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  • Did school district boss call board member the C word

    Interboro School District Interim Superintendent John Cleghorn was busted on YouTube, apparently using a sexist obscenity to describe another board member. He called out sick ...

  • Gay-bashing in NYC has Philly link

    viciously beaten on Monday in New York City, according to Bruce Yelk, the president of NightLifeGay.com. Contarino, a former promoter for Shampoo Nightclub, was leaving work in New York City – where he currently resides – and was jumped in the East Village, according to Yelk, who co-promoted with Contarino back in Philadelphia from the mid-1990s to the early 2000s. Yelk responded ...

  • Big ifs loom over Camden-Glassboro rail plan

    Story Highlights Passenger trains could run between Camden and Glassboro by 2019. Financing remains elusive for the rail line. The DRPA said it won't pay to build or operate the line, and NJ Transit has not committed to paying for ...

  • Kevin Durant donates $1 million to Oklahoma disaster relief

    pledged $1 million to help the recovery efforts in the state. The tornado was classified as an EF4 by the National Weather Service, with winds between 166-200 miles per hour. It was one of the most powerful natural disasters in recent US ...

  • Visit Dc And Experience A Phillies Rivalry Gaining Steam

    rivalry a must-see event. Up at the top of that list has to be geographic proximity. Regardless of where each respective team is in the standings, when two cities are relatively close to each other and the fans of each team overlap, fireworks can and do happen. This is especially evident in the northeastern part of the United States. It's not like the midwest or the west, where you can ...


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Vagabond (Sans toit ni loi) [DVD]

Vagabond (Sans toit ni loi) [DVD]

In Vagabond (Sans toit ni loi), Sandrine Bonnaire, who first captured audiences with her screen debut as a strong-willed teenager in Maurice Pialats nos amours (1983), plays Mona, a homeless 18-year-old in the south of France during a particularly brutal winter. We know f ... ...

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  • Oklahoma Tornado Rated EF-4 By National Weather Service Second Strongest Ranking

    The tornado that ripped through Moore, Oklahoma has been preliminarily rated as an EF-4, the second strongest possible tornado, by the National Weather Service. The storm was on the ground for about 20 miles on Monday, and at least 24 people have been killed, including seven children. Initial reports suggested that over 50 people had been killed, but the Oklahoma medical examiner pulled back ...

  • Motorists Advised To Grin and Bear Delays as A.C. Expressway Work Proceeds

    By Paul Kurtz HAMMONTON, N.J. (CBS) — As we approach the start of the summer season, motorists are being reminded about construction work along a portion of the Atlantic City Expressway. The good news is that you won’t be facing any construction ...

  • Pennsylvania Convention Center Bookings Way Down For 2014-2016

    PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The CEO of the newly expanded Pennsylvania Convention Center is confirming an analysis by a local news web site that bookings at the center are falling short of expectations. And it seems that long-running labor issues are the key ...

  • Trash Can Explosion Injures Man In Delaware

    The incident happened at about 8:30 a.m. in front of a home on Van Dyke Drive in New Castle. According to investigators, the explosion happened after someone discarded what appears to be old ammunition inside a trash can. The victim, an unidentified man in his 50s, suffered non-life threatening shrapnel wounds. He was taken to Christiana Hospital where he is listed in stable condition. Police ...

  • Health Most Sunscreens Don’t Provide Good Protection

    With Memorial Day weekend almost here, a just released report on sunscreen claims most don’t provide good protection against the suns harmful ultraviolet rays, and some may even put your health at risk. Fun in the sun can turn to misery from a sunburn, and that can potentially turn into skin cancer years later. Sunscreen doesn’t always help. "Consumers need to realize that not ...

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