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Sly Stallone Thanks "Best Friend" in Golden Globes Speech

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Sylvester Stallone won best supporting actor for reprising his role as Rocky Balboa in “Creed.” It was the last person he thanked in his acceptance speech that left everyone with a smile. NBC10’s Jacqueline London reports.

Driver Crashes Car Into Home: Police

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A woman is recovering after she crashed her car into a South Philadelphia home, officials said.

Officials say the woman, who is in her 20s, lost control of her vehicle and struck a home on the 2000 block of S. 19th Street late Monday afternoon. The woman was taken to the hospital where she is being treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

No one else was injured during the incident. Officials continue to investigate the crash.
 



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Philly's First Snow Flakes Coming Tuesday?

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Took Until Jan. 12 for Snow Showers
We’ve already set a record for going the farthest into winter without even a flake of snow reported in Philadelphia. And it’s not even a sure bet that the record stretch will end Tuesday. But it’s the best chance so far. We’re not talking about a traditional winter storm, but rather snow showers, which tend to be scattered, last for a limited time, and accumulate only a little-if that.

The Ingredients
A strong upper-air system will be moving through late Tuesday and Tuesday evening. It means there will be a lot of rising air in our area. At the ground, there will be a cold front moving west to east. The question with these cases is if there is enough moisture around. In winter, there often is very little moisture to work with, and it takes a really strong upper-air disturbance to create rain, snow, or a wintry mix.

Here is the forecast map for 7pm Tuesday from NOAA:

Factors against Snow
First of all, temperatures will get into the low 40s in the Philadelphia area Tuesday. While it will be plenty cold higher up for snow to start falling, if it’s light, it would tend to melt on the way down, and turn into rain showers. That would be unlikely after dark, when snowflakes would be more likely.

It’s also mighty dry at the surface and at the lowest levels of the atmosphere. Sometimes snow starts falling and then evaporates before it hits the ground. The radar shows snow over us, but might not reach the ground.

The above are the reasons snow showers are just in the “chance” category during the day. The chance increases after dark Tuesday.

And What about the Weekend?
A week ago, it looked like things were coming together to increase the winter storm threat. Blocking patterns in the Arctic and North Atlantic were setting up to become more favorable for winter storms in our part of the country. What is missing is….the cold air! One culprit: the lack of deep snow cover around the Great Lakes, Midwest, and parts of Southern Canada. That has allowed some of that Arctic air that hit Minneapolis for the NFL playoff game to lose its’ punch as it moved toward us. This should keep it warm enough for the next storm to be rain Friday night into Saturday. Then Sunday looks simply windy and cold.


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Workers Find Body in Wooded Area in Alloway Township

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An investigation is underway after a body was found in a wooded area in Alloway Township, Salem County Monday afternoon.

Tree service workers discovered the body while working in a wooded area off of Alloway-Woodstown Road at 1:48 p.m. 

Officials are working to determine the victim's identity and a cause of death. New Jersey State Police continue to investigate.



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Sunday's Winter Rainbow Explained

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Rainbows can occur any time of year, as long as there is sunlight and water. The sunlight is the refracted and reflected by the water droplets.

The reason we don’t see as many rainbows in the winter has a lot to do with the type of rain we see in each season. Our rain in the winter is usually stratiform.

Stratiform clouds cover a large horizontal area, meaning it meaning it’s generally cloudy everywhere, and thus you’re missing one of the two rainbow ingredients, the sun.

This is also why winter rain is usually more consistent in intensity than rain in the summer (and the rain yesterday.) Summer rain, and our storm yesterday, was convective, meaning there’s vertical development (think cumulonimbus clouds).

Because convective clouds don’t completely blanket the area, you can get sun along with rain, and rainbows.

Oh, and don’t forget, you can get rainbows during snow, too.

WATCH: Road Rage Attack on Roosevelt Blvd

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An investigation is underway after a man says a driver attacked him and his wife during a road rage incident that was captured on surveillance video in Philadelphia Monday.

Adolph Rivers, 61, of North Philadelphia, told NBC10 he was driving with his wife down 5th Street at Roosevelt Boulevard around 5 p.m. when a driver in a silver pickup truck tried to cut him off.

