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  • Unofficial start of summer will feel like October

    If you want some privacy this weekend, a walk on the beach might be a good bet. The normal high in Atlantic City for an Oct. 11 is 68, and that happens to be the forecast high for the Queen of Resorts for both Saturday and Sunday. Monday it should warm up to 69. What's more, a stiff wind from the northwest, up to 20 m.p.h., will be sending the sands dancing on Saturday, but at least it ...

  • Chase Utley scared by injury could be headed to DL

    MIAMI - Chase Utley swung for the first time in batting practice Tuesday and it did not feel right. He took a second hack, then another, and one more. That is when he went to Charlie Manuel and told him his right side hurt. "It definitely scared me a little bit," Utley said Wednesday. Depending on what an MRI examination shows Thursday in Philadelphia, the Phillies could be without ...

  • Phila. sports bosses agree Injuries take their toll

    From left, Phils GM Ruben Amaro Jr., Comcast-Spectacor president Peter Luukko, 76ers CEO, Adam Aron, and Eagles GM Howie Roseman, pose for photographers after they took part in a panel discussion on the impact of sports, hosted by the Rothman Institute, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in Philadelphia. (Matt ...

  • New Park Opens for Philly Skateboarders

    Brokenhearted skateboarders long banned from Philadelphia's internationally renowned shredding paradise of Love Park may have a new object of affection: Paine's Park. The $4.5 million space, which has been about a dozen years in the making, officially opened to boarders after a ribbon-cutting Wednesday. Just don't call it a skate park. "(It's) a new public urban ...

  • Report Slams Nutters Tax Assessment Proposal

    A flawed initiative. That's what civic leaders are saying about Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter's new tax assessment proposal. NBC10's Monique Braxton was there when critics of the plan descended on City ...


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Night Train Murders (L’ultimo treno della notte) [Blu-Ray]

Night Train Murders (L’ultimo treno della notte) [Blu-Ray]

Note: This essay contains spoilers and reveals the films ending, so if you have not seen it already, proceed with caution. Throughout the 1970s and 80s the lower rung of the Italian film industry was a veritable factory in the low-budget horror rip-off trade, shamelessly ... ...

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  • Utley To Have Sore Ribcage Examined

    -- Philadelphia Phillies second baseman Chase Utley is scheduled for an MRI Thursday on his sore ribcage. Utley scratched from the lineup for Philadelphia’s 7-3 win against the Miami Marlins on Tuesday night after feeling discomfort in his ribcage during batting practice. He was not in the lineup for Wednesday night’s series finale. Utley hopes to avoid a trip to the disabled ...

  • Hatchet-Wielding Hitchhiker’s Dad Stands By Son In NJ Killing

    -- The Canadian father of the man who gained Internet fame as ';Kai the hatchet-wielding hitchhiker'; says he hasn’t had much contact with his son over the years. But Gil McGillivary of Hawkesbury, Ontario, says he isn’t giving up on his son, Caleb, as the 24-year-old faces a murder charge in New ...

  • Christie Backs Oklahoma Aid Blunting Talk Of Payback

    -- New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, whose own state was beset by a major storm last year and then by squabbling in Congress over disaster aid, said Wednesday that Oklahoma’s tornado victims deserve ';swift and immediate'; help, and federal lawmakers have said they are likely to get it. Last October, Superstorm Sandy ravaged the Eastern Seaboard and zeroed in on New Jersey and New ...

  • Complaints Filed Against 4 Colleges Over Rapes Including Swarthmore College

    -- Women’s-rights attorney Gloria Allred says federal complaints have been filed against four U.S. colleges over how the colleges handle rape allegations. Allred joined students from the colleges at a New York City news conference to announce the filing of complaints against Swarthmore College, Dartmouth College, the University of Southern California and the University of California at ...

  • Operation Swill Officials Probe a New Jersey Booze Swindle

    In this photo taken Monday, Nov. 19, 2012, cocktails from left are a Blueberry 'Tini, a Cantaloupe Rush and a Basil Martini at the Bistro Boudin in San Francisco. All were made with vodka. Booze with multiple personalities, like the best kind of party guests, can adapt to the situation and provide a festive little home bar that adds panache to your holiday party. (AP Photo/Eric ...

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