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  • 1 ticket wins $590.5 million in Powerball

    Sheila Sutton updates the Powerball prize money sign at the Super C convenience store in Lincoln, Neb., Friday, May 17, 2013. Powerball officials say the jackpot has climbed to an estimated $600 million, making it the largest prize in the game's history and the world's second largest lottery prize. Sutton sold a million dollar powerball ticket on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Nati ...

  • Victim Claims $24K Stolen During Home Invasion In Philadelphia

    - Police are investigating an overnight home invasion in Philadelphia. The incident occurred just before 12:30 a.m. on the 7100 block of Paschall ...

  • Crews Work To Repair Overnight Water Main Break In Fishtown

    The gushing break occurred just outside a local tavern in the 100 block of East Girard Avenue. The business was quickly evacuated because of flooding. Officials say approximately eight other residential properties were without water and three sustained some water damage. While the gushing water main was quickly capped, repairs and clean-up are now ...

  • Blackhawks vs. Red Wings Game 2 recap Detroit bounces back to tie series

    Chicago Blackhawks heavily outskated them on the way to a 4-1 series-opening victory. In Game 2, a refreshed Detroit squad turned the tables, tying the series with a 4-1 victory of their ...

  • SEPTA to Undergo Emergency Drill

    SEPTA, the city of Philadelphia and first responders will undergo an emergency drill starting at 8:30 a.m. on the Broad Street Line at the SEPTA Fairmount Station. The drill will feature a scenario in which an explosion takes place in the subway system with the cause not immediately clear. Both SEPTA and city-wide emergency personnel will then be ...


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Movie Review

Message in a Bottle

"Message in a Bottle" is a somewhat unwieldy romantic film that teeters constantly even though it is built on the solid foundation of timeless romantic notions: endless love that extends beyond death, broken people learning to love again, the power of honest, heart-rending prose to reduce even the strongest, most independent sort to a weeping puddle, and the idea that a love letter can float throu ... ...

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  • Cicadas The Shrimp of the Land

    After nearly two decades living under the earth, cicadas are about to shake off the dirt and invade our great outdoors. And they’ll be ripe for your feasting says Isa Betancourt, an entomologist from the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel ...

  • Analysis Consequences Of A World Without Newspapers

    , a story surrounding the value of investigative journalism. It features Barbara Laker, part of a reporting team at the Philadelphia Daily News that won a Pulitzer Prize for rooting out corruption. Laker, who continues at the Daily News thinks papers will survive. She joins the producer , director, veteran area broadcaster and Temple Professor Paul Gluck when we look at the consequences of a ...

  • Annual Bike Ride Raises Funds To Preserve Land In Chester County

    – It’s not too late to sign up for a bike ride that raises money to preserve land in Chester County. Every penny raised goes to the French and Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust, which has preserved over 10,000 acres in Chester County since the late 1960's, and the ride is all-volunteer. ';It started 11 years ago with 100 riders; we are now up to over 1500 riders,'; ...

  • Bala Cynwyd Library To Official Open Doors After Renovation

    – The newly renovated and expanded Bala Cynwyd library in Lower Merion officially opens its doors to the public Sunday afternoon with a big celebration and lots of ...

  • Author Looks At Meaning Of Being Disabled Strength Of Conviction

    The world might never have heard of Jane Gagliardo but for two things, the bad luck of getting MS and the good, of finding the courage to fight. Sherry Blackman, author ...

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