“He pulled to the right and took me out of the intersection,” Rivers said. “We were next to each other. When I pulled up here at the intersection he jumps out the truck and I roll down the window to see what he wanted to say. All he does is punch me in the face!”

Rivers says he got out of his vehicle and the man punched him again. He told NBC10 his wife, Tammy Sallie, then got out and pleaded for the man to stop.

“I was trying to stop him and even his friend and he just wasn’t trying to hear it,” Sallie said while in tears. “That’s when he threw me in traffic.”

Surveillance video shows the man grabbing Sallie and throwing her into the street. Rivers said the man’s friend then grabbed him and told him to get back into his truck. The man and his friend then left the area.

Rivers says he suffered a bruise during the incident while Sallie injured her hip. They contacted police and filed a report. Police ran the man's license plate and are currently searching for him. They told NBC10 he will likely face assault charges once he's found.
 

First Snow a Relief to Some Businesses

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Holod's Hardware in Lafayette Hill is just one local business that should benefit from the season's first snowfall.

‘She Really Beat Cancer!’: Leah Still Leaves CHOP

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"She really beat cancer!"

Those are the emotional words written on social media by former NFL player Devon Still, father of five-year-old Leah Still.

Leah Still was discharged from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Tuesday after finishing her final cancer treatment, her father proudly announced.

In December of 2015, Devon Still announced his daughter was declared cancer free.

Leah was diagnosed with Stage-4 neuroblastoma in June of 2014 and has been undergoing treatment at CHOP over the last year and a half.

Doctors only gave her a 50-50 chance to survive, but she beat the odds.

Leah Still and her father have won the hearts of millions across the country with her fight to beat cancer.

Devon Still, who was born in Camden, New Jersey and played football at Penn State, has played in the National Football League for several years. According to reports, Devon is set to return to the field with the Houston Texans.



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Fire Heavily Damages Historic Castle

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A fire heavily damaged a historic castle in Delaware County early Tuesday morning.

The fire was first reported about 1 a.m. at the "Rocky Hill Castle" in the 100 block of Bullock Road in Chadds Ford, Pa.

It took firefighters about two hours to bring the fire fully under control. The castle is believed to have sustained heavy damage.

There no immediate reports of any injuries.

The cause remains under investigation.

The castle, which was built in 1821, was for sale. The asking price was $674,000 for the home, which has 12 bedrooms and 8,496 square feet.



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Thief Swipes Purse From Counselor Performing CPR on Student

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A guidance counselor who was assisting with CPR on a student during an emergency inside a Philadelphia school had her purse stolen, police said.

The incident happened about 4:20 p.m. on January 7 inside the Prima Charter School in the 3500 block of Frankford Avenue.

According to investigators, a student had a medical emergency inside the school and a 32-year-old counselor came to their aid.

The counselor placed her purse on a stairway located inside the school where the emergency occurred.

Surveillance cameras outside the school captured an unknown male entering the school and walking up and down several stairwells.

At one point, the suspect is seen grabbing the victim’s purse and eventually leaving the school.

The purse contained the victim’s credit cards and identification.

Anyone with information on the suspect is asked to contact police.



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Coach in Head-Butt Case Returns to Classroom, Not Sidelines

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A local high school basketball caught on camera appearing to head-butt a referee is returning to the classroom, but not to the sidelines.

Jerry Devine will resume his duties as a teacher at Neshaminy High School, but he remains indefinitely suspended as the school’s head varsity basketball coach, the school district said Tuesday.

On January 5, Devine was caught on camera appearing to head-butt a referee towards the end of a game at the school.

The referee was knocked to the ground and Devine was thrown out of the game.

Following the incident, Devine was placed on administrative leave from his teaching position and his duties as basketball coach.

On Tuesday, the Neshaminy School District released a statement saying Devine would resume his teaching duties effective immediately.

However, Devine remains indefinitely suspended as head coach.


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Pickpockets 'Help' Man Using Walker: Police

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Two men pretended to help a 70-year-old man using a walker but instead wound up taking money he had just gotten out of the ATM.

Surveillance cameras captured the attack at W Erie Avenue and N 6th Street in Philadelphia’s Hunting Park neighborhood on Wednesday around 4:20 p.m.

Philadelphia Police released the video that shows the victim walking slowly toward the Jhohandra Restaurant after leaving the Wells Fargo ATM across the intersection as the two suspects approach across the sidewalk.

