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  • There could be some hope for the 76ers at 11th overall in the draft

    Here are some other players, including a couple of all-stars and a hall-of-famer, who were selected 11th overall in their respective drafts and went out to have extremely successful, productive NBA ...

  • ReNew Jersey Stronger Housing Grants Available

    New Jersey Governor Chris Christie announces a new housing assistance initiative to help residents rebuild and resettle in places hit hard by Hurricane ...

  • South Jersey Man Charged With Multiple Sexual Assaults

    A Mays Landing man was arrested and charged with multiple sexual assaults. Police say that on May 15th, an investigation determined that 21-year-old Shawn Taraba was the suspect believed responsible for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl back in July of 2011. He was charged with 2nd degree Sexual Assault and 4th degree Criminal Sexual ...

  • Snooki NJ Governor Christie ‘Just Doesn’t Like Us’

    New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was never a fan of MTV’s ';Jersey Shore,'; saying it unfairly cast the state in a negative light. So when Nicole Polizzi, otherwise known as Snooki, got to meet the governor Friday and shake his hand, their exchange was a bit awkward. Christie and ';Jersey Shore'; cast members appeared separately on NBC’s ';Today'; show ...

  • Tractor Trailer Carrying Sheetrock Overturned On I-295 1 Dead

    - Police say one person had died in two vehicle crash involving a tractor trailer and car on I-295 in New Jersey. The incident occurred just before 3 p.m. near exit 61A on the northbound lanes of I-295 in Hamilton Township, Mercer ...


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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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  • York County Couple Arrested After Argument Over Television Show Escalates To Stabbing

    A York County couple is behind bars and their talent evaluation business on hold after an argument over a television show. Police say 48-year-old Karen Harrellson and 57-year-old Gregory Stambaugh were watching "American Idol" when they had a disagreement over who they thought should ...

  • Future Of Municipal Broadband Discussed As Mayor’s Summit Concludes

    At a two-day summit in Philadelphia, Mayor Nutter (President of the US Conference of Mayors), San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee and Mesa, Arizona Mayor Scott Smith answer questions from the floor from other Mayors. (Credit: Steve ...

  • Two lanes of Interstate 295 in N.J. closed as Memorial Day traffic begins

    A flatbed tractor trailer loaded with sheet rock crashed on Interstate 295 north in Mercer County, N.J., shortly before 2:30 p.m., forcing state police to close two northbound, left lanes on the highway. Traffic in the area of Exit 61 could become congested as possible injuries were initially reported. State police said no injuries have been confirmed yet and a cause of the crash has not been ...

  • Dialysis center operator and Montco hospital form joint venture

    U.S. Renal Care Inc., which operates about a dozen dialysis center in Pennsylvania, has formed a joint-venture with Pottstown Memorial Medical Center and a group of local physicians. The partnership will unite previously competing dialysis facilites under the same owner. Under the terms of the deal, U.S. Renal Care of Plano, Texas, has acquired a controlling interest in Pottstown Memorials ...

  • Judge holds Schaibles fearing sects will shelter them

    Concerned that religious supporters in other parts of the country might help secret Catherine and Herbert Schaible away, a Philadelphia judge is detaining the couple who allowed a second child to die because they believe medical care is a sin. Attorneys for the Schaibles had asked Common Pleas Judge Benjamin Lerner to allow the faith-healing parents to remain free, pending their preliminary ...

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