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  • Four-state tornado outbreak kills 1

    One tornado touched down near Wellston, Oklahoma, taking out power lines and damaging several homes, according to video from CNN affiliate KFOR. The affiliate's helicopter pilot estimated the funnel cloud to be about a half-mile ...

  • Plenty at stake on Election Day

    Delaware County voters traditionally stay away from the polls during primary elections. Turnout is expected to be between 14 and 18 percent Tuesday. Times file Come Tuesday, the county’s 384,433 registered voters can cast their ballots for some countywide races along with ballots for candidates in municipal and school board races.As with any municipal primary election, several ...

  • Commencements 2013 Villanova students look toward future

    Graduating senior from the Villanova University College of Nursing Julie C. Ubriaco addresses her classmates as the 2013 student speaker Sunday. RADNOR - Sunday marked the 170th commencement ceremony for Villanova University, where graduates gathered under gray skies to bid a fond farewell to their college days with an eye to the future.The Rev. Kail C. Ellis, vice president for academic ...

  • Sharon Hill man named top Amtrak cop of 2012

    Frank McBride was recently named Amtrak Police Officer of the Year. Times staff / ERIC HARTLINE Frank McBride’s usual reward for a job well done is usually bad news for someone else. The Amtrak police investigator and Sharon Hill resident works on cases that regularly lead to arrests.But last week, McBride received a reward that was good news for him as he was named the Amtrak Police ...

  • Media Borough expected to debut ‘Today in America’ video

    By SUSAN L. SERBINTimes Correspondent MEDIA - The "Today in America" video is ready to hit prime time. Just under five minutes, the video about the borough created for the Discovery Channel show, hosted by Terry Bradshaw, was shown at council’s May meeting.Councilwoman Monica Simpson, who shepherded the project with Mayor Bob McMahon, said it will be shown soon, with the borough ...

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Taken

Taken

On the narrative level, Taken is a fairly routine action thriller about a retired CIA operative who is forced to break out his tools and flex his old skills when his virginal teenage daughter is kidnapped abroad by human traffickers. There is little to distinguish it from dozens of interchang ... ...

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  • County authorizes eminent domain for Chester property

    MEDIA - Delaware County Council approved a resolution Wednesday authorizing the use of eminent domain to acquire a slope easement across the property located at 17 W. Seventh St. in Chester for the purpose of replacement of Delaware County Bridge No. 186 and payment of just compensation in the amount of $2,100.County Executive Director Marianne Grace said the county always attempts to work with ...

  • Commencements 2013 Haverford College bids farewell to 296 grads

    HAVERFORD - Haverford College minted some 296 new graduates Sunday morning. Among them was class speaker Aubree Penney, who said her classmates won’t need luck and instead wished them success in all their endeavors.Other speakers Sunday were Hunter Rawlings, president of the Association of American Universities; author and expert on women’s leadership Sheila Wellington; Max Essex, a ...

  • IRS scandal emboldens Tea Party groups

    DES MOINES -- Is the Tea Party getting its groove back? Shouts of vindication from across the country suggest the movement's leaders think ...

  • Dawson council VFD members to meet

    Dawson residents are reminded there will be a special meeting at 6 p.m. Monday between Dawson Borough Council and Dawson Volunteer Fire Co. to discuss the possibility of building a new fire hall on property owned by the borough. The property in question is along Railroad Street, where the former Dairy Bar and the former Dawson House were located. Members of council and the VFD would like to have ...

  • Women trapped on roof by fire in Perry South

    The flames burned on the second floor of the house on Maywood Street in the Perry South neighborhood of Pittsburgh while six people were inside. Most of them were able to run outside, but a woman and her daughter had nowhere to go but a third story window leading out to a side ...

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