The men – believed to be in their 50s and described as both having mustaches, cropped haircuts and slim builds -- ask the victim if he needs help then appear to start helping the man as he enters the restaurant.

But instead of helping they dig into the man’s pocket while pinning him against the door, said police. After taking $450, the suspects walked off down Erie Avenue.

Despite being pinned, the victim didn’t suffer any injuries, said police.

Investigators asked anyone with information or who recognize the suspects to contact police and/or call East Detectives at 215-686-3243/44 and ask for Detective Speck.



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Biden: 'It's Possible' Trump Could Be Next President

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Vice President Joe Biden acknowledged Tuesday that it is possible Donald Trump could be America's next president.

"Yes, I think it's possible,'' Biden told "Today's" Savannah Guthrie during a live broadcast from the White House on Tuesday when asked whether he could imagine Trump in the Oval Office.

"I hope that if that were to occur — I hope it doesn't because I have fundamentally different views than he does — I'd hope that he gets a lot more serious about the issues, a lot more serious about gaining knowledge about this this nation functions and foreign policy and domestic policy, but look, that's a long way off."

Meanwhile, President Obama told "Today's" Matt Lauer earlier that Trump's message wasn't connecting with a majority of voters, saying, "Talk to me if he wins."

Biden and Obama both agreed that Trump's bid for the Republican nomination was polarizing. 

"I think he is divisive,'' Biden said. "I think he'd have to acknowledge that he's very divisive. That's not healthy. We always do best when we act as one America."



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Woods Services Hosts Gala

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Woods Services will host its Red Carpet Gala Saturday, January 16 at 6 p.m. at the Simone Foundation Auto Museum.

Inquirer Teams up With AACR to Promote Precision Medicine

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The Cancer Precision Event will be held on January 21, 2015 at 1:30 p.m. at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia.

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Lockdown: School Staff Receives Threatening Texts

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A Philadelphia high school was put on lockdown after several staff members received dozens of threatening text messages overnight.

School officials wouldn’t let anyone in or out of Simon Gratz High School on W Hunting Park Avenue in the city’s North Philly neighborhood Tuesday as police and homeland security investigated, said Master Charter Schools spokeswoman Monica Lewis.

In total about two dozen text messages were sent from various sources Monday night,” said Lewis. It wasn’t clear if it was one person sending the threatening messages from various phones or multiple people sending the threats.

Gratz serves ninth to 12th grade students. The school alerted parents that classes would go on as normal while in lockdown and that student's wouldn't be dismissed early. Parents could, however, pick up their children if they followed protocol.

No word on when the lockdown could be lifted.
 



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Powerball Jackpot Jumps Again to Record $1.5B

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The ever-growing Powerball jackpot has jumped again to a whopping $1.5 billion on Tuesday from $1.4 billion the day before. According to lottery officials, it is the world's largest prize ever offered.

The cash value of the prize is $930 million before taxes, according to powerball.com and winners have 180 days from the drawing to claim their prize.

The Powerball jackpot has rolled 19 times since the Nov. 7 drawing. Most of the gains came after last Wednesday's drawing when no one matched all six Powerball numbers for the $500 million jackpot. The U.S. saw sales of $277 million on Friday alone for the next drawing on Saturday, which reached $900 million amid a frenzy of purchases. No one won the big prize in that drawing, causing the pot to roll over and surpass the $1 billion mark.

Officials with the Multi-State Lottery Association, which runs the Powerball game, hoped for such a large jackpot when they changed the odds of matching all the Powerball numbers from about one in 175 million to one in 292.2 million last fall. By making it harder to win a jackpot, the tougher odds made the ever-larger prizes inevitable.

Powerball is played in 44 states as well as the District of Columbia, U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.

While that's the largest U.S. lottery jackpot ever, lotteries elsewhere in the world can be far bigger. Spain's massively popular Christmas lottery, known as "El Gordo," is ranked as the world's richest and last month showered 2.2 billion euros ($2.4 billion) across the country in millions of prizes.

