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  • Witness SEPTA cops jumped my friend on subway platform

    SEPTA is conducting an internal investigation into the beating of an unarmed man by two officers at the 15th Street Station of the Market-Frankford line early Sunday. (Screengrab via Youtube ...

  • Chooch returns batting eighth against Nationals

    Carlos Ruiz wasn't complaining. Instead of going on a scheduled two-game rehabilitation assignment to double-A Reading, the Phillies catcher was activated Tuesday from the disabled list, where he had been since May 21 with a right hamstring strain. Catcher Steve Lerud was optioned to triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ruiz was in the starting lineup for Tuesday's rain-delayed game against ...

  • Can Howard ever find the power again

    If the Phillies are truly trying to resolve the puzzle of their ability to contend - and aren't merely trying to convince themselves, their fans, or any potential trade partners of that - then the big piece of the equation is as obvious as always. Even before he became Big Piece, a weapon on the lineup card larger than anything Lt. Harry Callahan ever unholstered from beneath his coat, ...

  • Philadelphia Phillies Ruben Amaros baseball trade catalog

    Ruben Amaro , Jr. to their general manager position on November 3, 2008. He succeeded Pat Gillick, who had just lead the franchise to it's second-ever World Series Championship in the previous ...

  • Report Flyers Ducks talking about Bobby Ryan

    Mark Streit . That might have just been the opening move in what could be another big summer for the franchise. The Flyers are now talking with the Anaheim Ducks about acquiring 26-year-old ...


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  • Man Accused of Castrating a Paraplegic During Attack

    Investigators say Edgar Bonilla, 41, attacked a paraplegic resident inside an assisted living facility shortly after 7 p.m. on the 6200 block of Eastwick Avenue. Investigators say Bonilla cut off the man’s testicles during the ...

  • Man In Critical Condition After Port Richmond Stabbing

    - A man is in critical condition after a stabbing in Port Richmond Tuesday night. The incident happened around 6 p.m. on the 2300 block of East Ontario ...

  • Christie Can Set NJ Election Date Lawyers Argue

    -- Government lawyers argued Tuesday that the New Jersey Supreme Court should reject a request to move a special U.S. Senate election that Gov. Chris Christie scheduled three weeks before the state’s regular Nov. 5 election. Christie and all 120 legislative seats are up for election in November. However, the governor set the special election for Oct. 16 -- the first legally allowable date ...

  • Philadelphia Man Finds Sinkhole Filled With Green Ooze

    -- A man checking out a sinkhole in a street saw something unexpected inside -- a pool of what looked like green ooze. Steven Reitz said Tuesday that the sinkhole opened in the Northern Liberties section of the city last week and the ooze appeared several days later. He said when he and some friends spotted the green pool, they didn’t know what to make of it. ';We kind of walked ...

  • Weeping WWII vet testifies of deception

    World War II combat veteran Ray White wept on the witness stand Tuesday as he testified that he lost his South Philadelphia house and vintage automobiles in a deception scheme. Asked what had brought him to the court hearing, White pointed to the defendant, Melvin "Mac" Mcilwaine. After seven months of being acquainted with Mcilwaine, "I had become a homeless veteran," White ...

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