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| 5th Annual Sundrop Music and Arts Festival at The Fire May 22-24 Memorial Day Weekend |
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 by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/21/15 6:52 pm | updated: 05/21/15 6:53 pm |
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| Planning on staying in Philadelphia this Memorial Day Weekend? If you aren't headed down the shore or up to the Poconos, then you need to come out to the 5th Annual Sundrop Music and Arts Festival at The Fire in Northern Liberties presented by iradiophilly and sponsored by the Philadelphia Brewing Company. The 3 night / 2 day festival lasts Friday - Sunday, May 22-24, 2015. Over 30 bands are scheduled to perform... Read More |
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| John Byrne Brings His Irish this Friday to Our Community Cup coffeehouse in Rutledge, PA |
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 by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/21/15 5:50 pm | updated: 05/21/15 5:50 pm |
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| New Avenue Foundation and Chambers Memorial Presbyterian Church invite all to a very special evening with John Byrne. Blending Celtic and Folk, John Byrne will appear one night only THIS FRIDAY May 22nd at 7:30 pm for all people 18 and older including those with disabilities, autism, Asperger’s, etc. at “Our Community Cup†a pay-what-you-can coffeehouse at the church. Doors open at 5 pm. Dinner is served at 6:00. Dessert at 7:15. Music at 7:30. The cost to you is... Read More |
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| DA Says Both Men Fired Lethal Shots at Wilson; Amtrak Engineer Had Short Break, Used Cell Phone |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/21/15 9:25 am | updated: 05/21/15 9:25 am |
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| Two brothers charged with killing Philadelphia police officer Robert Wilson during a shootout inside a video game store each struck the officer with a potentially lethal shot, according to the DA at the suspects preliminary hearing yesterday. Ex-convict Carlton Hipps, and half brother Ramone Williams, together fired six bullets that struck Officer Wilson moments after announcing a robbery. Wilson, a 30-year-old father of two, had stopped in the Game Stop on March 5 to buy a gift for his son's... Read More |
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| NJEA Ad Campaign, Students At Museums In Philly, PA Housing Marshall Plan |
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 by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 05/21/15 9:03 am | updated: 05/21/15 9:03 am |
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| With New Jersey's pension funding crisis in court and the state budget now in full debate mode, the New Jersey Education Association is turning up the heat with a new media blitz starting Thursday from Philadelphia to New York. It's costing the union $750,000 a week. Governor Chris Christie’s people call it "misleading attacks and fear mongering" that doesn’t get around the math that New Jersey cannot afford to fully fund the pension right now. The NJEA’s ad offers its... Read More |
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| Music News - Meek Mill Video 'Monster', Lady Gaga/Kendrick Lamar “PARTYNAUSEOUSâ€; FFS New Video |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/21/15 6:45 am | updated: 05/21/15 6:45 am |
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| Philadelphia's Meek Mill has released the fresh video for "Monster" off his upcoming album Dreams Worth More Than Money. There is no release date set yet for the album. Meek takes us all back to 80's in this clip. Kangol hats, hoop earings, boom boxes, big gold rings, fat rope chains, colorful windbreakers, red leather jacket, big fur coats, and they're all chillin at the roller rink (Millennium Skate World in Camden, NJ to be exact, we'll forgive that). The video starts out with a fly... Read More |
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| Preliminary Hearing Waived, Ofc. Wilson Murder; Amtrak 188 NTSB Updates; 15 Art Institutes Closing |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/20/15 9:34 pm | updated: 05/20/15 9:34 pm |
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| The two suspects charged in the murder of Officer Robert Wilson III in a shootout during an attempted robbery at a North Philly video game store in March have waived their right to a preliminary hearing today in court. Half-brothers 29-year-old Carlton Hipps and 25-year-old Ramone Williams each hit Wilson with shots that were potentially deadly. 30-year-old Wilson was in the Game Stop store on March 5th to purchase a game for his son's 10th birthday when the two suspects came in and... Read More |
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| Kenney In Position for Mayoral Run; NJ Police Search for Truck Owner; Roosevelt Blvd Transit |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/20/15 11:27 am | updated: 05/20/15 11:27 am |
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Jim Kenney won the Philadelphia Democratic Primary in convincing fashion yesterday putting Kenney in position to become Philadelphia’s next mayor. Kenney got more than twice the votes as second place finisher, Anthony Williams. Lynne Abraham, only the second woman to make a run at Mayor finished with 8% of the vote. Milton Street finished last with 2% of the vote.
New Jersey state police are searching for a missing man who may have been involved in fatal crash on... Read More |
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| Beau Biden Hospitalized, Game Stop Robbery Video, Kenney Wins Mayoral Nomination |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 05/20/15 9:03 am | updated: 05/20/15 9:03 am |
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Former Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden was hospitalized Tuesday night at Walter Reed Medical Center. The office of Vice President Biden did not provide any information about why the 46-year-old is hospitalized. Beau Biden has had health problems in the past. In 2010, he suffered a mild stroke and he underwent surgery at a Texas cancer center in 2013.
A video showing a police officer taking on two gunmen before he was killed in a Philadelphia store robbery may be... Read More |
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| Music News - Made In America Fest Returns; Veruca Salt New Album; David Guetta/Nicki Minaj Video |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/20/15 4:24 am | updated: 05/20/15 4:24 am |
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| Jay Z's Budweiser Made in America Festival will be returning to the Benjamin Franklin Parkway once again for it's 4th year this Labor Day Weekend. The show was announced on the festival's website and Facebook page on Tuesday evening. The dates for this year's shows are Saturday and Sunday, September 5th and 6th. No word on a potential lineup yet. There also wasn't any mention of additional cities. Last year, Made in America was held simultaneously in Philly and Los Angeles. If you are a... Read More |
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| Jim Kenney Wins Democratic Primary for Philadelphia Mayor; Pennsylvania Primary Results |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/20/15 1:16 am | updated: 05/20/15 1:16 am |
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| Former City Councilman Jim Kenney has won the Democratic nomination for Mayor in a landslide victory over a field of 6 candidates. State Senator Anthony Hardy Williams came in second with former District Attorney Lynne Abraham in a distant third. Nelson Diaz, Doug Oliver, and Milton Street rounded out the field. Kenney garnered roughly 56% of the vote, Williams 24% and Abraham 9%. Democrats outnumber Republicans in Philadelphia by an 8-1 margin, making this primary victory almost a pass to the... Read More |
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