A stray cat that bit an Upper Pittsgrove teen turns out to be rabid, according to NJ.com.

Salem County health officials confirmed the testing of the stray cat on June 23.

The South Jersey Times reported this is the fourth case of rabies in Salem County.

The cat was euthanized. 

County health officials urge caution when dealing with animals. If you are biten by animal, you should report it to the local health department and seek treatment. 

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Pennsylvania received an official report card on Wednesday regarding its overall infrastructure. The final grades? Not too good.

The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) gave the state a D+ for its maintenance of bridges and storm water, a D- for its road and wastewater maintenance and a D for its drinking water and transit.

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According to the ASCE, 23 percent of Pennsylvania’s 22,660 bridges are considered structurally deficient, the highest percentage in the nation. They also report that 19 percent of the state’s bridges are functionally obsolete.

ASCE officials acknowledged that Pennsylvania’s passing of the Transportation Funding Bill Act 89 will likely lead to significant improvement. However, even with the additional funding, they estimate that more than 50 percent of the needs for state bridges and more than 60 percent of the funding needs for local bridges won’t be met in 2019.

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ASCE officials also say PennDOT rated 44 percent of the state’s roads fair or poor in 2012, an increase of about two percent over the last year.

Another alarming highlight of the report focused on Pennsylvania’s wastewater. According to the ASCE, Pennsylvania has the greatest number of combined sewer overflows in the country, meaning billions of gallons of untreated sewage are spilled each year.

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Experts say funding for infrastructure has to become a priority for the state immediately.
“The purpose of the whole report card is to draw attention to the fact that we do need additional funding,” said Ann Tomalavage of the ASCE. “There is still some work to be done.”

Full list of grades:

• Bridges – D+
• Dams – C-
• Drinking Water – D
• Energy – C
• Hazardous Waste – B-
• Inland Waterways – D+
• Levees – C-
• Parks – B-
• Ports – C+
• Freight Rail – B
• Roads – D-
• Solid Waste – C+
• Stormwater – D+
• Transit – D
• Wastewater – D-
• Schools – C-
   

Angry Audubon, New Jersey residents let their voices be heard Wednesday night after a mistake from a school district administrator added hundreds of dollars to their taxes.

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Around 100 people attended a public meeting at Audubon High School after they were slapped with a higher 3rd quarter tax bill due to an error by a longtime administrator. The error caused an increase of $415 on the average assessed home in Audubon.

“I put the money in the wrong column,” said Robert Delengowski, the Audubon School business administrator. “Now that’s all I can tell you. I can tell you that I made a mistake with it. I can only tell you what I did.”

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Delengowski says he checked the wrong box on the school budget form, deferring more than a million dollars in tax money for the 2013-14 budget.

By the time the school board auditor caught the mistake in November, it was too late and Camden County was already required to collect.

“Someone should be held accountable for this and no one wants to take the blame or do anything to make it right,” said Joan Schriber.

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School officials say the tax bill will eventually “even out” over the next four years. But that’s not good enough for some residents.

“They didn’t tell anybody from last November so they hid it,” said Mike Scott. “Every question that was brought up to the school board, there was no answer.”

If you have questions regarding the tax hike, you may contact the Audubon School District at 856-547-7695.
 

An alleged gunman is in the hospital after he was shot several times by police officers in the Olney section of the city.

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Investigators say the 35th District officers pulled over a GMC Denali on the 100 block of W. Champlost Street Wednesday night and frisked the driver, an unidentified 55-year-old man.

As they were frisking him, the man allegedly began to struggle. Investigators say he then pulled a gun from his waistband and pointed it at the officers.

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Both officers fired their own guns several times, striking the suspect. The unidentified man then threw his gun on the sidewalk and was apprehended, according to investigators. He was taken to Einstein Hospital where he is currently in critical condition.

Officials say the suspect may have fired a shot at the officers before they opened fire though this has not yet been confirmed.

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Police say they recovered the suspect’s semi-automatic handgun and a bag of marijuana he was allegedly carrying.

None of the officers were injured during the incident.

A five hour long standoff between police and a man at a South Jersey condominium complex has ended with a body being removed from the scene.

