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  • Mega Millions won in New Jersey Virginia

    A Mega Millions jackpot advertised at $190 million has been won by two tickets, one sold in New Jersey, the other in Virginia. They matched all the numbers drawn Friday night: 11, 15, 35, 43 and 49, with a Mega Ball of 41. The winning Jersey ticket was purchased at a Kwik Farms store in Tinton Falls, Monmouth County, according to reports citing state lottery officials. The Virginia ticket was ...

  • 2 Injured In Gloucester County House Fire

    – Officials say one firefighter and one resident suffered minor injuries Sunday when a fire broke out at a home in Washington Township, New Jersey. A total of four families and seven people all together were living inside the house which is located near a gas station. Fire crews were able to contain the two-alarm fire and keep the blaze away from flammablecanisterslocated ...

  • Eagles to cut RB Miguel Maysonet

    The Eagles plan to cut rookie running back Miguel Maysonet, according to an NFL source. Maysonet, who was signed as an undrafted free agent out of Stony Brook, will be released presumably by Monday once the Eagles sign a replacement. He has not been at organized team activities (OTAs) because of the NFL rule that prohibits rookies that have yet to graduate from practicing with veterans. Stony ...

  • Intimidation charges once sought against DeCoatsworth

    Philadelphia police last year recommended that charges of witness intimidation be brought against former Officer Richard DeCoatsworth, once hailed as a hero for his work on the force and charged over the weekend with rape, a high-ranking police official said Sunday. Capt. John Gallagher, a former commander of East Detectives now assigned to the department's Counter-Terrorism Operations, ...

  • Rally Held At Temple Hospital After Fired Employee Not Allowed To Return To Work

    – A couple hundred health care workers at Temple University Hospital and their supporters held a rally on North Broad Street Sunday afternoon. The point was to protest the administration’s decision to not immediately reinstate a fired employee after an arbitrator ruled that she should be allowed to return to work. Henry Nicolas is the president of the local chapter of the National ...


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Movie Review

Diary of a Country Priest (Journal d'un curé de campagne) [DVD]

Diary of a Country Priest (Journal d'un curé de campagne) [DVD]

Robert Bressons Diary of a Country Priest (Journal d'un cur de campagne) is a film about anguish, both physical and spiritual. Like so many of Bressons films, it features a central protagonist who is adrift in a difficult and painful world, searching for grace and finding only cynicism, mistrust, and rejection. The harsh realities unearthed in the film are obvious, but Bresson conve ... ...

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  • Spurs start strong rout Grizzlies 105-83 in Western Conference finals opener

    The Spurs' Kawhi Leonard scored as the Grizzlies' Jerryd Bayless looked on during the second half in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals Sunday. The Spurs won ...

  • Philly smokers drinkers get ready for tax hit

    "I wouldn't mind the tax increase if my salary increased as much, but that's not the case," said Sosinavage, a warehouse worker who lives in Northeast ...

  • Vehicles Vandalized In Montgomery County

    – Vandals struck a quiet neighborhood in Montgomery County early Sunday morning, damaging more than a dozen vehicles. This happened on Serenity Street in Skippack Township. ';It’s hard to imagine what somebody would be thinking and why they would do it,'; vandalism victim Steve Kowalke said. ';Obviously, it’s something that we would never ...

  • Another Black Bear Sighting In Bucks County

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  • Police seek missing Skippack college student

    Police are searching for a Skippack college student who, they say, vanished in the wee hours of the morning on Friday while driving home from the University of Rhode Island. Matthew Royer, 21, was last seen on a security camera at a gas station on Route 100 at 2:05 a.m. Friday. He had been traveling home from school and had turned in his apartment keys to a realtor before leaving town for the ...

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