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  • 1 killed 4 hurt when fire van taxi crash in Pa.

    TOBYHANNA, Pa. - Authorities say a taxi driver was killed and four firefighters were hurt when the cab crashed into a fire police van in northeastern Pennsylvania. The accident happened around 11:15 a.m. Sunday in Coolbaugh Township. The Monroe County coroner says the taxi driver, 55-year-old Stroudsburg resident Michael West, was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators say West lost ...

  • GOP has Benghazi blood on hands

    House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., left, confers with Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, right, at a House Oversight Committee hearing about last year's deadly assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 8, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott ...

  • Philly cops seek suspects in home invasion robbery of disabled veteran

    Police are looking for the men who robbed and beat a disabled veteran in a Northeast Philadelphia home invasion. The incident happened shortly after midnight at an apartment complex on the 9400 block of Ashton Road. Police say the victim, a 58-year-old Marine veteran who is bedridden, buzzed the assailants into the apartment because he thought his neighbor was at the door. Five or six men ...

  • Police probe Kensington slaying

    Philadelphia police are investigating an overnight slaying in the city's Kensington section. The killing happened on the 2800 block of Hartville Street, police said. Police said homicide detectives were still at the scene early this morning and further details were not immediately available. The incident was a shooting that was initially reported as a robbery, according to the Breaking ...

  • Police search for wandering bear in Philly suburbs

    BENSALEM, Pa. - Police and wildlife officers are trying to track down a black bear that's been spotted wandering around several residential areas in suburban Philadelphia for days. Bucks County residents most recently spied the animal roaming a soccer field in Bensalem. It was initially spotted in Solebury Township on May 7 and was then reported in nearby Hulmeville on Thursday. Wildlife ...


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The Complete Jean Vigo [Blu-Ray]

The Complete Jean Vigo [Blu-Ray]

Jean Vigo will forever be one of cinemas tragically lost geniuses. An unconventional artist whose life was taken at 29 by tuberculosis, he had just four short years to work behind the camera, turning the love of movies he cultivated in his early 20s into his own form of cinematic poetry. Working largely outside the French studio system and helped by friends and family (particularly his wealthy and ... ...

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  • Person Rescued From House Fire

    There were reports of multiple entrapments in the home, which sits on a short, tree-lined block. Two of the residents were accounted for but the third had to be rescued from the home, according to firefighters on the ...

  • Governor Corbett Faces Off Against NCAA

    — Lawyers for the Corbett administration and the NCAA will be in a federal courtroom this afternoon to argue a motion to dismiss the lawsuit against Penn State sanctions. Governor Corbett announced the lawsuit in early January, saying the NCAA violated its own by-laws and forced Penn State officials to accept sanctions under ...

  • Electric Companies Prepare For Summer Usage Spike

    – With memorial day a week away and the start of summer just around the corner, we’ll soon be seeing those 90-plus degree days that drive folks to seek relief from fans and air conditioners. Because the summer season brings the highest demand for power in the region, area electric companies already are planning for big spikes in usage. The Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland ...

  • Men Burst in Beat Up Disabled Veteran

    The homeowner, a 58-year-old vet who receives daily nursing care plus help from neighbors, opened the door -- which has a "US Marines" bumper sticker on it -- thinking it was a neighbor who had helped him earlier. Instead, a group of masked men burst ...

  • Philadelphia Police Fired At More Suspects Last Year Than In The Previous Two Years Officials Blame Armed Suspects

    — Philadelphia police figures show a marked increase in the number of officer-involved shootings, but police officials deny there’s a trend and blame the increase on more heavily armed suspects. Philadelphia police officers shot 52 people last year, according to department figures. That’s up from 35 in 2011 and 43 in ...

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