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  • 11
    Apr
    2013
    4:24pm, EDT

    Firefighter saluted at funeral in Philadelphia

    Matt Rourke / AP

    Mourners react during the funeral service for Philadelphia firefighter Capt. Michael Goodwin at St. Michael's Lutheran Church on Thursday, April 11, 2013, in Philadelphia. Goodwin died Saturday in a roof collapse while battling a fire in a three-story building in the city's Queen Village section. He was 53.

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    Firefighters salute the flag draped casket containing the remains of Philadelphia firefighter Capt. Michael Goodwin.

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    Firefighters transfer the flag draped casket containing the remains of Philadelphia firefighter Capt. Michael Goodwin at St. Michael's Lutheran Church.

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    RIP brave firefighter..

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  • 7
    Apr
    2013
    2:30pm, EDT

    Fire in Philadelphia's Fabric Row claims life of firefighter

    Peter Tobia / AP

    Firefighters battle the blaze that claimed the life of Capt. Michael Goodwin, April 6. The fire caused a partial roof collapse that killed Goodwin and injured a colleague who was trying to rescue him.

    A veteran firefighter was killed in a Philadelphia blaze on Saturday after a three-story building collapsed underneath him.

    At an emotional news conference late Saturday after the fire in the city's Fabric Row section was extinguished, Fire Commissioner Lloyd Ayers told reporters that the victim, 53-year-old Capt. Michael Goodwin, was his friend and "a ladder man. A firefighter's firefighter."

    "He's the kind of guy who looked out for his folks — a big guy," Ayers said.

    Goodwin had been with the department for 29 years.

    — The Associated Press

    Read the full story.

    Joseph Kaczmarek / AP

    Neighbors look on as firefighters battle the blaze.

    Joseph Kaczmarek / AP

    A police officer salutes as the body of fallen firefighter Capt. Michael Goodwin is brought to Thomas Jefferson Hospital in Philadelphia.

    Joseph Kaczmarek / AP

    People hug outside the emergency room at Thomas Jefferson Hospital.

    Joseph Kaczmarek / AP

    Police escort an ambulance carrying the body of fallen firefighter Capt. Michael Goodwin from Thomas Jefferson Hospital.

     

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  • 21
    Sep
    2012
    1:00am, EDT

    Interactive art light up Philadelphia sky

    Matt Slocum / AP

    Robotic searchlights illuminate the night sky over the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012, in Philadelphia. The interactive light installation by artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, titled "Open Air," was commissioned by the Association for Public Art, in Philadelphia and is scheduled to run till Oct 14 from 8-11 p.m. each night.

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  • 17
    Jul
    2012
    11:37am, EDT

    Keeping cool in a Philadelphia sidewalk pool

    Matt Slocum / AP

    Veronica Caines, foreground from right, 6, Kianna Roman, 4, Juliann Esola, 5, Aliyah Nguyen, 5, and Jayden Jones, 2, cool off in a wade pool under the watch of Brittany Gonzalez, background, Monday, July 16, in Philadelphia. Temperatures in Philadelphia reached the low 90s on Monday.

    Matt Slocum / AP

    Joey Potts, left, 5, and his brother Jordan Kerver, 7, cool off in a wade pool, Monday, July 16, in Philadelphia. Temperatures in Philadelphia reached the low 90s on Monday.

    As the U.S. experiences another heat wave, farmers are being hit hard by the worst drought conditions recorded since 1956 and consumers can expect to see corn prices rising. The Weather Channel's Eric Fisher reports.

     From AP: PHILADELPHIA — Heat warnings and advisories are going into effect across much of Pennsylvania with temperatures expected to head up into the mid- to high-90s in many places.

    The National Weather Service has an excessive heat warning in effect for much of the Philadelphia region on Tuesday, with highs expected to approach triple digits. Continue reading more on the heat wave here.

    Related links:

    • Why extreme heat follows dry spells
    • Midwest & Northeast power companies ready for heat wave

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  • 20
    Jun
    2012
    5:25pm, EDT

    Summer solstice debut sizzles Northeast

    Jacquelyn Martin / AP

    Aney Rodriguez (top), her sister Nena Rodriguez and friend Mariely Rodriguez, not related, all of Gaithersburg, Md., cool off under the fountains at Georgetown Waterfront Park, in Washington, on June 20. Temperatures across the Northeast are expected to approach triple digits.

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    Celebrating the warm summer months, as schools let out and the cooling off begins

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    Record temperatures hit the Northeast on the first day of summer in northern hemisphere. 

    New June 20 records included: New York City's LaGuardia Airport at 98 degrees (previous record was 96 in 1953); JFK Airport at 94 degrees (topping 93 in 1955); and Newark, N.J., at 98 (topping 97 in 1953).

