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are both in serious condition and receiving care in isolation, the virus is also blamed for the death of a liberian official that lives in minnesota. he had plans to return home to the united states next month leading people to wonder if he would have brought the virus here. >> even if we had a case
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introduced in the united states, the likelihood and probability of extensive spread is extremely small. >> the government is urging all doctors in the u.s. for symptoms from anyone traveling from west africa. repairs will take longer than expected fogging the water main break after a 30-inch main ruptured yesterday. up to 10 million gallons of water surged on to the campus submerging more than 100 cars in the legendry basketball arena. they are assessing the damage at the pauly pavilion and all of this water is lost at the worst possible time as california deals with a historic statewide drought. a tour bus driver is under investigation because of what he was caught doing while behind the wheel. passengers caught video of the
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man casually scrolling through his ipad while driving through maryland this weekend and he takes his eyes off the road several times to look at the ipad. the company is now looking into the cell phone video and the bus was filled with families heading to an amusement park at the time. a texas man's brush with the law nearly turned into a brush with desk this week. he was sitting on the back of his mustang when this happened, there. a truck slammed into the side of his car and the man was frustrated by his bad luck and he later told police he spilled a soda before he crashed and was distracted. this is for all the stay at home moms out there. one dad under fire for this confession, he blames his stay at home wife for not keeping the house clean.
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>> my thought was, have you one job, one job to clean the house. >> now offering a pretty public apology after saying that, in a new essay called i blamed my wife, and like many moms, melody says it's so hard keeping up with the kids, it's hard to keep up with the house. he now helps out with the kids and dinner. some say it's spot on and others attack the edwards and say there is no excuse for living in squalor. >> if you need incentive to work out, what if you could get paid to go to the gym. can you beef up your body and bank account at the same time. punch in your credit card and paypal info, and you pledge a certain number of workouts,
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minimum $5 fine is assessed if you skip the gym, how does the app know if are you being honest, it has a gps tracking device and marks where you are and how long you have been there. when this guy's wife says he wasn't interested, he stepped in showing off his own bump in a man-ternity section. he was simply taking his wife's place where they were snapped, the hands with the heart and apparently he had cravings too, ice-cream all around, no word on how far along this guy is. i wonder if his wife will lovingly frame this one over the fireplace. >> it looks like he is having twins. >> is that his belly or a
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prosthetic belly. >> he is in his second trimester. >> lets get a check of roads with matt pellman in the traffic center. >> he looks so proud that is so nice. we have bumps in the road for the way home on this hump day, big delays on the pennsylvania turnpike westbound because of overturned vehicle crash we told you about in the last half hour, five miles west of the downingtown interchange, this is the camera right by the interchange and we are looking at a five mile parking lot in the westbound lanes of the pennsylvania turnpike, you want to avoid it like the plague, if you are headed towards lancaster, use 100 north to 23, that is the official detouring route, i would stay farther away like 322 and the 30 bypass westbound. we'll keep you posted on that.
