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  • Police Paraplegic castrated at Philly facility

    PHILADELPHIA -; 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • State eyes $100M boost for Philly school district

    AS CITY COUNCIL President Darrell Clarke declared yesterday that the city has done its part to solve the school-funding crisis, Gov. Corbett and state and city officials were moving closer to a deal that could send up to $100 million to the struggling district. Sources cautioned, however, that securing a sum that high would be an uphill climb and that no plan had been finalized. Discussions ...

  • Wawa Enters Cigarette Tax Fray

    Wawa shared a document with Pennsylvania lawmakers and the Corbett administration, which states that the $2 tax would create a black market for ...


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  • Car Carrier Crashes Into Low Clearance Bridge In Whitemarsh

    WHITEMARSH TOWNSHIP, Pa. (CBS) - Police report the driver of a car carrier apparently failed to see a height clearance sign and crashed into a low clearance railroad bridge on Flourtown Road in Whitemarsh. That road remains closed and local detours are in place. Work has been underway much of the night trying to remove the damaged car carrier and remove the cars it had been carrying. No one ...

  • Man Shot By Police In Carney’s Point After Car Stop

    CARNEY’S POINT, N.J. (CBS) - Police are investigating an early morning shooting in Carney’s Point, Salem County following a police car stop involving a stolen car. Shots rang out around 1am near South Pennsville-Auburn Road and Hollywood Avenue. Police say two suspects ran from the car after it stopped. Police chased and the two suspects began firing at officers. The officers ...

  • NBA Finals 2013 Spurs vs. Heat Game 6 Miami caps wild OT finish with 103-100 win

    Heat news at Hot Hot Hoops Allen's three-pointer came with five seconds remaining to send the game into overtime. After a LeBron James miss, Chris Bosh grabbed an offensive rebound and found Allen, who hit the stepback three in the right corner to tie game. The Heat were actually down five only a handful of seconds earlier, ...

  • Police Shoot Suspect Search for Another

    Around 1 a.m. police shot a man in the face near South Pennsville Auburn Road and Hollywood Avenue in Carneys Point, Salem County, N.J. -- that’s right across the Delaware River from Wilmington, ...

  • Breast Cancer Causing Gene Mutation Also Linked To Mesothelioma

    PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Angelina Jolie put a public face to the fact that a gene mutation can cause breast cancer, but gene mutations can cause other cancers, too. Mesothelioma is an aggressive cancer associated with asbestos exposure. Dr. Joseph Testa, The Weg Chair of Human Genetics at Fox Chase Cancer, says it’s also been linked to a mutation known as the Bap1 Cancer Syndrome. ';We ...

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