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NBA Finals 2013 Spurs vs. Heat Game 6 Miami caps wild OT finish with 103-100 win

Heat news at Hot Hot Hoops Allen's three-pointer came with five seconds remaining to send the game into overtime. After a LeBron James miss, Chris Bosh grabbed an offensive rebound and found Allen, who hit the stepback three in the right corner to tie game. The Heat were actually down five only a handful of seconds earlier, ...
Police Shoot Suspect Search for Another

Around 1 a.m. police shot a man in the face near South Pennsville Auburn Road and Hollywood Avenue in Carneys Point, Salem County, N.J. -- that’s right across the Delaware River from Wilmington, ...
Breast Cancer Causing Gene Mutation Also Linked To Mesothelioma

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Angelina Jolie put a public face to the fact that a gene mutation can cause breast cancer, but gene mutations can cause other cancers, too. Mesothelioma is an aggressive cancer associated with asbestos exposure. Dr. Joseph Testa, The Weg Chair of Human Genetics at Fox Chase Cancer, says it’s also been linked to a mutation known as the Bap1 Cancer Syndrome. ';We ...
Source Federal Funds Might Be Made Available For Philadelphia Schools

HARRISBURG, Pa. (CBS) - It may be a longshot, but KYW Newsradio has learned that talks are underway in an effort to shake loose some major federal dollars for Philadelphia schools. A high-placed state legislative source says the discussions involve at least $120 million in Health and Human Service dollars that have been held back from Pennsylvania for a decade or longer by the feds, though the ...
Judge Imposes Maximum Sentence On Man For Violent Robbery Of Elderly Woman

Calling it a crime against humanity, a Philadelphia judge has imposed the maximum penalty on a 30-year-old purse snatcher, who targeted and destroyed the life of a 93-year-old woman. The defendant was convicted of robbery and aggravated ...

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If youve seen any of the trailers or TV commercials for Ben Youngers Prime, you probably think its about something that its not really about. The advertisements for the film are an interesting case of purposeful misdirection, as they make it appear as though ... ...

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Pennsylvania Senate Republicans Unveil Liquor Reform Proposal

With less than two weeks before the legislature's scheduled summer recess, Republican leaders in the GOP-controlled state Senate have taken the wraps off their proposal to reform liquor sales in Pennsylvania ...
Corbett Signs Bill Allowing Crime Victims To Meet With Parole Board

Governor Corbett has signed a bill - spurred by a case in Montgomery County - that will ensure that crime victims or their representatives have a chance to appear in person before the state parole board when it is considering the release of an offender. The legislation rocketed through the House and Senate after Montgomery County House Republican Mike Vereb championed the case of Ellen Gregory ...
Phillies Minor League Report Carlos Zambrano throws seven shutout innings in IronPigs win

The IronPigs shut out the Toledo Mud Hens, 3-0, at Fifth Third Field in Toledo, Oh. Right-hander Carlos Zambrano (1-0, 1.50 ERA) had a strong outing, which was his second start for Lehigh Valley. He scattered five hits and walked one while striking out six over seven innings for the win. Zambrano threw 108 pitches, 73 for ...
Rare Books On Display For One Day Only At Rosenbach Museum

For one day – just today – two exceptionally rare Bay Psalm Books are being exhibited together, at the Rosenbach Museum and Library, near 20th and Delancy ...
As City Council Probes Deadly Building Collapse Official Says City Can’t Be Held Liable

(File photo: Philadelphia firefighters and police respond at the scene of the building collapse on June 5th that killed six people. Credit: Jordan ...

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Our nuclear programmes are completely transparent. But we are ready to show greater transparency and make clear for the whole world that the steps of the Islamic Republic of Iran are completely within international frameworks. The sanctions are unfair, the Iranian people are suffering, and our (nuclear) activities are legal. These sanctions are illegal and only benefit Israel.

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Building collapse in Philadelphia kills six

PHILADEPHIA - At least five women and a man have been killed in a Philadelphia building collapse even as a lucky 61-year-old woman was rescued from the rubble after 12 hours.

One of the biggest tragedies of the US city in living memory, the tragedy occurred Wednesday morning and by Thursday morning search-and-rescue workers had covered about 75 per cent of the site, Mayor Michael Nutter told reporters.

Search of the rest of the site was on till reports last came in.

The accident was caused as shoppers thronged the Salvation Army thrift store on a busy Wednesday morning.

The store crumbled under the weight of a next door building that was under demolition as an excavation crew ripped walls down allegedly jerking down a wrong beam with heavy machinery.

Bystanders rushed to help as blocks and bricks came crashing down.

Rescuers pulled out six bodies and packed them in bags.

As a pall of gloom engulfed the neighbourhood, there was a momentary joy when 61-year-old Myra Plekam was found alive under the rubble more than 12 hours after the collapse.

She was the 14th survivor of the accident who were all taken to three area hospitals.

Plekam was awake and talking to rescuers, before she was evacuated to a hospital in critical condition, said Deputy Fire Chief Robert Coyne. ...