Clean up your own toys! (Meet the Toydozer)
The "Toydozer" was invented by a Wyndmoor, Pa mom who modeled it after a shoebox she was using to scoop up her six-year old's Legos. It looks like a large,…
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Joltin’ Joey Jabs
So I’ll have her hitting uppercuts over here. I’ll have her do a little bit on here. This is for slipping. Hand and eye coordination. Slip, slip, roll, counterpunch, OK?…
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Reacts to hate crime verdict
Angie Brown and a friend react to the 30 day jail time imposed on the defendant in the notorious New Jersey spycam case. Watch here. "[Dharun]Ravi, 20, of Plainsboro, N.J.,…
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Nana’s Wicker Back
Nancy-Ellen sculpted characters from her book “Nana’s Wicker Back.” The title references the scarring pattern on her own grandmother’s back from whippings as a slave. “These women are bought and…
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Women enter forensic science
Women are entering the forensic science field and now have their own association which had a booth at the Philadelphia Science Festival carnival. Watch video interview here.
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Argentine bases Philly visit from Chamonix Mansion
Alejandro Martinez, an Argentine who works in the agricultural field, was staying in the American Youth Hostel Chamonix Mansion in Fairmount Park while taking in the historical sites of Philadelphia.…
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Gypsy jazz writer skirmishes
Sherry Canary, of the musical group “Hot Club Canaries” takes DJango Reinhardt songs and puts lyrics to them. And she writes her own songs in the gypsy jazz idiom. She…
Irish fiddles, Casino giveaways and wooden bats at Garden Fest, Chestnut Hill
At the spring Chestnut Hill Home and Garden Festival, Irish fiddlers and guitarists played along the sidewalk. Watch video here.
Radio B101, "the Bee," was giving away garden tools, playing cards and T-shirts from Parx casino if and even if you didn't spell out "1-0-1" with the disc game. Watch video here
David Chandler custom makes wooden bats for major league baseball players like Phillies Shane Victorino from his shop in Norristown. A furniture maker, Chandler started RX Sport when he realized that he had the skill to make quality maple wood bats that wouldn't shatter and injure players and fans as some soft or silver maple bats had been doing. Watch video here.
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