Yo, Philly in the News

• Philadelphia has one of the highest rates of police shootings in the country. The Daily News takes a look at what's being done about it, and is pretty underwhelmed. Apparently "many of the officers involved in these shootings are back to their regular street beats, even though most incidents are still being investigated without a determination that the officers were justified in firing their weapons."
• Due to the fact that local schools had received recalled beef products through the National School Lunch program (products that were part of the largest recall of beef in US history, announced this past Sunday), the school system announced yesterday that all dishes made with beef will be taken off Philadelphia school menus. The district spokesman pointed out, however, that "the risk of children getting ill from this beef recall is negligible" and they "have not received any notification of a child being ill because of this beef recall."
• Several sixth-grade girls from Lafayette Elementary School in Bucks County's Bristol Township School District have come forward with claims that they were repeatedly accosted and fondled by male classmates over several months. A district inquiry into the incidents led to two boys being placed on a two-day in-school suspension, but parents say that's not enough, and they want the principal to hold an all-school meeting to address the situation.
• In case you missed us mentioning it in yesterday's Whiz, a full lunar eclipse will be taking place over Philadelphia tonight. The Franklin Institute has a moon-gazing event planned, and the hope is that this afternoon's predicted snow storm will have cleared out by the time the eclipse begins. Meanwhile, the Inquirer takes a look at some of the science and history surrounding eclipses.
• "Mayor Michael Nutter wants to relax the residency requirement for almost all city employees, and a bill to do just that will be tested today in a City Council hearing."
• The Delaware River Port Authority is expected to approve a $10 million grant today to help build a soccer stadium complex in Chester.

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