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| DA Seth Williams Fined $62,000; New AG Josh Shapiro; Reward Offered For Soldier Beating Info |
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 by: blogue40 - Phoenixville, PA
started: 01/17/17 8:21 pm | updated: 01/17/17 8:21 pm |
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Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams has received a fine for ethics violations. The Board of Ethics is fining Williams $62,000. They say Williams took nearly 90 gifts that totaled $160,000, including free vacations, a new roof, and a couch. The Board also stated that William has failed to disclose five different sources of income on his statements of financial interests. The $62,000 fine is the largest issued by the Board in its ten year history.
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| Bar Manager Shot by Security Guard; All Clear After Temple U. Threat; Rittenhouse Sitting Ban Over |
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 by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 01/17/17 6:33 pm | updated: 01/17/17 6:40 pm |
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| An argument between a bar manager and a security guard turned deadly in Germantown as the guard shot and killed the manager. It happened around 11 p.m. Monday night at Sharon's Little Spot on the corner of Boyer and East Woodlawn streets. The 44-year-old manager and 28-year-old bouncer got into an argument in the back room. The argument turned physical and the manager may have attacked the guard. The guard pulled his weapon and fired three times hitting him twice in the torso and once in... Read More |
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| Philly Police Impersonators; Vandalization at Jewish Mikvah; 40 Democrats Not Attending Inauguration |
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by: blogue40 - Phoenixville, PA
started: 01/17/17 4:51 am | updated: 01/17/17 4:51 am |
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Police are now investigating after two men who were impersonating Philadelphia Police officers tried to abduct a woman. The incident took place on the 13000 block of Trevose Road in the Somerton section of Philadelphia on Monday night. The woman stated that the men approached her stating they need to ask her questions but never showed a badge and did not have uniforms on. Police are still investigating into the incident.
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| Woman Robbed In Parking Garage; PA Beer Distributor Regulations; Turkish Nightclub Shooter Caught |
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by: blogue40 - Phoenixville, PA
started: 01/16/17 8:26 pm | updated: 01/16/17 8:26 pm |
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| Police are now investigating after a woman was robbed at gunpoint in a South Philadelphia parking garage. The robbery happened around 3 am at the Marine Club Condominiums on the 1100 block of South Broad Street. Police say the 24-year-old victim pulled into the garage, and a suspect tapped a long rifle against her window. Upon seeing the suspect the victim sped off into the third floor of the garage, once on the third floor a red car pulled up behind her and the same suspect got out of... Read More |
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| MLK Day of Service in Philly; Pulse Orlando Shooter's Widow Arrested; Worker Killed by Steel Beam |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 01/16/17 4:25 pm | updated: 01/16/17 7:57 pm |
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| Today marks the 22nd Annual Greater Philadelphia Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. It is the largest collective day of service in the country with over 145,000 volunteers participating in events and activities throughout the region. Girard College, in the Fairmount neighborhood, is the center of it all with over 5,000 participants and 150 different activities in that location alone. Some groups helped organize food or clothing drives while others sponsored neighborhood cleanups. The... Read More |
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| Teen Killed In West Phill; Groups Protest To Keep Obamacare; Taxi Driver Shot 13 Times |
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by: blogue40 - Phoenixville, PA
started: 01/16/17 2:51 am | updated: 01/16/17 2:51 am |
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| Philadelphia Police are now investigating after a teenager was shot and killed in West Philadelphia on Sunday. The victim has been identified as 16-year-old Sean D Jones, an immigrant from Jamaica who came over this past August. The shooting took place on the 200 block of North 52nd Street at around 1 pm. Police arrived on the scene to find the boy shot in the head. He was then quickly rushed to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia where he was later pronounced dead. So far no arrests... Read More |
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| Sexually Graphic Math Homework at Bucks HS; Philly Postal Workers Deliver Pot; Veteran Found in Lake |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 01/14/17 3:50 am | updated: 01/14/17 3:55 am |
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| A Bucks County High School is getting complaints about some of the content in a math worksheet assigned to algebra students for homework. A teacher at Pennridge High School in Perkasie, PA, downloaded the worksheet from a website that allows teachers to share educational resources. The assignment mixes algebraic math equations with word problems about... Read More |
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| I-476 Accident NE Extension, Obamacare Dismantling Begins, NJ Code Blue Alerts |
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 by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 01/13/17 8:42 pm | updated: 01/13/17 8:42 pm |
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Pennsylvania State Police say traffic is snarled following a multi-vehicle accident involving a tractor-trailer in the southbound lanes of the Northeast Extension between the Lansdale and Quakertown exits. Police say the accident happened just before 3 p.m. and two to three vehicles are involved. One victim was medevaced to an area hospital. No word on their condition. Only one lane is getting by.
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| Hospital CEO's Manner of Death Changed; Couple Robbed on Schuylkill; Trump Inaugural Entertainers |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 01/13/17 8:15 pm | updated: 01/13/17 8:15 pm |
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| The New Jersey State Medical Examiner has changed the manner of death of the former head of Cooper University Hospital from 'suicide' to 'undetermined.' 72-year-old John Sheridan and his wife, 69-year-old Joyce, were found dead inside their home after a fire in September 2014. They were both in the bedroom. It was initially ruled a murder-suicide. Joyce had suffered stab wounds. John had also suffered what were called 'self-inflicted wounds' but no weapon could be found. An independent... Read More |
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| No Sitting in Rittenhouse Square; Limerick Man Charged Child Rape; AC Men Charged Child Prositution |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 01/13/17 4:25 am | updated: 01/13/17 4:32 am |
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| New signs went up in Rittenhouse Square Park telling visitors bluntly, 'No Sitting on Wall.' That wall would be the 3-foot high white stone 'balustrades' that criss cross the park. These perches have always attracted park visitors looking to take a sit whether it was for a quick lunch, to read the paper, have a coffee, or a conversation with a friend. Especially during the warmer months, no space goes unfilled throughout the park. Depending on whom you ask, the new rule is meant to curb... Read More |
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