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in the indictment include tactics out of a hollywood movie script, including leaning one suspect over an 18th floor balcony for information. this has led to drug cases being thrown out of the philadelphia courts and now dozens more are pending. live in center city, vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." in other news, four people suspected of dealing drugs on the main line were in court this morning. only "action news" was there as the suspects waived their right to a trial in a norristown courtroom. a judge will sentence them at a later date. they are accused of pushing marijuana at local schools and colleges. they agreed to testify against their codealers. now, to a scare at jefferson lnshey wereing frtheilneliltodea
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ofdsplere t iemrs t a wa tei g iay mwhh dvein btf e aeo3aee to 8u n astnnkis. he ad by00d o w tis inplay, the uv index is high. a nice one tomorrow and the return of higher humidity in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. along with a chance of scattered thunderstorms and a period of rain before the weekend is over. details are coming up. >> thank you david. remember you can keep track of the accuweather forecast forecast by downloading our free 6 abc storm tracker app it gives you access to live radar and weather alerts posted for your
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area. the cathedral of saints peter and paul, was ranked the second most beautiful cathedral in america. the large of the brown stone structure in the city. it was built in 1864 and modeled after a church in rome. number one on the list was the cathedral basilica in st. louis. coming up a major cleanup on campus, a water main break that took over ucla and a tour bus using an ipad behind the wheel. the driver was caught on camera on a trip to a popular amusement park. and david murphy has the exclusive accuweather forecast,
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officials at ucla will be assessing the damage today for the school's famed basketball arena after it was inundated by water, a water main pipe near the campus burst and released 9 million gallons of water yesterday. witnesses were in shock by the incredible scene. >> i kind of didn't believe it at first, i didn't know what was
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going on and then i saw the water was coming out. >> the water main break happened at a time when los angeles and the rest of california is facing a severe drought. dozens of americans volunteering in liberia are volunteering to leave that country when a doctor and another aid worker contracted the ebola virus. they evacuated 60 non-emergency personnel. one of them has displayed -- none of them have displayed any systems of the virus. a young stow away was found in the wheel compartment of a jet that landed in germany. they found the boy's body sunday night and it was a young black man that may have been of african origin. and now they are talking about the security of a plane that
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made several stops in africa. a tour bus driver is under investigation after his passengers caught him using an ipad while behind the wheel. a family was heading to king's dominion and noticed the driver using his tablet. they have a record of safety issues and now the company is looking into the safety video and the allegations against the driver. authorities in texas recovered more than 1,000 marijuana plants from a field outside of houston. they found further evidence and police discovered several camps with tents, generators and sophisticated irrigation systems. they are looking for accomplices in this elaborate operation. can you take the new 6abc.com wherever you go, the new smart design changes the lay out to
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the chevy volt is on the top pick because of its crash protection system. and a virus that comes with painful symptoms arrives in new jersey. the chick and gunya virus. that includes three patients in gloucester county. it includes muscle pain and fever. >> boy is it painful. you know in the african language it means bent over with pain. it's possible for local mosquitos to sting an affected person and spread it to others. they are trapping bugs and sampling mosquitos throughout the state. and now a report is reporting the dangers of mother nature. center for weather control says deaths are from mother natures because of the coiled and
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tornadoes and heat waves get more attention. a new study is being done in philadelphia teaching parents to cook healthy meals at home. the childrens hospital of philadelphia and aramarch launched their initiative this morning. they are giving $750,000 over three years to pay for the study. it's part of chop's healthy weight program. cooking sessions will be held at the enterprise center in west philadelphia. the "action news" team is working on stories for tonight at 4:00. here is alicia vitarelli in the newsroom. >> we are working on saving fact from fiction when it comes to filling up at the pump. the top tips are actually myths. we'll break them down at 4:00. and a big daddy don't, the lesson one man learned when he blamed his stay at home wife for their messy home.
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should get out and enjoy it. >> yes, stormtracker 6 live double scan shows you that we are precipitation free this noon, that is nice and as we take a look outside, plenty of sunshine at the shore on sky 6 hd looking at cape may, all the beach umbrellas up against the sun and it looks as though the sun is a pretty major player in the rest of afternoon. 75 in philadelphia, your dew point continues to drop down to 50, that is 10 degrees below where we describe the air as humid. wind south-southwest at 8 miles per hour. a light gentle breeze. 76 in wilmington, the numbers are pretty even. 73 on wildwood and 73 up in allentown and satellite shows you like yesterday there is cloud cover gathering to the west and its not as pronounced as yesterday. we clouded up yesterday and today mostly sunny with a few clouds popping through.
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get the shades ready if are you driving around on the area roadways. allentown 78 degrees and mostly sunny and pleasant and down the shore it's 64 on the water in atlantic city. and some spots are milder than that. perhaps the upper 60s, on the beach, not too bad, 76 degrees, and not as warm as it has been for the rest of the summer, that is a pleasant afternoon and windses are fairly light today down around the water. as we look at the evening commute, again it doesn't look too bad. its sun glass weather, lots of sun and few clouds and low humidity. 78 by 5:30 and mid-70s by 7:00 tonight. the high this afternoon in philadelphia is 82 and partly sunny to mostly sunny and nice. light winds are running out of the west-southwest at 8 miles per hour. partly cloudy skies and comfortable, and philadelphia
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dropping to 56, we did get into the 50s this morning again as expected and a couple of spots came through record lows, tomorrow a bit warmer, we have the frontal boundary to the north of us and it encourages a westerly or southwest flow, probably doesn't get a whole lot humidor, and clouds mix with sun and this front gets closer and we get a surge in the humidity. 82 and sun and nice today. nice and warm tomorrow with a high of 85 and then friday, that is the day when the humidity is more notice edge. 87 is the high and a spotty thunderstorms in the afternoon or evening. there is an area of low pressure that is close by on saturday, making for a rainy morning on saturday, and a good portion of afternoon. we are not sure when the transition occurs, we'll ease the number back to 76 because of all the clouds in place.
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saturday morning look for it to be wet and then an improvement in the afternoon. sunday is an improvement and spotty storms in the day and not a washout, unsettled and humid monday and tuesday, by about midweek, it's another return to low humidity air. >> sounds nice. thank you. that does it for "action news" at noon. don't forget news at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00 tonight. for the entire news team, have a nice afternoon, get out and have fun. what can i get you? [customer] oh, sorry. i was daydreaming. [server] dreaming about your wedding, huh? [customer] yes! actually. [server] with a big ice sculpture and a string quartet?
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