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  1. Victorino, Galvis have 3 RBIs, Phillies beat Cards bit.ly/KPudvZ about 3 hours ago via TweetDeck
  2. Jim Gardner talks to former Pa. Gov. Ed Rendell about his provocative new book. See the full interview: bit.ly/KSVIRc about 3 hours ago via TweetDeck
  3. Toddler twins dead in Tacony, mom in custody bit.ly/JqwKwd about 4 hours ago via TweetDeck
  4. Sixers - Celtics Game 7 will be shown Saturday at 8 pm on 6abc! about 4 hours ago via TweetDeck
  5. Armed man shot by police in West Philadelphia bit.ly/JqSsQM about 5 hours ago via TweetDeck
  6. RT @coreyherman: Street-level investors lost about $600 million in the Facebook IPO: bit.ly/JHdhSX @6at4 Business Report about 5 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to coreyherman
  7. RT @6at4: Meet tonight's Facebook Flash lineup - Rita Clemens, Kristopher Leeds, Gina Marie Flanagan: bit.ly/KOMIAD about 5 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to 6at4
  8. 4-year-old, baby rescued from Reading fire bit.ly/KYfr2d about 5 hours ago via TweetDeck
  9. UPDATE: Body found inside a firehouse where earlier a dump truck crashed and sparked a blaze in Northampton County bit.ly/Lt9Akg about 5 hours ago via TweetDeck
  10. Two 13-year-old girls shot in N. Phila.; 17-year-old and other arrested bit.ly/MwRqB0 about 7 hours ago via TweetDeck
  11. VIDEO: NYPD announces arrest of Pedro Hernandez of Maple Shade, N.J. for the murder of 6-year-old Etan Patz bit.ly/MwK5kX about 7 hours ago via TweetDeck
  12. RT @KennethMoton: Breaking update: two men in custody, one 17, for shooting of two 13-year-old girls in North Philly. about 7 hours ago via TweetDeck
  13. #BREAKING Maple Shade man arrested in 1979 disappearance of NYC boy Patz tinyurl.com/d59qs5w about 8 hours ago via TweetDeck
  14. #BREAKING WATCH LIVE: New York Police announce developments in Etan Patz case bit.ly/KNVbUN about 8 hours ago via TweetDeck
  15. Phila. detective arrested in Bensalem Kohl's theft bit.ly/KOO3rg about 9 hours ago via TweetDeck
  16. RT @kruss6abc: are you nervous about Saturday (Game 7 Sixers/Celtics)? why? why not? about 9 hours ago via TweetDeck
  17. #BREAKING: Toddler twins, boy and girl, found dead in Tacony section of Philadelphia - mom is in custody - bit.ly/JqwKwd about 10 hours ago via TweetDeck