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| Madonna Opens North American Part of Tour in Philly Tonight |
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 by: Hailey - Collegeville, PA
started: 08/28/12 3:45 pm | updated: 08/28/12 3:45 pm |
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Madonna starts the North American leg of her MDNA tour tonight in Philadelphia. She will be taking over the Wells Fargo Center tonight at 8pm.
SEE ALSO: Madonna MDNA Tour Opener Setlist 8/28 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center
After leaving a wake of controversy in Europe and canceling the Australian part of her tour (due to her children), Madonna released a ‘Manifesto’... Read More |
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| Arlen Specter Battling Cancer, New Pennsylvania ID Available Today For Voters |
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 by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 08/28/12 2:28 pm | updated: 08/28/12 2:28 pm |
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The second suspect in the murder of Philadelphia Police Officer Moses Walker Junior is now back in Philadelphia. After Walker's funeral and burial Monday, 19 year old Chancier McFarland was brought back to Philadelphia from Alabama, where he surrendered to the FBI. He was immediately taken in for processing and is expected to face murder charges.
Longtime Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter is seriously ill. Specter, 82, was diagnosed about six weeks ago with a new form of... Read More |
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| Don't Miss These Highly Anticipated September Album Releases |
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 by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 08/28/12 3:14 am | updated: 08/28/12 3:14 am |
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Summer is coming to a close, but that doesn't mean there isn't anything left to look forward to for the last waning days of the sun rays. Here are just a few of the highly anticipated albums set for release in the coming weeks.
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'Centipede HZ' by Animal Collective is the long awaited follow-up to the 2009's Merriweather Post Pavilion. Featuring the mash of distorted guitars and digital beats, these psychedelic indie rockers definitely push their own limits... Read More |
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| Radnor Sexual Assault, Main Line Temple Copper Theft, Chester County School Bus Fire |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 08/28/12 1:20 am | updated: 08/28/12 1:20 am |
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| Police in Delaware County are searching for a suspect in connection with an attempted sexual assault inside an apartment August 25th in Radnor. The female victim heard knocking on her interior bedroom door. As she opened her door, she was knocked to the floor by a suspect who was naked from the waist down. After screaming for help, the suspect ran out of the apartment. The suspect is described as a black male, who was wearing a gray t-shirt and a red piece of clothing over his face.... Read More |
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| Hundreds Mourn Officer Walker, Nutter Angry; Festival Prep Continues; Sweet Caroline Dumped at PSU |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 08/27/12 9:52 pm | updated: 08/27/12 9:52 pm |
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| Hundreds honored Police Officer Moses Walker Jr. today and yesterday during memorial services for the slain policeman at Deliverance Evangelistic Church in North Philadelphia. Yesterday a horse-drawn procession led his body to the church so that mourners from across the city could pay solemn respects. That viewing continued this morning before the funeral and a packed church that included Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey and Walker's fellow officers from the 22nd District. Mayor Nutter showed... Read More |
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| Chalfont Police Officer Shot, Cutural Institutions and Made In America Festival |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 08/27/12 2:19 pm | updated: 08/27/12 2:19 pm |
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| A police officer in Chalfont, Bucks County has been shot and there is a manhunt underway for the shooter. Between 3 and 3:30 this morning, Officer Jon Cousin was on routine patrol when he saw a car parked in the lot of the Lenape Valley Swim Club.The operator of the suspicious vehicle rushed him while the passenger got out of the vehicle and took one shot. Officer Cousin was struck in the chest. He was wearing a vest. He was taken to Abington Memorial Hospital, where he is in good condition.Read More |
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| Officer Moses Walker Homicide Suspects In Custody, Viewing Procession, Penn State Reimage Plans |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 08/27/12 1:22 am | updated: 08/27/12 1:22 am |
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Philadelphia homicide detectives said on Sunday the second suspect in the murder of Officer Moses Walker, Jr. is in police custody in Montgomery, Alabama. 19-year-old Chancier McFarland, turned himself in to federal authorities after he had been on the run since the August 18th shooting in which Officer Walker was gunned down. Police now have in custody both suspects in the murder of Officer Walker. Police locked up his alleged accomplice, 23-year-old Rafael Jones, on Wednesday.
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| Second Suspect, Chancier McFarland, in Custody; Officer Moses Walker Jr. Funeral Arrangements |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 08/26/12 9:04 pm | updated: 08/26/12 9:04 pm |
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The second suspect in Officer Moses Walker Jr.'s murder is in custody. Chancier McFarland, 19, has been sought by police since Walker's murder a week ago, but he is currently in police custody in Montgomery, AL, after being on the run. His criminal partner, Rafael Jones, has been in custody since Wednesday. Jones has apparently confessed to his involvement in the early morning, August 18th murder and robbery of the off duty Police Officer. He was charged and arraigned on Friday.
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| Byard Lancaster, Philadelphia avant-garde jazz legend, Passes Away |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 08/26/12 5:21 am | updated: 08/26/12 5:21 am |
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| Philadelphia jazz legend Byard Lancaster passed away on Thursday after suffering from pancreatic cancer. Lancaster was a master saxophonist and flautist who performed with many other of his better known jazz contemporaries such as Archie Shepp, Elvin Jones, Sunny Murrary, McCoy Tyner, Khan Jamal and Sun Ra. He traveled the world as an ambassador of free form avant-garde jazz spreading the word of Philadelphia music, but always returned home to perform in the streets, clubs, and subways. Read More |
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| Circa Survive Plays Record Release Shows for "Violent Waves" at Union Transfer 8/24 and 8/25 Setlist |
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 by: acsquared - Lincoln University, PA
started: 08/25/12 8:44 pm | updated: 08/25/12 8:44 pm |
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Last night, Doylestown's Circa Survive started their CD release tour at Union Transfer in Philadelphia. The Christimas Lights and Bear Hands opened the show. Their 4th studio album, Violent Waves, will officially be released on August 28th but physical and digital copies were available for purchase at their show.
The set list was as follows:
1. Hitman
2. Sharp Practice
3. In the Morning and Amazing
4. In Fear and Faith
5. Glass... Read More |
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