As for the U.S., here's a look at the 10 previous highest jackpots and where the winners were from:

1. $656.0 million, Mega Millions, March 30, 2012 (3 tickets from Kansas, Illinois and Maryland)

2. $636 million, Mega Millions Dec 17, 2013, (2 tickets, from California and Georgia)

3. $590.5 million, Powerball, May 18, 2013 (1 ticket from Florida)

4. $587.5 million, Powerball, Nov. 28, 2012 (2 tickets from Arizona and Missouri)

5. $564.1 million, Powerball, Feb 11, 2015 - (3 tickets, from North Carolina, Puerto Rico and Texas)

6. $448.4 million, Powerball, Aug 7, 2013, (3 tickets, one from Minnesota and two from New Jersey)

7. $425.3 million, Powerball, Feb 19, 2014 - (1 ticket from California)

8. $414 million, Mega Millions, March 18, 2014, (2 tickets from Florida and Maryland)

9. $399.4 million, Powerball, Sept 18, 2013, (1 ticket from South Carolina)

10. $390.0 million, Mega Millions, March 6, 2007 (2 tickets from Georgia and New Jersey) 

 The Associated Press contributed to this report.



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Patch Collection Underway for Wounded Philly Officer

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Officer Jesse Hartnett, injured in an ambush attack in Philadelphia last week, is an avid collector of police patches and a special collection is underway to make sure he is surrounded by them during his time in the hospital.

Hartnett was known to collect various police patches during his free time, according to a Facebook post.

A push is now underway to see how many patches can cover the wall of Hartnett’s room during his recovery time at the hospital.

The push is being described as a way to bolster his spirits and show support, the Facebook post read.

If you would to donate any police department patch, special unit patch or police department challenge coins, you can send them to the 18th Police District at the following address:

P/O Jesse Hartnett
5510 Pine Street
Philadelphia, Pa 19143

Officer Hartnett suffered severe injuries to his arm when he was shot multiple times during an ambush attack in Philadelphia on January 7. The suspect, 30-year-old Edward Archer, is facing numerous charges, including attempted murder. Archer has been described by the head of the Philadelphia police union as an "urban terrorist."



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Lion & Tiger Cubs Raised Together

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Two big cats native to different continents, born within a week of each other, will be raised together at Six Flags Great Adventure’s safari.

The veterinary team welcomed a newborn siberian tiger cub and a newborn African lion within one week. When the mothers of both cubs failed to care for them, the team stepped in to hand-raise the cubs as siblings.

“Raising the cubs together helps to develop their socialization skills, and will enhance their chances of being successfully introduced to their own species at the safari when they are a bit older,” Dr. Ken Keiffer, a Six Flags veterinarian, said.

The cats do everything together, from eating to cuddling, but are also learning how to find their own personalities. Keiffer said the lion cub is much more relaxed, and the tiger cub is much more vocal.

It is an unlikely pair since the two would never meet in the wild. Siberian tigers are native to eastern Russia, China and North Korea while the African lions are found in, Africa.

The two cubs have yet to be named.



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Perrigo Recalls Children's Cough Syrup Over Overdose Risk

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Perrigo Company said Monday it's recalling two flavors of its children's liquid cough medicine because of a potential overdose risk. 

The recall includes two batches of children's guaifenesin grape liquid (100mg/5 mL) and three batches of children's guaifenesin DM cherry liquid (100mg guaifenesin and 5mg dextromethorphan HBr/ 5 ml) sold in 4 oz. bottles with the dosage cup in a box. The medicine is being sold nationwide under a variety of brand names, including Rite-Aid, Dollar General, CVS and Kroger. 

Take a look at the chart below or click here to check the recalled lots, along with their corresponding branded labels:

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The company said in a press release that it issued the recall because some packages contain an oral dosing cup with incorrect dose markings. Perrigo said there have been "no reports of adverse events" to the syrup as a result of the incorrect dosage markings.

An overdose of Guaifenesin DM may cause hyper excitability, rapid eye movements, changes in muscle reflexes, ataxia, dystonia, hallucinations, stupor, and coma, the Perrigo statement said. It said nausea, vomiting, tachycardia, irregular heartbeat, seizures, respiratory depression, and death can also occur with overdose.

Perrigo said it is notifying its distributors and customers by verbal and e-mail communication, followed by formal FedEx-delivered communication.

Consumers who purchased the product should discard the dosing device and product and may call Perrigo, toll free, Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 10 p.m. ET at 1-888-345-0479, or visit mucusreliefrecall.com. 



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