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A woman frantically called Hammonton Police around 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday night saying that her boyfriend had fired a gun inside their home at the at the Whispering Pines Condominiums along Jamestown Boulevard, officials tell NBC10.com.  When police arrived, officials said officers also heard at least one gunshot fired inside the home.

A perimeter was then set up around the home, told residents to stay inside and called in backup from surrounding police departments.

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Around 3:30 a.m. on Thursday, police said the standoff had ended. Officials said there were no injuries to the woman or police, but would not release the condition of the man. No one was taken from the scene in custody or by ambulance.

The Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office has taken over the investigation of the incident.

A sinkhole opened up in a Northeast Philadelphia street after a large water main break.

The main burst open early Thursday morning under the 8800 block of Bradford Street in the Rhawnhurst section of Philadelphia.

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The force of the gushing water caused a portion of the asphalt street to cave in. A gray Chrysler minivan that was parked along the block had begun to fall into the hole.

A steady stream of water could be seen bubbling up from a break in the middle of the street. The water ran down the block, over sidewalks and in the street, to a storm water inlet nearby.

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The Philadelphia Water Department was dispatched to the scene to turn off the water flow. The water supply line was closed around 7:15 a.m.

Police and fire crews have blocked off the street as a precaution. Crews continue to work at the scene.

It's unclear whether neighboring homes sustained damage.

A large tree branch came crashing down onto cars parked along a Rittenhouse Square street after strong storms moved through overnight.

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The branch fell from a tree standing along the 2300 block of Delancy Street sometime early on Thrusday. It came to rest on at least two cars on the north side of the street and hit others on the south side.

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The street remains blocked.

There are no reports of any injuries.

The population in Chester County, as well as the greater Philadelphia metro region, continues to get older, according to the latest population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The number of people over the age of 65 in Chester County jumped 13 percent between April 2010 and July 2013, while the overall population only grew 2.1 percent in that same period, based on figures released Thursday by the Census Bureau.

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“What we are seeing in the Philadelphia metro counties is similar to the national trend,” said Jennifer Ortman, chief of the Census Bureau’s Population Projections Branch. “The baby boomers are growing older.”

The estimates show Bucks, Delaware, Lancaster, Lehigh and Montgomery counties, as well as the city of Philadelphia, had a surge in the number of residents aged 65 or older.

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“By 2030, one in five Americans will be 65 or older,” Ortman said.

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Falling fertility rates also contributed to the change in demographics, she said.

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As the older segment of the population grew, those 19-years-old or younger living in Chester County fell 1.4 percent between April 2010 and July 2013, the estimates show.

Ortman expects the makeup of the local and the national population to continue to skew older in the future.

“Most of the United States right now is aging,” she said. “That is a combination of the effects of fertility rates going down and the aging baby boomers.”

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A thief is being blamed for causing a gas leak at a Northeast Philadelphia apartment complex.

Philadelphia Police say the thief was trying to steal a dryer out of an apartment along the 1800 block of Solly Avenue on Thursday morning and broke a natural gas line in the process.

The gas leak prompted the evacuation of the complex.

The Philadelphia Fire Department and Philadelphia Gas Works were able to shut off the gas flow shortly after arriving at the scene.

No one was injured. Residents were allowed back into their homes shortly after the gas was shut off.

Police are investigating the incident, but no one has been arrested.

The teenage neighbor of two North Philadelphia residents, described by police as hoarders, has been arrested for allegedly stabbing them nearly two dozen times.

Anthony Waters, 18, has been arrested and charged with the early morning double stabbing that took place at the victims' Olney home along the 5900 block of North 4th Street on Wednesday, Philadelphia Police said.

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Officers responding to the stabbing 911 call found Waters outside the victims' home hosing down the 71-year-old female victim with water from a garden hose. She had been stabbed more than 15 times from her head to her toes. Nearby, her 54-year-old male roommate lay in the doorway of their house with two stab wounds to his chest. A large amount of blood, from both victims, stained the sidewalk.

Waters broke into the victim's home through an unlocked back door to steal the keys to their car, which he had planned to sell, investigators said. But the alleged 4:30 a.m. robbery was thwarted when the teen was surprised to find his neighbors awake. He then stabbed them both, police said.

