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  • 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 ...

  • 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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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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  • Gay Catholic Sports Camp

    Father Paul Check says his sports camp helps men strive towards chastity and friendship, but Ed Coffin with Peace Advocacy Network, says he is troubled by the anti-gay mission of the ...

  • Spike In Gas Prices Not Affecting Memorial Day Weekend Travel

    PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Gas prices have been rising leading up to Memorial Day weekend, according to Triple-A Mid-Atlantic. But they say that won’t stop more than 400,000 Philadelphia-area residents from hitting the road. Triple-A Mid-Atlantic’s latest gas watch has the average price in Philadelphia at $3.58 a gallon. It’s up four cents from last week and 12 cents from the ...

  • Three Children Injured In Southwest Philadelphia House Fire

    PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Three children were injured during a house fire in Southwest Philadelphia early Saturday morning. It was around 5:40 a.m. when emergency crews responded to a home along the 6500 block of Windsor Avenue in the Cobbs Creek section of the ...

  • Montco woman held in road death of teen

    A Lansdale woman who allegedly was reading a text message while driving a car that struck two teenagers in Hatfield Township, killing one, has been charged with homicide by vehicle and driving under the influence of alcohol. Bail was set Friday at $100,000 for Sarah Derstein, 31. According to authorities, at 11:34 p.m. April 26, Dennis Kee, 15, of Hatfield, was walking with four friends along ...

  • Racing away to Margaritaville

    DAVID MAIALETTI / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER John Hanshew , of Arlington, Va., is a Jimmy Buffett fan. We know because he's pedaling toward Margaritaville in AC . . . and because we hear he's a big fan of ...

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