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  • NFL assimilates with Microsoft to help create home entertainment super-being

    joined by the National Football League for all sorts of amenities. Xbox One will have a feature in which fantasy football updates appear on screen, as well as 'exclusive' aspects that will jive with SmartGlass and Kinect. The original Xbox debuted with 20 gigs, and this one's got around 500. Microsoft will even be generating original TV content. More will be revealed at the ...

  • If knee holds up Phillips could be big plus

    Kenny Phillips and Connor Barwin were the Eagles' highest-profile free agent signings this offseason, but Barwin's resume doesn't match that of Phillips, a key player on the Giants' Super Bowl winning team two seasons ago. A lot of fans would have been happy had the Eagles drafted Phillips in the first round in 2008, instead of trading down and letting the Giants grab the ...

  • La Salle Preparing For A-10 Baseball Tournament

    By Matt Leon PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - For the third time in four years, the La Salle baseball team has qualified for the Atlantic 10 Tournament. The Explorers are the #6-seed (in the 7-team field) and they will open play on Wednesday evening against the #3-seed Rhode Island down in Charlotte, North Carolina. The tournament is double-elimination with the champion being crowned on Saturday. ...

  • Philadelphia Author Wins National Science Fiction Writing Award

    PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A novel by a 34-year-old Philadelphia writer has just won an award in the science fiction/fantasy field. The phrase ';be careful what you wish for'; has some interesting connections ...

  • Lehigh County Couple Charged In Theft Of $854K From Township

    A former municipal employee and her husband, a former police officer, have been charged with embezzling more than $850,000 from an eastern Pennsylvania township. Lehigh County District Attorney James Martin announced charges Tuesday against the couple, 66-year-old Nancy Tonkin and 69-year-old William Tonkin IV of ...


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Movie Review

Scarface [Blu-Ray]

Scarface [Blu-Ray]

Scarface, Brian De Palmas grandiose modern reworking of the Howard Hawks gangster classic from 1932, is the very definition of excess, which is perhaps why it has persisted so long as a cultural totem: Its florid pleasures can never be exhausted. Centered around Al Pacinos gloriously de ... ...

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  • Police Searching For 2 Suspects After Woman Calls 911 From Trunk Of Car

    Police in Lancaster County are searching for two suspects after a woman called 911 from the trunk of a car to report that she had been abducted by strangers. Lancaster police say the 33-year-old woman called 911 around 8:45 a.m. Tuesday and said she had been abducted in the city of Lancaster. Police Lt. Todd Umstead says that based on her communications with dispatchers, authorities were able ...

  • Hints At New Plans From Buyer of Woodcrest Country Club

    see related stories ) — led local officials to believe the winner wanted to build. (Its zoning as ';institutional'; would support something like a hospital or other medical facility.) The parent company of Cherry Hill Land Associates, First Montgomery Group, is based in Cherry Hill and owns and manages apartment complexes. Whether there are more development plans for Woodcrest ...

  • Top 10 Family Cars Of 2013

    IRVINE, CA (WWJ) – Kelly Blue Book’s list of the 10 Best Family Cars includes mid-size cars, minivans and small SUVs. It’s also a mix of brands, foreign and domestic. ';This is a great year for family cars,'; said Jack Nerad, Kelly Blue Book’s executive market analyst. ';There are some new entries in the marketplace that are terrific. Some of the old ...

  • Survey 2013 College Grads Are An Average Of $35200 In Debt

    The average college graduate is saddled with more than $35,000 in debt, according to a new survey. The survey of 750 college graduates, which was conducted by Fidelity Investments, showed that more than 70% of the Class of 2013 carries debt averaging ...

  • 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 ...

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