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Faith-healing couple to be charged in infants death

Catherine and Herbert Schaible, the Philadelphia faith healing couple once convicted of manslaughter for allowing their sick son to die, are expected to be charged in the death of another child in April. Charges against the Schaibles will be announced at a 3 p.m. press conference at the District Attorney's Office, law enforcement sources said. Brandon Scott Schaible died last month of ...
Gunman who shot up strip-club with an AK-47 sought by Philadelphia police

Story Highlights Henry Pettigrew, 21, shot up a strip club with an AK-47 after a dispute with the bouncer. One person was struck, but not seriously injured. Pettigrew fled the club in a getaway vehicle driven by his ...
2013 NBA Draft big board SB Nations ranking of prospects

There's not a lot of hype surrounding the 2013 NBA Draft class, mainly because it's a little thin at the top. However, just because there aren't any "franchise players" available doesn't mean teams can't improve themselves. Like in any draft, there will be quality players available through the early and middle portions of the second round, at least. NBA teams ...
NBA Mock Draft 2013 roundup Nerlens Noel likely to go No. 1 overall to Cleveland

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Jersey Shore Towns to Vacationers We’re Still Here

Mark O’Donnell usually books his family’s summer vacation in January. For the last dozen years, that meant reserving an oceanfront house for a week in Long Beach Island, a quiet cluster of beach towns on the New Jersey shore. But this January, he didn’t book the trip. He had Sandy on his ...

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Night Train Murders (L’ultimo treno della notte) [Blu-Ray]

Note: This essay contains spoilers and reveals the films ending, so if you have not seen it already, proceed with caution. Throughout the 1970s and 80s the lower rung of the Italian film industry was a veritable factory in the low-budget horror rip-off trade, shamelessly ... ...

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Two Historic Buildings In South Jersey Among State’s ”Most Endangered”

CAMDEN, N.J. (CBS) — Historic preservationists in New Jersey have released their annual Top 10 list of endangered buildings in the state, and two of them are in our immediate area. You've probably never heard of the Benjamin Cooper House in Camden (top photo), which was a ferry tavern in its heyday. It's falling apart now. Or the Green Hotel in Woodbury (below), a Second ...
CBS Local Media Stations Join Forces With American Red Cross For ‘Operation’ Brotherly Love Helping Moore’ Phone Bank To Solicit Donations For Oklahoma Disaster Victims

- The CBS Local Media stations in Philadelphia - CBS 3, The CW Philly, KYW Newsradio 1060, 98.1 WOGL, SportsRadio 94WIP, SportsRadio 610WIP, Talk Radio 1210 WPHT and CBSPhilly.com - are teaming up once again under the "Operation Brotherly Love" banner to use their combined voices for a good cause - to raise funds for the American Red Cross relief effort in the wake of the horrific and ...
Blog Megabus Summer Seat Sale

By Jim Donovan: Megabus kicked off a summer seat sale today. Almost 90,000 $5 and $9 seats are being added in 28 cities on select days for the month of June. The additional $5 and $9 seats are available for travel on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays on select routes. Out of Philly the sale seats are available on Harrisburg, Pittsburgh and Wash. D.C. routes. Tickets must be booked online ...
Okla. Tornado Is Another Tragedy Requiring Vigilance By All Parents of Young Kids

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Tech Company Looking To Fill Open Jobs With Adults With Autism

— SAP, the software giant with a North American headquarters in Newtown Square, is looking for people with autism to fill hundreds of tech jobs. The benefits of such a recruitment push go both ways, says SAP spokesman Jim ...

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Pallam Raju to visit USA for dialogue on higher education

Union Human Resource and Development (HRD) Minister M.M. Pallam Raju would be on a five-day visit to Washington DC, Philadelphia and Boston beginning on May 13 for dialogue on higher education.

"This a continuation of India-US higher education dialogue which was initiated in 2009 after the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh's visit to the US during the same year, " Pallam Raju told the media here today.

This visit is the follow up of the Obama-Singh initiative taken on higher education. The focus of the visit would be on strengthening and enhancing higher education initiatives- 8 projects have been identified under this initiative. Strategic dialogue on higher education would take place. The visit will also cover school education and skill development sector.

Pallam Raju also discussed 'Connect to India' programme where US students will be coming and joining higher research institutes in India. The visit will also focus on exchange of faculty and development of faculty.

The Government has also initiated a scheme through University Grants Commission (UGC) to sponsor Indian researchers at the Post-Doctoral level and the first batch of 126 Indian scholars is ready to go to the US Institutions for post-doctoral research. ...