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  • Police search for wandering bear in Philly suburbs

    BENSALEM, Pa. - Police and wildlife officers are trying to track down a black bear that's been spotted wandering around several residential areas in suburban Philadelphia for days. Bucks County residents most recently spied the animal roaming a soccer field in Bensalem. It was initially spotted in Solebury Township on May 7 and was then reported in nearby Hulmeville on Thursday. Wildlife ...

  • Tornadoes slam several states 300 homes hit

    But the destructive weather isn't over. Baseball-sized hail, wind gusts and tornadoes could pummel parts of the central Plains and Midwest through ...

  • Man punched in the face at downtown State College McDonald’s

    A man was taken to the hospital early Sunday morning with a laceration, cut lip and possible broken nose after he was hit in the face at McDonald’s, State College police said.Police described the suspect as a black man, about 6 feet 2 inches and wearing a green hoodie, camouflage pants and brown boots. The man was caught on security footage, which is being reviewed, police said.The ...

  • Two women hospitalized after an ATV crashes into tree in Walker Township

    Two 20-year-old women were hospitalized after they were thrown from an ATV when it crashed into a tree at a private residence in Walker Township, state police at Rockview said.The operator of the vehicle, of Howard, sustained major head trauma and was taken to Altoona Regional. The passenger, of Port Matilda, was treated for minor to moderate injuries at Mount Nittany Medical Center, police ...

  • Disabled veteran robbed in Philly home invasion

    PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia police are seeking for six suspects who beat and robbed a disabled war veteran during a home invasion.It happened early Monday in northeast Philadelphia. Police say that just after midnight the suspects came to the man's door and he buzzed them in because he thought they knew them.Police say the 58-year-old Marine, who is bedridden, was then dragged from his bed ...

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The Gold Rush [Blu-Ray]

The Gold Rush [Blu-Ray]

Among all of his films, The Gold Rush was Charles Chaplins personal favorite and the film by which he always wanted to be remembered. It was the fourth feature-length film he had written and directed, but the first since The Kid (1921) four years earlier to feature his most ... ...

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  • Plenty at stake on Election Day will voters show up

    Delaware County voters traditionally stay away from the polls during primary elections. Turnout is expected to be between 14 and 18 percent Tuesday. Times ...

  • Bomb squad detonates tube containing poster board at Crozer Campus

    A tube containing paper caused a bit of a scare Sunday at the Lewis House in Upland. Times photo / DAVE SCHLOTT UPLAND - A cylinder discovered in a parking space at the Crozer-Chester Medical Center campus was detonated by a bomb squad Sunday morning, but was found to be inert.The tube, about 4 feet tall and 5 inches in diameter, was discovered in a handicapped parking space in front of the ...

  • Connecticut train derailment to cause nightmare commute today

    Metro-North employees work at the site of Friday's train derailment in Bridgeport. Conn. on Sunday, May 19, 2013. Crews will spend days rebuilding 2,000 feet of track, overhead wires and signals following the collision between two trains Friday evening that injured 72 people, Metro-North President Howard Permut said Sunday. (AP Photo/The Connecticut Post,Brian A. Pounds ) MANDATORY CREDIT ...

  • 10 things you need to know for Monday

    C-City Blogger Presenting Chester City's news and views to Delco Times web visitors who want to know more of what's going on in the City besides the stories they read in the ...

  • Marple OKs variance for goats

    By Leslie KrowchenkoTimes Correspondent MARPLE - The zoners granted permission to Charles and Karen Hauber to keep to two pet female African pygmy goats and eight-ten laying hens on their 1.87-acre property, 95 N. Malin Road.The variance was needed as township code permits residents to possess certain animals, including caged birds, cats, dogs and fish, while others, such as goats, horses, ...

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