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and blocked is the mlk because of a downed tree from earlier today. the kelly drive is open as is the schuylkill and it doesn't look too terrible. a downed tree closing delaware, and walnut green road gets you around it. and by the delaware memorial bridge, a fuel spill, and three left lanes getting by in newcastle. a crash in cinnaminson closing it in cherry hill and we expect that to last throughout the evening. we'll check it again in the 5:00 evening. we'll check it again in the 5:00 hour caring for you ... just got a little easier. right now, buy one pair of eyeglasses or
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>> that was rough. >> yes ruff. bad rick. live look in cape may, i think they are playing can jam, where you throw the frisbee to get it in opposite cans. a great day to be outdoors to enjoy september. looking at the accuweather live lineup and the present temperatures that remain a good 7 to 10 degrees below normal. double scan live now, not showing anything going on upstairs so a beautiful late july day. this morning we were near record low temperatures across the board and philadelphia we drop to 62, allentown shy of a record of 51 and trenton 58, and wilmington 57 and if you were in the poconos, we drop to 49 degrees in july. 70 in the poconos and 78 in
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wilmington and 78 in millville and along the shore, temperatures between 75 and 77 degrees. we have a large low pressure center that is cranking away in senral parts of canada in the hudson bay and some energy is being thrown around that low right now from the ohio valley into the western part of pennsylvania and that will pivot to the northern and west tonight as weak high pressure remains in control just offshore, and we remain with sunshine mixing with clouds on thursday and it stays on the comfortable side at 84 degrees and then you get into friday, a front tries to push in from the ocean and 84 degrees as the clouded roll in and afternoon showers are likely on friday and an area of low pressure developing in the deep south and it will unfort fatally be moving in our direction for the upcoming weekend, for the shore tomorrow, the uv index on the high side and 82 at 3:00 and
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sun and clouds at 3:00 and a breezy afternoon at the shore. >> as we look at the forecast tonight, patchy clouds and comfortable, 58 in the suburbs and 64 for center city and the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, we have one more winner tomorrow with low humidity and below normal temperatures at 84 degrees, clouded build friday and scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms with the higher humidity and 84, saturday could be a pretty rainy day, especially the first part of the day, 76 sounds cool, it will be extremely humid on saturday, and it remains unsettled. scattered pop-ups of 86, we get into the first full week of august, we are at the 90 degree threshold with a return of sun and clouds on tuesday and wednesday and the weekend is not looking all that grade. >> enjoy
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you know drivers are looking for ways to save money while filling their gas tanks but popular theorys on saving gas may not work. filling your tank without emptying your wallet can be challenging. there are ways to save on gas and consumer reports warns that some tips are not true, myth number one, it's better to fill up in the morning, some believe that if you fill up when the air is cool, you get more bang for your buck because of the air. >> it really doesn't matter. the gasoline itself is stored underground, where the temperature barely changes at all. fill up when it's most
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convenient for. >> you myth number two, replacing your air filter will save on gas, you should follow your manual, but in newer cars it won't make much different at the pump. >> on old cars it could make a difference but on new cars we found that it doesn't have an impact. >> myth three driving with the tailgate down, helps with efficiency. but consumer reports says that has the opposite attack and north costly myth that premium gas is always better for your car. consumer reports says unless your manual says you need the premium, don't use it, fill up with regular. and this man is a sensation on facebook because he is keeping the streets safe for dancing. ♪
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all right, instead of busting crooks he was busting a move at a jazz festival. a festival goer secretly films him. this video not just walking the beat but dancing to it, has become an internet sensation. >> he was working that thing. i don't even know how to do that. >> well, what would you do if you were there? >> if i was there, i need him to teach me moves, that is it for "action news" at 4:00, for brian taff, rick williams and alicia vitarelli i'm shirleen allicot, join me along with adam joseph and ducis rogers for "action news" on phl 17 at 10:00. coming up n at 5:00, we have meteorologist, cecily tynan live at the zoo today. hi cecily. >> reporter: hi monica, a beautiful day to be at the zoo,
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i am here with shenandoah, a hawk. they are all the way from florida to alaska, and everyone in between. as you look at their eyes, they have a bony ridge over their eyes and it's like a vicer, this is what allows them to see their animals, the mice they want to eat in bright sunlight, you need that today. i'll be feeding the
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"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. we are starting this hour with breaking news from the city's strawberry mansion section of the city, chopper 6 hd is over the scene of police activity, where there was a shooting between a police officer and a civilian, the police officer shot a man being rushed to temple hospital. an army of police officers are on the scene trying to determine what happened. sometime after 4:30, shots rang out on the 3200 block of paige
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street. the man was shot in the midsection and he is at the hospital, and police are there trying to determine what happened. there was another police shooting on the 2300 block of paige street, now a man is on his way to temple hospital after being shot by a police officer here in the strawberry mansion section. we'll bring you much more information as it becomes available. now a buck county and non-profit is targeted by thieves for a third time in 18 months. the salvation army is hit by thieves. and now police hope they can track down the suspects responsible. >> we have a group of thieves that stole thousands of dollars from that bucks county nonprofit. >> it's the third time this united way was burglarized. amy buckman joins us with more. >> we are behind the offices of the united way of buck county.
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