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  • Tropical Storm Barry headsforms off Mexican coast

    This NOAA satellite image taken Wednesday, June 19, 2013 at 10:45 AM EDT shows tropical wave over the Lesser Antilles with light to moderate rain and thunderstorms. Fair weather across the remainder of the Caribbean with a chance of isolated afternoon ...

  • Chester votes against expanded trash pickup

    jkopp@delcotimes.com @DT_JohnKopp Chester will not expand its trash collection to two pickup days per week this summer, a decision city council made in adherence to its financial recovery plan.For years, Chester residents enjoyed two days of trash collection each week during the summer months. However, the all-Democratic council opted to reduce trash collection to once per week when it awarded ...

  • Police Fifth-grader behind Chi 911 prank

    cscharr@delcotimes.com @cindyscharr UPPER CHICHESTER - Police say it was an 11-year-old boy who phoned in a prank 911 call claiming there was a shooting at the Chichester Middle School last week.The boy, whose name was not released because of his age, was a fifth-grade student at the school.The prank sparked a massive police response to all of the schools in the Chichester School District and ...

  • Suspect in Darby Twp. shooting charged with attempted murder

    cscharr@delcotimes.com @cindyscharr DARBY TOWNSHIP - The suspect who allegedly shot an 18-year-old man after chasing him down the street and unloading his weapons into an occupied house Monday is under arrest, charged with attempted murder.Jamal Marceau Stuckey, 18, is being held on 10 percent of $500,000 in connection with the shooting that nearly cost the victim his life, police said.Deputy ...

  • Ridley Park to purchase two cameras

    RIDLEY PARK - The borough fire department received a $23,000 federal grant to purchase two thermal imaging cameras that enable rescuers to detect the heat of a body through smoke or a wall.The new cameras will replace the two the fire department already has that are 20 years old, according to Fire Chief Ned Donkin. The company plans to add a third camera.In his report at council’s recent ...

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Beowulf [DVD]

Beowulf [DVD]

All hail technology and what it hath wrought! Bow down at the altar of infinitely malleable pixels and the bounty they provide: Impossible visuals! Epic landscapes! Monsters that heretofore have only resided in mans imagination! And slightly rubbery-looking humans who in close-up offer every nua ... ...

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  • County council hires second consulting firm

    dlynch@delcotimes.com @dmlreporter BETHEL - Delaware County Council hired a second consulting firm to examine funding shortfalls the county has faced with regard to the operation of its Emergency Management Center.In a 4-0 vote Wednesday night, county council approved an agreement with Palura Systems Inc., a communication software firm based in Philadelphia. The firm was hired at a price tag of ...

  • Cop Shop Police officers credited with saving man

    cscharr@delcotimes.com @cindyscharr Three area police officers working traffic control at the U.S. Open last week are credited with saving a 70-year-old man’s life.It’s unclear if the unidentified man was on his way to the U.S. Open on June 13 when he suffered a heart attack in a vehicle, inching its way through traffic near the golf tournament.The driver of the SUV pulled over at ...

  • Italy film fest dedicates homage to Gandolfini

    Gandolfini will instead be honored with a tribute "remembering his career and talent." Gandolfini died Wednesday in Rome, according to HBO and Gandolfini's ...

  • Magistrate says diner can stay

    Elias plans to relocate Di's Kornerstone Diner to a former Burger King building in Olympia Shopping Center in Versailles. She hopes the new location will be open by ...

  • Clairton to take stand against violence

    Pastor Leroy Thompson of Dream Christian Center, in red, leads a prayer for the Community Walk Against Violence and Murder. The walk is scheduled for Saturday at 1 p.m. at Neil C. Brown Stadium along Miller Avenue in Clairton. Thompson is joined by community members, from left, Lenora Graves, Shiela Thompson, Sherry Epps, Wandra Sparks, Councilman Richard Ford, Clairton City School District ...

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