    Temperatures were 10 to 20 degrees above average across the region and the humidity made it feel even hotter. -- msnbc.com

    • Northeast starts summer with temps in the 90s
    • PhotoBlog: Yoga take over Times Square for summer solstice

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    William Smalls plays pool and George Williams wipes his head to keep cool at the Kennedy Senior Center in Harlem, N.Y. on June 20. Set up by the Office of Emergency Management in New York, the center serves as one of many air-conditioned cooling centers located throughout the city to help New Yorkers beat the heat as temperatures soar on the first day of summer.

    CJ Gunther / EPA

    A kayaker make his way along the Mystic River as a sport watercraft approaches in Medford, Mass. on June 20. Temperatures reached 95 degrees in the greater Boston area along with high humidity on this summer solstice.

    Brynn Anderson / AP

    Steffanie Roberts gets kisses from her dogs Pink and Bear at her home on June 20, in Philadelphia. Temperatures climbed toward the high 90s along the Eastern Seaboard as an unusually early hot spell heralded the official start of summer.

    Steven Senne / AP

    Four-year-old Solaris Arias, of Providence, R.I. jumps through water spraying from an open fire hydrant in Providence on June 20. Much of the state remained under a heat advisory Tuesday afternoon because of the steamy air mass that has moved into the region resulting in temperatures in the 90s.

    Jonathan Sanger / msnbc.com

    Manny Valdez, 16 from Arizona, leaps into a sprinkler in Central Park while Marley Henson, 16, also from Arizona, looks on in New York City, June 20, 2012. Valdez and Henson were part of a group of Rio Rico, Arizona students returning from an exchange program in Germany. New Yorkers tried to find ways to cope with the heat as temperatures soared on the first day of summer.

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  • 13
    Jun
    2012
    12:29pm, EDT

    Abandoned horses rescued in Philadelphia

    Brynn Anderson / AP

    An unidentified Animal Care and Control Team member awaits transportation of a horse that was found abandoned in a residential area on Wednesday, June 13, in Philadelphia. Two horses were reported left astray and were collected and were taken away for care.

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    Officer Todd Oandasan along with the Animal Care and Control Team members attach a lead to a horse in a residential area on Wednesday, June 13, in Philadelphia. Two horses were reported left astray and were collected by officials.

    Brynn Anderson / AP

    An unidentified Animal Care and Control Team member comforts one of the two horses found abandoned in a residential area on Wednesday, June 13, in Philadelphia. The horses were transported to a facility for care.

     From NBC Philadelphia.com : Two horses were found tied to a fence in a lot near the intersection of 7th and Diamond Streets in North Philadelphia on Wednesday morning.The SPCA told NBC10 it received a call about the horses a few days ago, but when investigators arrived, the horses were gone.

    The SPCA received another call about the animals on Wednesday morning and when they responded they found the horses in the lot. Continue reading this story here.

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  • 23
    Apr
    2012
    6:47pm, EDT

    The Great Schools Compact brings Phildelphia schools together

    Matt Rourke / AP

    Students listen to a news conference at St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church on April 23 in Philadelphia. Archbishop of Philadelphia, Charles Chaput, and Mayor Michael Nutter were speaking at an event for The Great Schools Compact, an effort to identify and replicate best practices at the city's highest-performing schools.

    Matt Rourke / AP

    Students listen to a news conference at St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church on April 23 in Philadelphia. Archbishop of Philadelphia, Charles Chaput, signed The Great Schools Compact, which is an effort to identify and replicate best practices at the city's highest-performing schools.

    Matt Rourke / AP

    Archbishop of Philadelphia, Charles Chaput, center, signs The Great Schools Compact as Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter and students watch during a news conference at St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church on April 23 in Philadelphia. Chaput signed the compact, which has already received a planning grant and will compete for an implementation grant the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

    Matt Rourke / AP

    Archbishop of Philadelphia, Charles Chaput, left, and Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, meet during a news conference at St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church on April 23 in Philadelphia. Chaput signed The Great Schools Compact which is an effort to identify and replicate best practices at the city's highest-performing schools, regardless of whether they are charter or district-operated or Catholic schools.

     

    Related story: Mayor Nutter pledges to live a week on $35 worth of food

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  • 16
    Apr
    2012
    7:36pm, EDT

    Time to cool off as temperatures rise on the East Coast

    Matt Slocum / AP

    Nazir Haynesworth, 14, laughs as he plays in a fountain at Logan Circle park on April 16 in Phaldelphia, Pa. Temperatures in Philly were expected to reach the upper 80's as record warmth hits the East coast.

    Get the up-to-date forecast for the Northeast region of the U.S.

