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  • Officials Texting driver charged in DUI fatal

    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 ...

  • NBA Playoffs 2013 Tony Allen fined $5000 for flopping in Game 2

    Manu Ginobili's foul initially looked like a hard one and the referees deemed the foul flagrant. Upon further review, the league concluded that Allen had "flopped". While Allen clutched his head in pain and rolled around the floor after hitting the deck, the replay shows his head never hit the ...

  • Predicting the NBA draft

    The NBA draft is scheduled for June 27 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, and the 76ers have the 11th pick. Barring trades and other wheeling and dealing, here is how it could play ...

  • Kvelertak Cancer Bats Black Tusk at Underground Arts in Philadelphia

    Black Tusk and Ladder Devils performed. The venue is fairly new, although you wouldn't know to look at it. Underground Arts is the basement of a large building that looks like an old warehouse or factory at 12th and Callowhill in Philadelphia. Besides it's initial appearance, once inside it's basically like most venues, kinda dark, there's a little bar where they serve beer ...

  • Phillies and Nats meet in NL East matchup

    Philadelphia Phillies . The Nationals (24-23) have scored 31 runs over the last 12 games, but they managed a 2-1 win at San Francisco on Wednesday to halt a four-game losing streak. Zimmermann (7-2, 1.62 ERA) hasn't needed much support, though his first bid for his eighth win was foiled. He allowed two runs - one earned - and seven hits over eight innings in a 2-1 defeat at San ...


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Cowboys & Aliens

Cowboys & Aliens

Theres gold in them thar hills!, and apparently its as attractive to giant, drooling aliens from outer space as it is to human prospectors. At least, thats the premise of Cowboys & Aliens, a lumbering sci-fi/Western mash-up whose cheeky-sounding title is the most fun the ... ...

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  • Local Product Jordan Wolf Stars For Duke In Final Four

    Philadelphia, PA (CBS) -- Jordan Wolf is shutting it all down. No cell phone. No tweeting. No texting. No communication with anyone or anything outside the world of lacrosse. The Duke junior star attack, out of Lower Merion High School, is in an all-business mode this weekend. That means no distractions when it comes to getting Duke into the NCAA Championship game, being held this Memorial Day ...

  • 24000 baby eels illegally taken from N.J. creek officials say

    According to the state Division of Fish and Wildlife, American Eels are considered a delicacy in Asia and sell on the black market for $1,600 to $2,600 per pound. ( Photo: Hudson River Eel Project Report via N.Y. Department of Environmental Conservation ...

  • Flyers prospects fight for supremacy in Memorial Cup

    The London Knights and The Portland Winterhawks will go head-to-head on in the Mastercard Memorial Cup, and this matchup should be of particular interest to the Flyers since they have prospects on both ...

  • No bail for Philly parents in faith-healing death

    By MARYCLAIRE DALE,Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) - After their 2-year-old son died of untreated pneumonia in 2009, faith-healing advocates Herbert and Catherine Schaible promised a judge they would not let another sick child go without medical care.But now they've lost an 8-month-old to what a prosecutor called "eerily similar" circumstances. And instead of another ...

  • Camp Claims Sports Therapy Can Help Fight Gay Urges

    While many people gather this holiday weekend to spend time with family and friends, there's a sports camp being held outside of Philadelphia for adult men -- claiming to offer help to deal with same-sex ...

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