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  • Pa. tops nation in firearms lost or stolen from gun dealers

    new report from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives says 1,502 guns were lost or stolen from federally licensed Pennsylvania gun dealers in 2012, the highest total in the nation. Texas had the second-highest number of lost or stolen firearms at 1,263, followed by Maryland with 984 and New York with 775. In Pennsylvania, 191 of the misplaced guns were stolen, and 1,311 ...

  • Philly has claim as top NBA player producer

    published a piece on Deadspin that asked the simple question, "Where do pro basketball players come from?" If you look at the major cities in the United States per capita, Philadelphia produced the most NBA and ABA players. It's not a huge victory as Philly narrowly outpaces Chicago and Detroit, but it's a victory nonetheless. In case you were wondering, Muncie, Ind. ...

  • PHT Morning Skate Blackhawks big on Mario Kart

    PHT's Morning Skate takes a look around the world of hockey to see what's happening and what we'll be talking about around the NHL world and ...

  • Philadelphia man allegedly cut off paraplegic mans testicles

    Police said they charged a Philadelphia man with attempted murder after he allegedly stabbed a paraplegic man in the chest and cut off his testicles. Edgar Bonilla, 41, was arrested Monday after a confrontation at an assisted living facility in southwest Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Daily News reported Wednesday. Bonilla went to the facility to visit a 39-year-old woman but ended up ...

  • Philly council holding hearing on fatal collapse

    PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia City Council is holding its first public hearing in the building collapse that killed six people and injured 13 others earlier this month. Investigators say a heavy equipment operator with a lengthy rap sheet was high on marijuana when a building under demolition collapsed onto a neighboring thrift store in the city's downtown on June 5. The city's top ...


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Movie Review

To Catch a Thief [Blu-Ray]

To Catch a Thief [Blu-Ray]

To Catch a Thief has never been one of Hitchcocks greatest films. Described by Donald Spoto in The Art of Alfred Hitchcock as a creampuff of a movie with a little suspense at the end and by Hitchcock himself as a lightweight story, it was one of Hitchs thriller-comed ... ...

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  • Deal said to be in works on Philly school finances

    Children deliver letters written by Philadelphia public school students to the office of Gov. Tom Corbett as part of an effort organized by education groups to secure enough state aid to head off nearly 3,800 layoffs in the state's largest school district on Wednesday, June 12, 2013, in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Marc ...

  • Police Paraplegic castrated at Philly facility man charged

    PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A 41-year-old man is being held on $5 million bail after police say he castrated a paraplegic during a dispute at an assisted living facility in Philadelphia.Authorities say Edgar Bonilla is charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault and other counts in Monday night's attack inside the Inglis Apartments at Elmwood. Lt. John Walker says Bonilla was visiting a ...

  • Chicken Wing Franchise Ruffles Feathers

    A chicken wing franchise has left some Mt. Airy neighbors hot and bothered after both the owner and landlord failed to meet with the community before proceeding with development plans. Mt. Airy USA (MAUSA) is currently renovating the historic building at 6700 Germantown Avenue, which is set to be the the future home of a Wingstop ...

  • Video Woman uses child to lift wallet in Kensington nail salon

    A woman used a young girl she was with to steal the wallet of a customer in a Kensington nail salon and the act was captured by a surveillance camera, according to Philadelphia police. The incident occurred about 3:45 p.m. Tuesday inside Magic Nalon Salon on the 3000 block of North Front Street. At the time, a 43-year-old woman was receiving a nail treatment. During that treatment, a woman ...

  • Almost Justice With two killings one suspect police seek help

    Philadelphia Police Detective Edward Tolliver stands in the doorway of 1313 Bouvier Strreet where Marcellus Jones hid and waited for Tyrek Taylor to come home, September 2008. He shot Tyrek from behind as he got out of his car. Tolliver is the detective who tracked down the identity of Marcellus Jones. 05/03/2013 ( MICHAEL BRYANT / Staff Photographer ...

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