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The victims, whose identities have not been released by authorities, both remain hospitalized in critical condition at Albert Einstein Medical Center.

Police had immediately taken Waters into custody for questioning after finding him at the crime scene. Though, detectives initially were only treating him as a witness.

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The initial investigation was also hindered by the victims' home, which was completely filled with furniture, trash, debris and many cats. Several windows were also broken. Police said the residents were hoarders and the condition of the home made it hard to quickly identify evidence.

Waters has been charged with two counts of Attempted Murder, Aggravated Assault, Simple Assault, Robbery, Burglary and related offenses.

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Three Drexel University students tired of searching for a parking space and dealing with kiosks that lack pay by phone technology created a mobile application that aims to make parking in Philadelphia easier.

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"Sometimes my friends and I just drive around the same one or two blocks," said Vu Bui, a third-year computer science major who helped design the EZ Parking App. "It is something we can relate to."

Vu teamed up with seniors Thach Nguyen and Duc Nguyen (no relation) to create two apps in February during the two-day Philly Codefest competition, which challenged software developers to create data-driven and civic-minded websites or mobile apps.

_{Vu Bui (L) and Thach Nguyen present the EZ Parking app at Philly Codefest. (Credit: Kristen MacCartney)}

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One app mimics a parking kiosk and the second is for consumers to locate and pay for their parking space.

"Available parking can be in a list field or a map view," Thach said. "When you choose a location where you want to park, you tap it and it shows you the directions to that place. When you get to the kiosk, you set the time, click ready to pay and tap on the kiosk."

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The apps tap into a server the group also built during Codefest. It includes all the publicly available kiosk location data, like time and pay rates, and the kiosk’s capacity, or the number of spaces available on that block.

"The only thing the PPA doesn’t have is the real time information of how many cars are parking there," said Duc, who joined Amazon in Seattle after graduation, as a software developer and engineer.
So the group generated dummy data to test the two apps. 

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"If those kiosks could connect to the cloud and send back who had paid for a space and for how many minutes in real time," Duc added, "we could monitor the amount of spaces available on that block."

And it would add another convenient payment option for drivers who don’t want to stand in the rain while using the kiosk or want to add more time without leaving their table in the restaurant.

"We built the data for them and a developer can use the data in the cloud system," Vu said.

But the city’s parking agency is unlikely to take advantage of the trio’s legwork, according to Corinne O’Connor, PPA’s deputy executive director. 

"We wanted to get the kiosks down pat and make sure they were working correctly," O’Connor said.

The PPA began installing the kiosks in Center City and University City in 2009. Soon after, complaints regarding ineffective credit card readers arose, a problem the parking agency addressed publicly in 2011. Since then, few universal issues have come up and the PPA has deemed the kiosks a success.
Regardless O’Connor said there is no timeline in place to add a pay by phone system.

"I would say in at least 2015, we could start looking into something like that," she said.

If the right hardware was installed to each kiosk, Thach – who is heading to a tech startup in Palo Alto, Calif. after graduation – estimates it would take less than six months to roll out and test the system’s effectiveness and the security of users’ information.

For now, drivers in Philadelphia will continue their parking spot search the old-fashioned way and use cash, credit cards, and, until the end of the year, SmartCards to pay the meter. 

Contact Alison Burdo at 610.668.5635, alison.burdo@nbcuni.com or follow @NewsBurd on Twitter.

A heavily-used Camden County bridge that carries vehicle traffic over the PATCO high-speed line has been closed indefinitely because of structural concerns.

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The bridge is located along White Horse Road between Station Avenue and Front Street in Lindenwold, N.J. That's right next to the PATCO High-Speed Line

County officials tell NBC10.com that a structural problem with the bridge was found forcing it to be closed and inspected by crews on Thursday morning. Following that inspection, Lindenwold Police said the crossing would be shut down indefinitely.

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Officials have not elaborated as to what kind of structural issues were discovered. The PATCO high-speed line is still operating.

The road carries a large amount of traffic between Lindenwold and Echelon, N.J.

Workplace gossip may have led to the brutal beating of a mother in front of her two-year-old son outside a McDonald’s restaurant in Salem City, New Jersey where the two women had worked together.

