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  • Claude Giroux voted best 22nd overall draft pick of all time

    NHL.com has compiled a list of the best first-round selections of all time. The all-time best 30th overall pick was announced on June 1, while the best first overall selection will be announced on June 30, the day of this year's draft. Although Flyers fans may not have much to smile about after this past season, the inclusion of Claude Giroux on the list has to make hockey heads happy. ...

  • Neil Degrasse Tyson blows your mind Bickell on Mario Kart Daly on Devils

    Here are your Puck Headlines: a glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey ...

  • Naked Woman Arrested for Beating Baby

    Police were called to the 5000 block of Ridge Avenue around 2:20 p.m. Tuesday for a report of a woman hitting a baby girl outside a home. Investigators say a driver passing by was able to remove the 17-day-old baby from Tiatiana Vorobev, 29, before police ...

  • Pregnant Woman Struck in Triple Shooting

    Police say the suspect opened fire on the three victims shortly before 4 p.m. on the 2300 block of North 10th Street. A 32-year-old woman who is five-months pregnant was shot once in the chest, once in the right hip, once in the right buttocks and once in the left leg. She was taken to Temple University Hospital where she is listed in serious ...

  • Council Avoids Direct Approach on Building Collapse

    Philadelphia Deputy Mayor Everett Gillison, left, Licenses and Inspections Commissioner Carlton Williams testifies during a public hearing into the building collapse that killed six people and injured 13 others earlier this month, Wednesday, June 19, 2013, in ...


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Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence [Blu-Ray]

Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence [Blu-Ray]

Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence is a curio of early-80s international cinema: A story about a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in Java set in the early years of World War II, it was produced by internationally minded British producer Jeremy Thomas (who has ... ...

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  • Lien Placed On Home Of Philadelphia Mayor For Failure To Pay PGW Bill

    - Mum is mostly the word from Mayor Nutter’s press office over word that Philadelphia Gas Works had a court place a lien on Nutter's home in May because he hadn’t paid his gas bill. A filing in Common Pleas court reveals that a lien was initiated by PGW against Michael Nutter on his home for owing around $500 for past gas ...

  • Have you seen these Camden teens

    Police are asking for the public’s help in locating two young Camden teenagers who have gone missing in the last week. Jesus Thorne, 15, disappeared June 15. Tamiyah S. Johnson-Stewart, 14, was last seen Tuesday afternoon. The disappearances do not appear to be related. It was not immediately known if either of the missing teens were carrying cell phones. Thorne was believed to be ...

  • Source Flyers to buy out Brieres contract

    Philadelphia Flyers informed the veteran they intend to buy out the final two years of his contract, a source told ESPN.com's Pierre LeBrun. The source said that Briere and general manager Paul Holmgren met last week, at which time the Flyers forward was informed of the team's decision. The Flyers still owe Briere $5 million as part of the eight-year, $52 million contract he signed ...

  • Arrest Made in Death of Elderly Man

    The investigation began back on May 13 after Manchester Township police received a call shortly after 5 p.m. reporting that a 76-year-old man was unconscious and not breathing inside his home in the Pine Acres Manor Mobile Home Park in Manchester Township. When they arrived, they found Verdicchio dead inside the ...

  • Armed Bank Robber on the Loose

    Investigators say four armed men robbed the National Penn bank on 1830 East High Street shortly before 3 p.m. Police say they arrested three of the suspects but that one is still on the ...

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