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Tour Boat Overturns After Colliding With Barge
A tourist boat carrying 37 people overturned on the Delaware River on Wednesday afternoon when a barge hit it, leaving two people unaccounted for and the extent of injuries unclear after a frantic...
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Queen Of Soul Teaming Up With Condoleeza Rice
The Queen of Soul and a former U.S. secretary of state are teaming up behind the microphone in Philadelphia to raise money for inner-city youth. The Aretha Franklin-Condoleezza Rice extravaganza...
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Compuware Gomez Partners With AppLabs
Gomez, the Web performance division of Detroit-based Compuware Corp. (Nasdaq: CPWR), and Philadelphia-based AppLabs, the world’s largest software testing and quality management company, today announced...
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Travelers Miserable As Airlines Cancel Hundreds Of Flights
A winter storm that hit the east coast Sunday will affect holiday travelers all week. Thousands of passengers were stuck in Detroit and other cities throughout the world waiting for major airports in...
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Philadelphia 110, Pistons 94
PHILADELPHIA (WWJ) – Only six Detroit Pistons played in Friday night’s 110-94 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers. Playing a full 48 minutes, Will Bynum scored 29 points for the Pistons. Ben Gordon and Greg...
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Tigers Get Comeback Win Over Phillies
LAKELAND, Fla. (WWJ/AP) - Phil Coke pitched four innings as he prepares for a starting role and the Detroit Tigers beat a split squad of Philadelphia Phillies 2-1 Sunday. It was a come from behind...
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Auto Lending Firm Opens Michigan Office
Philadelphia-based VINtek, a provider of automotive collateral management and electronic lien and title services for auto lenders, announced that it has opened an office in Troy to support continued...
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Pistons Fall To 76ers
PHILADELPHIA (WWJ/AP) – The Detroit Pistons lose on the road to the Philadelphia 76ers 95-74 on Saturday night. As heard on 97.1 The Ticket – the Pistons struggled against the 76ers – looking tired and...
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Wings Take On Flyers And Home Win Streak Record
DETROIT – The Detroit Red Wings’ chance to match the NHL’s longest home win streak of all-time will come against a team that could have some extra motivation besides just ending its recent struggles....
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Wings Set Record With Home Win Over Flyers 4-3
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) – The Detroit Red Wings make it 20 straight wins on home ice as they beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 on Sunday night. The Detroit Red Wings equaled an NHL record with their 20th...
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Philadelphia 97, Pistons 68
By LARRY LAGE/AP Sports Writer AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) – Thaddeus Young scored 12 of his 20 points in a pivotal second quarter and All-Star Andre Iguodala had 12 points, six assists and four steals to...
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Tigers Beat Phillies 6-3 In Split Squad Play
LAKELAND, Fla. (WWJ/AP) – Justin Verlander threw for 6 innings and the Detroit Tigers beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-3 in split squad play on Sunday. Verlander gave up two runs and had three...
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Lions Beat Eagles In OT 26-23
PHILADELPHIA (97.1 THE TICKET/AP) – Jason Hanson kicks a 45-yard field goal in overtime and the Detroit Lions beat the Philadelphia Eagles 26-23 on Sunday. As heard on 97.1 The Ticket – the Lions...
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Philadelphia 104, Pistons 97
By DAN GELSTON/AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Evan Turner had 18 points and 11 rebounds, Jrue Holiday scored 25 points and the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Detroit Pistons 104-97 on Monday night....
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The Unclean Truth: How Five Cities Stack Up On Recycling
From coffee grounds to empty milk cartons, consumers are becoming increasingly aware of how and where to recycle. In many cities, gone are the days of simply leaving trash on the curb. Instead, the...
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Tigers 5, Phillies 5
LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) – Cy Young Award winners Roy Halladay and Justin Verlander made their spring training debuts Sunday as the Philadelphia Phillies and Detroit Tigers tied 5-5 in 10 innings. Both aces...
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Lansing’s IDV Partners With Philadelphia Medical And Security Firm
LANSING — IDV Solutions, the Lansing-based physical security and risk visualization software developer, Thursday announced a partnership with Philadelphia, Pa.-based International SOS, a medical and...
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Matt’s Favorites: Video Of MLK Assassin, Death For Facebook Killer, Massive...
So what’s new, different and wonderful in the high-tech world this fine sunny Opening Day Friday? Glad you asked… * Primitive early videotapes from 1968 have been released showing the arrest and...
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Detroit Group Gets $2.75M For Housing, Business, Schools On Woodward
PHILADELPHIA (WWJ) – A Detroit project is among three winners of $8.25 million from the Wells Fargo Next Awards for Opportunity Finance. NCB Capital Impact was awarded $2.75 million to help its...
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Gallo Goes There: What Makes A Great Sports Town?
By DJ Gallo >>More columns here Quick. Think of a great sports town. Got one? What makes it great? Is it because every team in the city is equally loved and supported, with sellouts stretching...
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76ers End 26-Game Skid, Pound Pistons 123-98
By BRIAN MAHONEY/AP Basketball Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) – The Philadelphia 76ers snapped their NBA record-tying, 26-game losing streak, routing the Detroit Pistons 123-98 on Saturday night to avoid...
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Datsyuk Scores Twice; Detroit Beats Philly 5-2
DETROIT (AP) – The Detroit Red Wings were doing just fine without Pavel Datsyuk in the lineup, but he showed why they’d still rather him on the ice. Datsyuk scored twice in his return from an injury to...
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Grad Student Who Duped Detroit-Area Churches Gets 10-Year Prison Sentence For...
DETROIT (AP) – A Detroit-area native caught with child pornography at a Philadelphia university has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Christopher Granger was taken into custody after he was...
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Utley Hits 2 HRs, Gets Curtain Calls In Philadelphia Return [VIDEO]
AARON BRACY, Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Chase Utley added another memorable moment to his career in Philadelphia — almost a year after he last wore a Phillies uniform. Utley got curtain calls...
View ArticleDraft Had Economic Impact Of Almost $95 Million For Philly
By BARRY WILNER, AP Pro Football Writer April’s NFL draft had an economic impact of almost $95 million for Philadelphia. According to a report commissioned by the Philadelphia Convention and Visitors...
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Jay-Z’s ‘Made in America Festival’ Canceled Due To Coronavirus
NEW YORK (AP) —Made in America, Jay-Z’s annual festival in Philadelphia, will not take place Labor Day weekend due to the coronavirus pandemic. In a statement Wednesday, the rap mogul’s Roc Nation...
View ArticleJust Who Is Responsible For The Electoral College?
(THE CONVERSATION) The delegates in Philadelphia agreed, in the summer of 1787, that the new country they were creating would not have a king but rather an elected executive. But they did not agree on...
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Smokin’ Joe Frazier Celebrated With Statue, Mural In Philly
FEASTERVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Joe Frazier stood fearsome in bronze, his frozen left hook on the brink of connecting with Muhammad Ali, much as the power punch did 50 years ago in the Fight of the Century....
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Vaccine Hesitancy: Dr. Oz Visits The Black Doctors’ Covid-19 Marathon...
Today, Dr. Oz travels to Philadelphia to shine a light on the amazing efforts being done by the Black Doctors Covid Consortium, a group working around the clock to get the city’s most vulnerable...
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