Yo, Philly in the News

• As promised, yesterday Mayor Nutter announced his plan to combat homelessness. Click through for the details.
• The 14-year-old Lansdowne boy accused of stabbing his older brother to death over a video game has admitted to voluntary manslaughter. The judge will determine his sentence at a hearing on June 5th; he faces a maximum of seven years of supervision until he reaches age 21.
• The polo team from the acclaimed equestrian program on Chamounix Drive in Fairmount Park (a team which includes four inner-city youths) is leaving for Nigeria today to compete in an international polo tournament.
• State Rep. John Galloway will hold a news conference at 11AM this morning at the Bristol Borough Hall to announced legislation that would allow municipalities to pass ordinances restricting dangerous dogs. He was inspired to draft the bill after a large dog attacked a beagle being walked by a little girl in his district.
• "Gov. Rendell will visit Delaware County's Ridley High School this morning, to promote his plan to enact a new school funding law that would increase state education funding by $2.6 billion over the next six years."
• Oh, Bonnie. Won't you ever learn? "Notorious former Drexel University senior Jocelyn Kirsch made a surprise Philadelphia appearance yesterday in federal court, where it was revealed that she faces a new allegation of credit-card theft in California."
• A police cruiser was passing through the intersection of 52nd and Spruce Streets at 6:46 yesterday morning when it was struck by an SUV and a small sedan. The accident snarled traffic and all three drivers suffered injuries, though thankfully none of them life-threatening.

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