 Internal Affairs complaints during his career. The civilian complaints - none of which was sustained - included accusations of theft, physical and verbal abuse, and illegal searches. Walker, 44, joined the police force in 1989 and was assigned to ...
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Stretching your retirement dollars
FOR THE SECOND time in two weeks, educators have joked that I was scaring them about retiring. In the end, these readers felt that they would be OK, but the steady news of retirement woes have them thinking of plans A, B and C. I'm a long way from retirement. But as time passes, I've become more aware of the challenges of leaving the workforce and trying to live off my savings. ...
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City Council approves AVI appeal-system bill
DESPITE OBJECTIONS from the Nutter administration, a City Council Committee approved a bill yesterday that would allow anyone contesting a new property assessment under the Actual Value Initiative to pay the old tax bill until the appeal is resolved. Officials contended that the measure could open the door for a wave of frivolous appeals by those who simply want to avoid paying a possible ...
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Drones claimed 4 U.S. citizens
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration confirmed for the first time Wednesday that four Americans have died in U.S. drone strikes since 2009, but it sought to justify the killing of only one - a senior leader of al-Qaeda's Yemen-based affiliate - and said nothing about the others except to acknowledge indirectly that they had been killed by accident. The confirmation came in a letter to ...
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Birth control coverage up for federal appeal
By The Associated Press The U.S. teen birth rate fell 25 percent over five years to a record low of 31 births per 1,000 teens ages 15 to 19, according to a report from the Centers for ...
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Dale Hunter in search of another playoff comeback
Washington Capitals head coach Dale Hunter leaves the rink after the game against the San Jose Sharks at HP Pavilion. The San Jose Sharks defeated the Washington Capitals ...
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Movie Review ‘Fast Furious 6′
KYW Newsradio 1060 PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- A funny thing happened on the way to the film forum… After four sub-par outings in a row, this ...
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Movie Review ‘The Hangover Part III’
Hangover franchise, it better be, because the first time was a sporadically funny but severely overrated bachelor-party-gone-kablooey romp. And far worse ...
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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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