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The assault was videotaped by a number of onlookers, but no one called 911 or stepped in to help.

"I think it’s messed up no one came to my rescue," said 27-year-old Catherine Ferreira, who has a broken nose, two black eyes and a concussion. Ferreria admits she was talking about her attacker’s dating life and that’s what provoked the assault.

One of the onlookers posted a 54-second long video of the beating online. It shows a woman in a McDonald’s uniform and Ferreria briefly exchanging words.

"I'm trying to tell her, 'I don't want to fight you,'" Ferreria said.

Moments later, the attacker throws the young mother to the ground, sits on top of her and unleashes a series of punches to the victim's face and chest.

"Mommy!" the victim's young son cries as his mother is beaten just inches from him. The boy tries kicking the attacker several times to get her to stop, but the punches continue to fly.

The attacker then gets up and kicks the woman in the lower back before threatening the boy.

"You better get your son before I kick him in the [expletive] face too," she screams.

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The fast food worker then shouts at the woman about an issue she had at her job.

"It's not over... you almost made me lose my job," the attacker says before spitting on her and walking away.

As the entire attack takes place, several other people look on and do not intervene.

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Salem City Police Chief John Pelura III said his department learned of the incident shortly after it happened on Tuesday. Officers were called to victim's home at a nearby apartment complex, where they found her badly bloodied.

The suspect, identified by police as 25-year-old Latia Harris, allegedly accused the woman of spreading rumors about her and her restaurant manager. The beating took place in a field next to the Salem City McDonald's along East Broadway, police said.

Owner Jim Burlaga of the Salem City McDonald's released this statement Thursday evening:

“I am aware of the incident involving one of my employees earlier this week.  I am extremely disturbed by this kind of behavior and it goes against the values and standards that I expect from my employees in my restaurants. This employee will not be serving customers pending this important police investigation and I’m fully cooperating with the local police in this matter.”

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Harris, who is not yet in police custody, has been charged with aggravated assault and two counts of making terroristic threats. Police say she has not shown up to work at the fast food restaurant since the assault and that her last known address was vacant.

As for the people who recorded the incident and did not intervene, Pelura said he's disgusted by their actions.

"There is a moral and social breakdown in the fabric of our society, which is clearly evident when a woman gets pummeled in broad daylight in front of her child while a dozen people pull out their phones to record the incident instead of calling for help," he said in a statement. "There is so little regard for human life – by the actor and the bystanders."

Salem City is about 30 miles west of Vineland and 40 miles southwest of Camden.

Pictured: McDonald's worker Latia Harris is accused of beating a woman.

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Amanda Longacre, a long-time Delaware resident, has been stripped of her title as Miss Delaware 2014 because she's too old.

At least that's what pageant officials are saying less than two weeks after she was crowned.

The 24-year-old Bear resident says she signed her contract, with her age and birthday clearly stated, and a member of the board signed off on that contract on a local, state and national level.

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Carolyn Nelson, media relations coordinator for the Miss Delaware organization confirms that that Longacre did nothing wrong and had accurately reported her birthdate on applications.

Still, on Tuesday, she was notified by pageant officials that her age was an issue. She was told she will not able to compete in the Miss America Pageant next September and that she was being stripped of her title, all prizes associated with that title, as well as $11,000 in scholarship money. Scholarship money that was going to help her pursue her master's degree in Social Work.

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“They deleted me off of everything, they’re ignoring me,” Longacre said. “They deleted me off the [Facebook] group and put up a press release announcing a new Miss Delaware.”

Longacre competed twice without any issues regarding age or eligibility -- once was on the local level and again on the state level. Her birth certificate, license and social security card were provided and verified by the organization.

Longacre says she was told from the beginning that her age was not an issue, that as long as she was 24 while on the Miss America stage, she was good to go.

Pageant officials, however, say she has exceeded the age requirement in order to be eligible to compete in Miss America, even though she won't turn 25 until after the pageant on October 22.

“I was told I could compete by people who have been doing this for 30 years,” Longacre said. “I did everything right and it was all in front of them.”

Longacre was in a program for her master's at the University of Pennsylvania and had an internship at the Department of Justice. When she signed her Miss Delaware contract, she notified both groups that she wouldn’t be able to participate for a year while she fulfilled her duties as pageant winner. Now that she has been stripped of her title, she is unsure if they will take her back.

