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  • Troubling injury news on Ruiz and Howard

    running from first to third base during the third inning of a baseballgame against the Cincinnati Reds, Sunday, May 19, 2013, inPhiladelphia. Ruiz left the game at the end of the inning. (APPhoto/Tom Mihalek)' ...

  • Police Guns cash stolen from Ray Rices Md. home

    TOWSON, Md. — Police say the Maryland home of Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice was burglarized over the weekend, and $2,000 and two guns were stolen. Baltimore County police spokeswoman Cpl. Cathleen Batton said Monday that the burglary happened between 8:30 p.m. Friday and 12:50 a.m. Saturday at the home in Reisterstow. Batton says Rice was out of town for the weekend, but a ...

  • Mothers 9 Ducklings Rescued

    And this call came in this morning around 9, from an Upper Gwynedd Township woman who'd been watching and listening to a mother duck standing over a storm drain. The mother duck was quacking ...

  • Crossing Gate Hits School Bus as Train Approaches

    It was a sight that prompted one woman to take action. A school bus carrying high school students and teachers from the Hatboro-Horsham School District was heading towards a Phillies game. As the driver approached the tracks near the Hatboro SEPTA Station, he suddenly stopped as an oncoming train approached. But despite the familiar flashing lights and ringing bells signaling the train, the ...

  • Red Cross provides website for those looking for tornado victims

    At least one emergency responder with the Southwestern Pennsylvania chapter of the American Red Cross will depart for Oklahoma to aid victims of the tornadoes that ripped through suburbs of Oklahoma City Tuesday, a Red Cross spokesman said. Those in the Philadelphia region with family and friends in Oklahoma are also able to search for victims through the Red ...


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Our Town [DVD]

Our Town [DVD]

Playwright and novelist Thornton Wilder believed that life was only worth living if you treasured each moment in time. In the late 1930s, he won the Pulitzer Prize for one his first long plays, "Our Town," a three-act piece that was designed to be performed without sets. ...

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  • McCoy apparently tweaks knee during workout

    running from first to third base during the third inning of a baseballgame against the Cincinnati Reds, Sunday, May 19, 2013, inPhiladelphia. Ruiz left the game at the end of the inning. (APPhoto/Tom Mihalek)' ...

  • Deadliest U.S. tornadoes since 1900

    Alli Christian, left, helps Jessica Wilkinson as she looks for her dog Bella after Wilkinson returned to find her home near 156th street and Franklin Road destroyed by a tornado, Sunday, May 19, 2013, in Norman, Okla. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Steve Sisney) A list of the 10 deadliest tornadoes in the United States since 1900:- 695 deaths. March 18, 1925, in Missouri, Illinois and Indiana.- 216 ...

  • White House promises help after Oklahoma tornado

    As Kansas Citians clean up after Sunday night’s severe storms, another ominous front is taking aim at the metropolitan area. The National Weather Service issued a tornado watch through 10 p.m. on Monday for Kansas City and much of the surrounding area. Thunderstorms are expected to roll in early Monday ...

  • Mom Accused of Smashing Nurses Face Into Wall

    Moore then allegedly charged at the woman, grabbed her and punched her in the head while yelling about the medical profession. Police say Moore then smashed the woman’s face into a brick wall. Police say a person walking by spotted the attack and pulled Moore off of the ...

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