    MSNBC.com reports: Heat slows down Boston Marathon

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  • 16
    Apr
    2012
    11:14am, EDT

    Deadly house fire in Philadelphia leaves four dead, including two children

    Matt Rourke / AP

    Debra Forrest, right, is consoled in the aftermath of a fire that claimed family members' lives, April 16, in Philadelphia. Officials say the early morning house fire claimed the lives of four people, including two children.

    Two brothers, ages two and four, died alongside their mother and grandfather when a fire broke out in their home today in the early morning hours. Though firefighters were able to get the blaze under control in about 30 minutes, it wasn't fast enough to save the lives of the family. Firefighters found no evidence of a working fire alarm in the home, which might have warned them in time to escape. The boys' father apparently tried to rescue them when he returned home from work, but was beaten back by the intense flames.

    More about the fatal fire from the Philadelphia Inquirer.

    Matt Rourke / AP

    Firefighters work the scene of a deadly row house fire, April 16, in Philadelphia.

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  • 13
    Apr
    2012
    2:53pm, EDT

    John Coltrane lived here

    Matt Rourke / AP

    Students play music near the former home of jazz musician John Coltrane on April 13 in Philadelphia. Jazz lovers and cultural officials in Philadelphia are promoting a fundraising effort to save the run-down house.

    Matt Rourke / AP

    Men hang a banner on the former home of jazz legend John Coltrane on April 13 in Philadelphia.

    Jazz lovers and cultural officials in Philadelphia are promoting a fundraising effort to save the run-down John Coltrane House.

    Preserving the national historic landmark is part of a broader mission to reclaim the city's jazz heritage and celebrate the current music scene.

    Coltrane is a saxophonist best known for his recording "A Love Supreme." He lived in a rowhouse in the Strawberry Mansion neighborhood from 1952 to 1958.

    --The Associated Press

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  • 23
    Mar
    2012
    4:31pm, EDT

    Americans protest contraception coverage in health insurance mandate

    Eric Gay / AP

    Tessye Maurer holds a vote sign as she attends a Religious Freedom protest, Friday, March 23, 2012, in downtown San Antonio. The group is protesting that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' mandate under the Affordable Care Act violates religious freedom. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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    Protesters pray while participating in a "Stand Up for Religious Freedom" rally in front of the Department of Health and Human Services on Friday in Washington, DC. The rally was one of 129 rallies held in cities across the United States as the Supreme Court prepares to hear arguments on the Obama administration's national health care legislation next week.

    Alex Brandon / AP

    Father Paul Schenck speaks during a rally for religious freedom organized in part by the Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia in front of Independence Hall, Friday in Philadelphia. The rally was in objection to the Health and Human Service mandate that private health care cover women's contraception.

    Matt York / AP

    Korean War veteran Ed Douglas, of Tempe, Ariz., stands outside the Sandra Day O'Connor Federal Courthouse on Friday in Phoenix. Douglas was part of the Stand Up For Religious Freedom Rally. The rally is part of a nationwide Rally for Religious Freedom which is a reaction against the Obama Administration's HHS mandate that will obligate Catholic organizations to provide contraceptive services to their employees.

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    LOL, what a joke the state isn't telling the church what to cover it's telling the INSURANCE companies. Morons. Communism? LOL yeah Look at Britain, Canada, and all the other free countries who have Contraceptives covered already. YEAH OMG COMMIES. You're Missing the Big Picture, You're a joke.

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  • 24
    Feb
    2012
    4:49pm, EST

    Philadelphia students rejoice at news that their Catholic high schools will remain open

    Alex Brandon / AP

    Students from Archbishop Prendergast High School react on Friday after it is announced that they will merge schools with Monsignor Bonner High School, and not be closed.

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    Students from Archbishop Prendergast High School react after the announcement.

    Alex Brandon / AP

    Students from Archbishop Prendergast High School react before news is announced that they will merge schools with Monsignor Bonner High School, and not be closed, Friday, Feb. 24, 2012 in Drexel Hills, Pa. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

    Alex Brandon / AP

    Students from Monsignor Bonner High School wait on Friday for an announcement about whether they will merge schools with Archbishop Prendergast High School, and not be closed.

    NBC Philadelphia reports: Archbishop Charles Chaput made the announcement on Friday afternoon, saying the community support was substantial. He also pressed state lawmakers to do more - much more - to help.

    In his message to lawmakers, Archbishop Chaput said, "we need expanded EITC (education-incentive tax credits) funds and opportunity scholarships to help our schools survive."  The Archbishop said that without that support, the fate of the schools would be right back to where they were a few weeks ago, when they were slated for closure.

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    Catholic children need to learn things in Catholic schools, like how to shred documents about known child rapists, like Bevilacqua did.

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