Yo, Philly in the News

• Recent events over the border in New Jersey have brought to light the sad plight of some of the people who appear on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition—they're given a big amazing house and then can't afford to pay the taxes and utilities on it.
• In its typically overblown and melodramatic fashion, the Daily News takes a closer look at the phenomenon of cop-killers, in the wake of the murder of Sgt. Stephen Liczbinski. The Daily News also covered a memorial gathering yesterday in remembrance of Liczbinski, and took a closer look at the Flag Code and the slight controversy over Nutter's request that flags in the city be lowered to half-mast. Meanwhile, some local businesses are raising money to aid Liczbinski's family, and Philadelphia police are pushing hard to find the last suspect in Liczbinski's murder.
• The marriage-amendment bill was tabled yesterday, but Senator Fumo, apparently in an attempt to defend the gay community, and the institution of marriage in general, is proposing legislation to "outlaw the dissolution of most marriages in Pennsylvania."
• Philadelphia police were filmed by a Fox 29 news helicopter beating three shooting suspects Monday night in North Philadelphia. Mayor Nutter and Police Commissioner Charles H. Ramsey promised a full investigation of the beating.
• "A special legislative committee could vote as early as today on a compromise bill for a statewide ban on smoking in public places."
• "A former standout volleyball player at Unionville High School who was in her first year at the Naval Academy was found unconscious in her dormitory room Monday morning and pronounced dead a short time later." There doesn't seem to be any explanation yet for the tragedy.

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