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  • Person killed by SEPTA train near Philmont Station

    A person was struck and killed by a SEPTA Regional Rail train this morning. The incident happened just north of the Philmont Station on the West Trenton Line shortly before 7:30 a.m., according to SEPTA. Authorities did not identify the person killed, and further details about the incident were not immediately available. Delays on the West Trenton Line are continuing, and the transit agency ...

  • Okla. senators voted against Sandy aid

    When the U.S. Senate was presented with a $60.4 billion emergency spending aid package for victims of Hurricane Sandy backed by Democrats in January, a number of Republicans voted against it. Two of them - Sens. Tom Coburn and James Inhofe - were from ...

  • Teens enthusiasm for Facebook falling Pew report finds

    A view of an iPhone, showing the Twitter and Facebook apps among others. A new poll finds that teens are sharing more about themselves on social media. They're also moving increasingly to Twitter to avoid their parents and the "oversharing" that they see on Facebook. (AP Photo/Evan ...

  • Medicine Cabinet Dangers What Every Parent Needs To Know

    Some children are better at sharing toys than others, but all children are champs when it comes to sharing germs. Despite your best instructions about not using each other's sippy cups and covering mouths when coughing, all kids come down with colds at one time or another. Bed rest and lots of T.L.C. may be the best medicine you can offer a sick child, but medications will often be reached ...

  • SEPTA Train Strikes Kills Person

    The person was struck by a SEPTA West Trenton Regional Rail train just north of the Philmont station in Huntingdon Valley, Pa. around 7:30 a.m. ...


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Becoming Jane

Becoming Jane

Becoming Jane is a historical-romantic flight of fancy that takes a nugget of verifiable history and poses the intriguing question, What if Jane Austen had lived a Jane Austen novel? English scholars and literary enthusiasts have long admired Austen's socially astute novels and ... ...

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  • Neighbors Kill Zip Line Idea for Fairmount Park

    "We look forward to a continued relationship and unified mission to preserve and protect the Crown Jewel of the Philadelphia Park System, Wissahickon Valley ...

  • Fantasy Baseball Edge 25 Key Hitting Stats

    RotoAnalysis try to bring you a breakdown into a variety of different things each week and they all start from a stat or theory we look at. This week, rather than digging into specific topics, we have a general list of stats and comments that you can use to up your knowledge about specific players and situations around the league. This week we focused on hitters with 25 key stats, and next week ...

  • Devin Smeltzer Overcame Cancer To Become A Star

    There’s not much you can read anymore with all the sweat stain smudges, but the names remain there scrawled underneath the bill of his cap. It doesn’t matter. It only matters to Devin Smeltzer. He can make them out. They’re indelible. Standing in the outfield, or on the mound, his eyes need only to rise up and see who they are, and what they represent and who he’s ...

  • Man sues manufacturer Philadelphia shop over sex gel

    PHILADELPHIA-A competitive martial artist is suing a Philadelphia sex shop and the makers of a gel he says burned and scarred his genitals. The Philadelphia Daily News reports ...

  • Sheriffs Office Has $14000000 in Unclaimed Funds

    It’s been two years since former State Rep. Jewell Williams was elected Philadelphia Sheriff. He took office amid allegations of financial mismanagement and possible fraud surrounding his predecessor, former Sheriff John Green, and the office that he ran for more than two ...

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