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| Plane Crash Kills Lewis Katz, Rendell Invited on Katz Plane, Parish Closures, Brass Knuckle Brawl |
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 by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 06/02/14 1:12 am | updated: 06/02/14 1:12 am |
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| Lewis Katz, a self-made man who built his fortune in New York parking lots, billboards and cable TV, and went on to buy the NBA's New Jersey Nets, NHL's New Jersey Devils and The Philadelphia Inquirer, died in a weekend plane crash. Katz died Saturday night in a Massachusetts crash that claimed six other lives. Katz grew up in working-class Camden, New Jersey, and worked as a lawyer before earning hundreds of millions of dollars investing in the Kinney Parking empire and the Yankees... Read More |
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| Delco Man Stole $350k Skin Grafts; Archdiocese to Tell Parishes' Fate; DE Teen Shot Grandfather |
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 by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/31/14 6:44 am | updated: 05/31/14 6:44 am |
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| A Delaware County man has been charged with stealing $357,000 worth of human skin grafts from a Philadelphia hospital. 54-year-old Gary Dudek of Wallingford worked as a sales representative for a Massachusetts-based regenerative medicine firm. He was in charge of placing orders for Mercy Hospital in West Philadelphia. From November 2011 - July 2013, Dudek would over-order skin grafts for the hospital and skim the extra off the top for himself. Individual grafts are worth $1,700. An... Read More |
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| Bear Spotted in Horsham Euthanized; Police Release Video in Holmesburg Tire Slashings |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/30/14 8:41 pm | updated: 05/30/14 8:41 pm |
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| A black bear spotted early Friday in Horsham Township, Montgomery County was eventually euthanized by the Pennsylvania Game Commission. Several people spotted the bear around 2am behind the Wawa on Route 611 near County Line Road. The bear left the parking lot and disappeared back into the woods. When Game Commission officials caught the bear they had to euthanize the animal due to a sever injury to its back leg. They believe this is the same bear that was spotted earlier this week in... Read More |
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| DJ Dave Herman Dies in Jail, PATCO Bridge Project, School Budget Denied |
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 by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/30/14 12:05 pm | updated: 05/30/14 12:05 pm |
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Former Philadelphia radio personality, Dave Herman has died in jail. Herman, 78 years old was in custody in a New Jersey jail awaiting trial on charges in a child-sex sting. He was rushed to the hospital Wednesday night from the county jail after complaining of chest pains. Dave Herman introduced the album rock format on the FM dial in Philadelphia in the late 60's on WMMR with a show he called The Marconi Experiment.
PATCO will run on a revised schedule on the Ben Franklin... Read More |
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| York Surgical Center Hepatitis HIV Scare, Castor Gardens Sexual Assault, SRC Defies City Charter |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 05/30/14 1:33 am | updated: 05/30/14 1:33 am |
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A surgical center in central Pennsylvania is urging some of its patients to get tested for hepatitis and HIV after a review by state health officials. The Department of Health review determined that White Rose Surgical Associates in York County needed to change two infection control procedures in order to comply with nationally recognized guidelines.
Police are investigating a reported sexual assault in Philadelphia’s Castor Gardens neighborhood. This is the third sexual... Read More |
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| Tollefson Held For Trial; Majority of Paulsboro was Sick; Holmesburg Tire Slashings |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/29/14 10:01 pm | updated: 05/29/14 10:01 pm |
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| Former Philadelphia sportscaster Don Tollefson has been ordered held for trial after he waived his right to a preliminary hearing in a Bucks County court Thursday morning. He is accused of selling ticket and travel packages to individuals and groups under the guise of charity but never delivering the goods. Originally charged with stealing $100,000, prosecutors expanded the scope of the case today saying that there are more than 150 victims totaling $250,000. Prosecutors had witnesses... Read More |
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| Chalfont Bear, CCP Gunman Charged, 76ers Look at Camden for Practice Facility |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/29/14 11:09 am | updated: 05/29/14 11:09 am |
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It must be bear season in Bucks County. This is the second bear this week, this one showing up in Chalfont. The adult black bear estimated at several hundred pounds is giving Chalfont residents an unusually up close look at the wild, but police are warning residents not to approach or feed the bear. Officials plan to tranquilize and relocate the bear a safe distance from picnic baskets.
UPDATE: Friday. 5/30, A bear believed to be the same one spotted in Chalfont was spotted in... Read More |
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| Kane Warns Job Seekers, Parkside Worker Electrocuted, Galati Insurance Fraud |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 05/29/14 12:55 am | updated: 05/29/14 12:55 am |
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Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane is advising recent graduates and others in the job market to be wary of scammers that target people using the internet to find employment. According to the Attorney General, employment schemes are among the most common and oldest forms of consumer fraud. Often the scammers are able to collect contact information through online job boards where the consumer has posted his or her resume.
A worker was electrocuted in... Read More |
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| Student Pulls Gun at CCP; Philly Won't Bid on 2024 Olympics; Bear in Chalfont, Bucks |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/28/14 9:02 pm | updated: 05/28/14 9:02 pm |
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| Early this afternoon a student at the Community College of Philadelphia rushed into a classroom and pulled a gun on a classmate. The confrontation led officials to evacuate the building and lockdown nearby middle and high schools. Around 12 noon, 23-year-old Ryan Martinez Fitch entered a chemistry class and argued with one of the students. He allegedly brandish a gun which prompted everyone to leave. Fitch then left the building. 911 was called and Police, SWAT, and Homeland Security... Read More |
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| Storm Power Outages, Carlos Ruiz Saves Childhood Friends, Opposition to PGW Sale |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/28/14 12:39 pm | updated: 05/28/14 12:39 pm |
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With yesterday's storms, trees came down, an underground transformer caught fire and the power went out for thousands of customers across PECO's grid. Over 4,000 people in the city were without power as a result of the transformer fire. PECO has most back on line this afternoon.
Phillies catcher Carlos Ruiz helped save the lives of two childhood friends and another man whose fishing boat capsized off the coast of Panama. Ruiz got word the men went missing and did everything he... Read More |
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