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  • Impact put home unbeaten record on the line vs. Philadelphia

    The Philadelphia Union's Jack McInerney has taken MLS by storm as the league leader in goals heading into his return to the site of his lone red card from a season ago. Not far behind him in the scoring race is Italian veteran Marco Di Vaio of the Montreal Impact. These forwards will be in the spotlight Saturday night when the Impact look to remain unbeaten at home as they meet the ...

  • Missing 12-Year-Old Boy Found

    On Saturday, police announced Carter was found safe. Detectives say it appears the boy ran away from home. They have not yet revealed where he was ...

  • 3 Stabbed In 2 Separate Incidents In Philadelphia

    - Philadelphia police say three people were stabbed in two separate incidents late Friday night. The first incident, a double stabbing, took place at 11 p.m. inside a home in the 2100 block of Benson ...

  • Police Officers Shoot Kill Man Wielding 7-Inch Butcher Knife

    PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Philadelphia police confirm a man, carrying a seven-inch butcher knife, was shot and killed following a struggle with officers. Police say officers responded to a call of a person with a knife at about 7 a.m. Saturday at the intersection of Castor and Robbins Streets in the Oxford Circle section of the city. According to officials, when police arrived they knocked the ...

  • Fire displaces nine one child critical

    Three children were hospitalized with burns this morning after a fire swept through a rowhouse in Southwest Philadelphia, officials said. Firefighters got a report of the blaze on the 6500 block of Windsor Ave around 5:40 a.m., a fire official said. The flames were under control in about 15 minutes, and firefighters got three children out of the home. The children were taken to the ...


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Movie Review

Get Smart

Get Smart

In Get Smart, Steve Carell steps into the shoes originally worn by comedian Don Adams in the late-60s parodic spy series, albeit there are no phones in the soles this time around. The general lack of mobile shoe-phone technology is not the only obvious change from the original televisi ... ...

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  • Police Knife-wielding man shot killed in Philly

    Lt. John Stanford said officers were called to the Oxford Circle section of the city at about 7 a.m. Saturday and found the man in the middle of the street "with knife in ...

  • Chester County Student Suspended Cited After Classmate Hit By BB

    -- Police say a suburban Philadelphia high school student was cited and suspended after a classmate was shot with a BB gun in homeroom. Investigators in Chester County allege that the 16-year-old student brought the gun to Rustin High School on Thursday and other students encouraged him to fire it at a friend. Westtown-East Goshen police said in a statement that the victim was uninjured by the ...

  • AC Casino Operators Look For New Options In Search Of Profits

    – Atlantic City casino operators are looking for new options to turn their fortunes around as profits continue to shrink in the midst of increased competition from other states. Three states have cleared the way for internet gambling within their borders. New Jersey's proposed rules are in the comment stage and hopes are to have the system up and running within the state by the end ...

  • Teenage girl slain at Pittsburgh-area complex

    PITTSBURGH - Police in western Pennsylvania say a 16-year-old girl was shot and killed in a Pittsburgh-area housing complex. Allegheny County investigators said police and paramedics were called to the Hawkins Village housing complex in Rankin address shortly after 7:30 p.m. Friday. They told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ...

  • 10 Questions Jessica Billings Miss Pa. USA

    Miss USA pageant. She is a flight attendant and has lived in Western Pa., Minnesota, Indiana and Wisconsin. She now resides in Philadelphia. The Miss USA pageant gives fans the opportunity to vote their favorite contestant into the top 16. You can vote for Billings by June ...

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