“I can fulfill this job,” she said. “I did nothing morally or ethically wrong. Now I am getting all the repercussions.”

Longacre has yet to receive any information from Miss America and there is no announcement on the Miss America Organization Facebook page.

First runner-up Brittany Lewis of Wimington will be awarded the crown at a news conference at Dover DOwns 7:30 p.m. Thursday night.
 

The Food Network crowned its latest culinary star Tuesday when the "Chopped" judges named Bucks County native Lindsay McClain the episode's winner.

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Twenty-six-year-old McClain, who is a trained chef specializing in Mediterranean cuisine, made the cut through the show’s first two rounds and faced Brooklyn-based chef and restaurateur Josh Cohen in the final “Dessert” stage. Like in the “Appetizer” and “Entrée” bouts, the competitors were forced to use four mystery ingredients sprung on them only moments before the clock starting ticking.

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McClain used the skills she gained from her schooling at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania Academy of Culinary Arts and her experience as chef de cuisine at Jamonera at 105 S. 13th St. in Philly’s Midtown Village to wow the judges and net the win. 

You first applied to the show in March 2013, found out you were cast August 2013 and taped the episode Oct. 30. What was it like keeping your win and the dishes you created a secret all this time?

It was so hard to not say anything. My husband and my parents definitely had an idea because they came to New York with me. The Jamonera staff have been trying to trick me into slipping. If I made a new dessert or a new dish here, they would say, "Is this something you made on 'Chopped?'"

Since you had a few months between casting and taping, did you do anything to prepare?

I practiced at Jamonera a lot. Our other cooks went to one of the corner markets and bought a bunch of crazy ingredients and they would make baskets for me twice a week. One of the baskets had pink lemonade powder, Brussels sprouts, chiles and tahini. I ended up making a roasted Brussels sprout with bacon and a pink lemonade vinaigrette with tahini. One of the chefs was like, "I’m going to make this at home tonight."

Aside from incorporating the mystery ingredients in your dishes, you must complete each course in less than 30 minutes. How did that compare with cooking in Jamonera?

The time goes by like that! You have to keep the timer in the back of your head the entire time. Just get this stuff done, go with the first idea that pops in your head. When it came down to the judging, it was the most nerve-wracking thing ever. But I’m naturally a really calm person. So it was fun and exciting too. And it was really fun to be around chefs from other cities and see how I stand up against them. I stood up against them pretty well.

If you could do the show over again, would you do anything differently?

The dessert that I made I was definitely not happy with. Now cookies are my arch nemesis. I didn’t like the cookie because I didn’t transform it. I would have rather made the cookie and raspberries into maybe a crumble instead. I can’t back cookies to begin with, but I can bake bread and I can make any other kind of dessert.

What dish from the show are you most proud of?

The first dish -- falafel with herb buttermilk dressing, lemon, scallions and basil. It was a falafel mix, date paste, habanero peppers and chicory. Dates are something we use a lot in Spanish cooking so I was really familiar with that. Obviously the falafel mix is the one that throws you for a loop because it is a dry mix, so I just added some fresh herbs and lemon to brighten it up. I love chiles. They actually said I didn’t use enough! I thought it was really bright, one of the dressings I made for that dish is actually a dressing we use here at Jamonera.

What menu item from Jamonera would you recommend to customers interested in trying your unique flavor style?

My favorite dish is probably our mushroom coca. It is a flat bread with roasted mushrooms that we buy local and an arugula pesto and truffle oil. Then it has urgelia cheese, which is a Spanish stinky cheese.

You are a head chef of an award-winning restaurant and scored $10,000 with the "Chopped" win. How have you accomplished so much at only 26-years-old?

The things I accomplished in my career are goals that I set for myself in culinary school. So for me, this is what I should be doing. I knew that I wanted to be running a restaurant by the time I was 25.

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Monroe Martin, 28, is a funny man from Philly. He now lives in Brooklyn and is a semi-finalist on "Last Comic Standing" on NBC. The show airs Thursdays at 10 p.m.

When did you know you were going to be a comic?

