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May 5, 2008

Yo, Philly in the News

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  • Leading today's news is the manhunt for Eric DeShann Floyd, one of the bank robbers responsible for the murder of Philadelphia police sergeant Stephen Liczbinski at Port Richmond's Bank of America this Saturday. Local boxer Levon T. Warner is already in custody for his participation in the bank robbery turned homicide case that cost Liczbinkski his life.
  • The Inquirer updates readers on the imminent eviction of the Cradle of Liberty Council Boy Scouts chapter from their downtown headquarters. In response to what it deems discriminatory behavior by the organization against gays and atheists, the city recently required the group to pay a fair-market value of $200,000 in rent—up from $1 per year—in order to stay in the building it has occupied since 1937.
  • The Daily News announces that the messy divorce proceedings between former New Jersey governor Jim McGreevey and his wife Dina begin tomorrow. McGreevey resigned from office when it was discovered he was having an affair with a man he appointed as his homeland security advisor.
  • In other political news, KYW Newsradio speculates that pundit and Philadelphia native Chris Matthews is mulling over a Senate race against Arlen Spector.
  • And in case you've been waiting, this weekend the AP reported that 4,100 pounds of marijuana were seized in Phoenix en route to Philadelphia.

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