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23 min ago | AllAroundPhilly.com

Kennel owner pleads guilty to animal cruelty

Authorities shut down a puppy mill from which officials rescued roughly 20 sick and injured dogs last week.

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4 hrs ago | Philly.com

Latest heat wave kills two more city men

Two more men have died in Philadelphia as a result of the oppressive heat, bringing the number of deaths in this week's heat wave to four.

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Related Topix: Weather, Natural Disasters, Heat Wave

Fri Jul 25, 2008

KYW-AM Philadelphia

1 Driver Dead, 3 Hurt in Southwest Phila. Crash

Philadelphia police were awaiting autopsy results to help them figure out what may have caused a bizarre four-vehicle crash on Thursday night in Southwest Philadelphia.

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Log Cabin Democrat

Bikers, pedestrians seeking better Web maps

With the old gas-guzzler in the garage, you've got your bicycle ready and your sneakers laced up.

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DelcoTimes

Lobbyist with Weldon ties due in D.C. court

A lobbyist with ties to former Delaware County congressman Curt Weldon is scheduled to enter a plea Friday in federal court in Washington.

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KYW-AM Philadelphia

Phila. Man Charged With Murder and Shooting at Cops

Authorities say a Southwest Philadephia man who served more than 31 years for murder and was released in 2005, has now been charged with killing his girlfriend on Monday -- and shooting at police later that ...

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Related Topix: Violent Crime

WPVI-TV Philadelphia

Tips lead to murder arrest - Philadelphia News

July 24, 2008 -- Earlier this week on Action News at 11, a family pleaded for help, in solving the murder of a local landscaper.

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Thu Jul 24, 2008

KYW-AM Philadelphia

Children's Hospital of Phila. Will Build a Montco Unit

A Fort Washington, Pa. couple has given Children's Hospital of Philadelphia a $15-million gift which the hospital will use to build and support a primary care center in Norristown .

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Related Topix: Washington, PA, Fort Washington, PA, Norristown, PA, Montgomery County, PA

WWNY-TV Watertown

Armed Robber of Philadelphia Stewarts Shop Still at Large

State Police say a man with a gun walked into the Stewart's Shop on Route 11 in Philadelphia around 11:30 last night and demanded money from the cashier.

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WPVI-TV Philadelphia

A trooper from suburban Philadelphia is charged in an online child-sex sting.

A state trooper in suburban Philadelphia is being charged in an online child-sex sting.

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Related Topix: Delaware County, PA

CourierPostOnline

Return fare: DRPA hears 2nd round of protest

A second wave of angry commuters protested to Delaware River Port Authority officials Wednesday for proposing to raise bridge tolls by $1 and PATCO Hi-Speedline fares by 10 percent in mid-September. About 90 ...

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Related Topix: Warminster, PA

The Colonial

Former bank teller pleads guilty to identity theft

A former teller at the Lafayette Hill branch of the Wachovia Bank has admitted his involvement in an identity theft ring that stole $43,000 from bank customer accounts.

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Related Topix: Montgomery County, PA, Erdenheim, PA, Lafayette Hill, PA, West Norriton, PA

NBC Channel 10

Woman Accused Of Having Sex With Teen At Sleepover Pleads Not Guilty

The Bucks County mother accused of having sex with a teen and showering with another during a sleepover at the home of a friend was in a court Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Bucks County, PA

Wed Jul 23, 2008

Philly.com

2 dead in under 10 minutes

It was a chaotic night to be a cop in Philadelphia. Two people were fatally shot in less than 10 minutes and the entire police radio system crashed citywide when Commissioner Charles H. Ramsey called for help ...

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Related Topix: Temple University, Violent Crime

PhillyBurbs.com

Commuters tell DRPA not to raise bridge tolls

Drivers are telling the Delaware River Port Authority that now is not the time to hike tolls.

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Dailyitem.com

Driver on probation for ramming cruiser

Five people including 37-year-old Brenda Jensen of Wayne and one of two state troopers in the parked cruiser were hospitalized.

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Related Topix: Wayne, PA, Montgomery County, PA, Erdenheim, PA

Ledger Dispatch

Police arrest 17 in organized crime bust

Investigators dubbed it "Operation Delco Nostra," and they said that for at least five years, the tentacles of Philadelphia's organized-crime network took a firm hold in Delaware County, engaging in illegal ...

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Related Topix: Folsom, PA

AllAroundPhilly.com

McNabb: I'll be around even if we don't make Super Bowl

A Delaware County bookmaker with alleged ties to the Philadelphia mob was arrested Tuesday along with 12 others after an investigation into what authorities say was a large-scale bookmaking and loan-sharking ...

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Related Topix: Delaware County, PA

Tue Jul 22, 2008

The Mercury

Woman crushed in accident at Hatfield

Hatfield Quality Meats' Clemens Road plant was the site of an accident late Sunday night, injuring a woman who worked in the plant's sausage department.

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Related Topix: Hatfield, PA

NBC 10

Weeklong Heat Wave Blamed For Second Death

The city's weeklong heat wave was cited in the death of a second person. A 67-year-old man was found dead on the second floor of his South Philadelphia home on Tuesday, authorities said.

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Related Topix: Weather, Natural Disasters, Heat Wave

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is located in Philadelphia County and is part of the Philadelphia Metro Area. Zip codes in Philadelphia, PA include 19059, 19134, and 19124.

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