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| Doctors Indicted in Drugs for Cash Scheme; More Flu Deaths; Visit Philadelphia CFO Pleads Guilty |
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 by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/12/16 12:28 pm | updated: 05/12/16 12:28 pm |
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Three Philadelphia-area doctors, including one from Ambler, have been indicted in a $5 million prescription drugs for cash scheme. Alan Summers, 78, of Ambler; Azad Khan, 63, of Villanova; and Dr. Keyhosrow Parsia, 79, of Ridley Park were named in the indictment. The three men sold prescriptions for Suboxone, a drug used to treat opiate addition, and Klonopin in exchange for cash. The substances were often sold to drug dealers or drug addicts who sold the medications.
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| Frankford Junction Amtrak Crash Anniversary, Divine Lorraine Hotel Renovations |
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 by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 05/12/16 9:00 am | updated: 05/12/16 9:00 am |
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| Many across the region are pausing to remember a fatal Amtrak crash in Philadelphia. It was one year ago today that a speeding train ran off the rails at Frankford Junction, killing eight people and injuring scores of others. The train had been doing 106 miles an hour, when the speed limit was 50. The train’s engineer told investigators in November he remembered pushing the throttle forward to pick up speed and then braking when he felt the train going too fast into the curve, but said... Read More |
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| Blue Route Road Rage Shooter Arrested; Chester County Woman Records Audio of Her Own Murder |
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 by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/11/16 8:31 pm | updated: 05/11/16 8:31 pm |
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| Pennsylvania State Police have arrested a man for shooting at another driver during a road rage incident on the Blue Route last week. 50-year-old Anthony Richardson of Philadelphia was taken into custody at his Pennington Road home and brought to the State Police Wynnefield Heights barracks. The incident happened around 3 p.m. on May 5th on I-476 northbound approaching the Schuylkill Expressway in West Conshohocken. Richardson is accused of firing a shot from his Lincoln Town Car at a... Read More |
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| Bath for Billy Penn; Hillary to Campaign in NJ; Farnese Chaged with Conspiracy |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/11/16 12:01 pm | updated: 05/11/16 12:01 pm |
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It's time to wash and wax Billy Penn. The City of Philadelphia plans to restore William Penn's bronze statue atop City Hall in late August. The statue was created in 1892 and the 124-year-old monument needs restoration about once a decade. He was last cleaned in 2007. The observation deck will be closed for three to four weeks during bath time.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is headed to New Jersey ahead of the June 7th primary. Clinton will appear Wednesday... Read More |
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| Bicyclist Killed By SEPTA Bus in Frankford; Conwell-Egan Lockdown; Settlement in Rodin Fall |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/10/16 8:19 pm | updated: 05/11/16 1:43 am |
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A bicyclist is dead after colliding with a SEPTA bus in the city's Frankford section. It happened around 11:45 a.m. on Orthodox Street near Aramingo Avenue. The 44-year-old bicyclist was struck by the Route J bus and was killed. There were no passengers on the bus at the time and the driver was not hurt. Accident investigators are piecing together the cause of the accident and examining video from the bus.
Conwell-Egan High School in Fairless Hills, Bucks County,... Read More |
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| Frankford Custody Barricade, Trump Wins Nebraska, Sanders Wins West Virginia |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 05/11/16 1:20 am | updated: 05/11/16 1:20 am |
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The Philadelphia Police dealt with a barricade situation in Frankford, Tuesday night. A man barricaded himself inside a home with a 5-year-old child. The incident stemmed from a custody battle. The man was taken into custody around 9:07 p.m.
Donald Trump has picked up all 36 delegates available in Nebraska’s Republican presidential primary, giving him 89 percent of the delegates needed to win the GOP’s nomination for president. Trump is the only candidate left... Read More |
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| Teens Charge in School Death; Counterfeit SEPTA Passes; US Sues North Carolina Over Trans-Gender Law |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/10/16 11:43 am | updated: 05/10/16 11:43 am |
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Three teenage girls have been charged in connection with the death of Amy Joyner-Francis, who died after an assault in a school bathroom. The assault, captured on video, shows one of the girls repeatedly striking Joyner-Francis in the head and torso with what appears to be a closed fist. The medical examiner determined that Joyner-Francis died from a pre-existing heart condition but the cardiac incident would not have occurred if she had not been assaulted.
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| Hockessin Multi Vehicle Accident, Lottery Ticket Burglars Caught, Widener's First Female President |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 05/10/16 1:53 am | updated: 05/10/16 1:53 am |
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New Castle County Police were on the scene of a traffic accident that took place on Monday night just after 9:00 p.m. at the intersection of McGovern Road and Lancaster Pike. Two cars were found with several people injured and two people trapped in one of the vehicles. Three individuals were transported to Christiana Hospital.
Stolen lottery tickets, worth $6, led to the arrest of two men caught on camera burglarizing a home in Upper Pittsgrove, Salem County. In the video,... Read More |
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| NJ Fugitive Captured on Parkway; Trump Taps Christie for Transition Team; 3 DE Girls Charged Assault |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/09/16 8:09 pm | updated: 05/09/16 8:09 pm |
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| New Jersey police have captured 38-year-old escaped inmate Arthur Buckel. He was taken into custody around 11:30 a.m. Monday near mile marker 76.5 of the Garden State Parkway near Double Trouble State Park in Ocean County. He was spotted on Sunday night at the the Forked River rest stop on the Garden State Parkway where he planned to turn himself in, but left before police arrived. He was spotted at a CVS in Barnegat Township last week. Buckel escaped from the Ancora unit of Bayside... Read More |
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| Escaped Inmate Caught; Pot Activists Gather at City Hall; Sanders Rally at Rutgers |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/09/16 10:28 am | updated: 05/09/16 10:28 am |
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Police in New Jersey say an escaped inmate who once served time for manslaughter for killing a baby has been spotted near a highway rest area. 38-year-old Arthur Buckel was seen late Sunday near a rest area along the Garden State Parkway in Lacey Township. State police have set up a command post and local police departments are beefing up patrols. Buckel was found missing last Tuesday when guards did a count at Bayside State Prison in Hammonton.
UPDATE: Arthur Buckel has been... Read More |
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