I was in Philly near Germantown with a friend and saw a trash truck go by. My favorite comedian from BET was on the back of the truck. At that moment, I realized I could have a job and be a comedian. I want to be a comedic reporter like Richard Pryor and David Chappelle. People wanted to know what they had to think about things. I want to be one of those people -- the news and comedy.

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Where did you grow up?

I grew up in Philly in foster care. I lived in 14 different homes in 15 years. I lived in Mt. Airy, South Philly and North Philly. Living in foster care made me a well-rounded person. I saw both sides of the fence growing up. I lived with pastors who were God-fearing. (They have their own little issues). And I got to see people who were struggling and poor and those who didn’t have good morals.

I looked at life like -- Let me basically be a fly on the wall for those 15 years. I can see everybody is the same and what makes you different is what you're going through.

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How do you describe your comedy? 

My comedy is the truth with the cherry on top. I'm giving you the truth and what you think you know or are afraid to say and I’m putting a goofy spin on it. People are like wow, I didn’t know he would say that. Oh that’s funny. I'm giving people the truth. Here you go... it’s funny. I want a long and great career. If I can release 10 albums, I’ll be good.

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What's it like being on "Last Comic Standing?"

It's my first television experience and debut. I loved it. I saw an introduction to the industry. It was a crash course. I was on set for 18 hours. You're meeting different personalities and have to interact with those personalities. I got to perform multiple times. I’m happy about it. It was like a late night talk show set.

Do you keep in touch with your family and Philly? 

Me and my two sisters stayed close but lived in different places when we grew up. We kept in contact even though we were apart. I got to see my mom on the weekends. I would see my mom six times out of the month. We have a friendship moreso now. I made a conscious decision to drop out out college. I had one year to go at Community College of Philadelphia studying social work. But, I wanted to pursue comedy full-time. My life experience shapes my work ethic. I have been working hard and it has helped me shape my career.

What advice do you have for young comics? 

Most young comics are not looking for advice but short cuts. Listen. If you’ve lived a crappy life, that’s gold. Don’t be afraid to talk about that. Don’t worry about talking about things that chased you where you are today. You also have to read. You don’t know anything. It’s up to you to research.

What do you like about Philly? 

I like how everybody is mean. They make you love it. If somebody bumps you, you have to turn around and have a discussion about it. It’s not even a mean thing. It’s like everybody is aggressive. It’s an assertive city. It’s also a super talented city. You have to really prove yourself. I love hanging out at all places. You can be as ratchet as you want and party. And the whole city is in church on Sunday or going to where the culture is. I like the Art Museum.

What kind of music do you like? 

As long as music sounds good, I like it. I like all kinds of music except blue grass. I don’t know why, I just don’t like it. 

What do you want people to know about you? 

Three words to describe me -- charismatic, goofy and too self aware. I'm 6'5'' and 250 pounds. No matter how old I get, comedy keeps me youthful. I think like a man and make mature decisions but I will still pick up a video game and play it. I’m very patient and I feel like I say a lot and show a lot in my comedy. I want people to know I’m a nice person.

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Two people showed up at a local hospital in a vehicle full of bullet holes after being shot on a Kensington street corner.

The victims were shot at 4th Street and Indiana Avenue around 5 p.m. Thursday.

They drove themselves to Temple University Hospital's Episcopal Campus, police said.

One of the victims is in critical condition, according to authorities.

This story is developing. Check back for more details.

A 27-year-old Atlantic City Hotel and Casino will issue notices to its employees announcing its closure on Friday, according to Unite HERE Local 54 President Bob McDevitt.

McDevitt confirmed the move to NBC10's Ted Greenberg Thursday evening.

He says WARN Act notices will be given to the Showboat's 2,000-plus employees Friday.

WARN offers protection to workers, their families and communities by requiring employers to provide 60 days notice of the planned closure of a business, according to the New Jersey State Department of Labor and Workforce Development.

The Showboat Hotel and Casino is located at 801 Boardwalk. They're the second casino to close this year. The Atlantic Club closed its doors for good in January. Revel Casino is also on the verge of closing, unless it finds a buyer.

Atlantic City casino earnings fell 35-percent in 2013.

This story is developing. Check back for details.