Yo, Philly in the News

• Wiretapped conversations being used as part of an investigation into organized crime in North Jersey could help federal authorities build their case against mobster Nicodemo S. Scarfo and Elkins Park businessman Salvatore Pelullo in an unrelated financial fraud probe that stretches from Philadelphia to Texas.
• Jocelyn Kirsch is scheduled to plead guilty this morning in U.S. District Court.
• Four more murders took place in the city this past weekend.
• In honor of the fact that Milton Street is scheduled to be sentenced tomorrow for failing to pay his income taxes for three years, the Inquirer takes a look back at how the jury reached its verdict in the case.
• There will be overnight lane closures this week on the Blue Route between the Schuylkill Expressway and Ridge Pike interchanges in Montgomery County. In vaguely related news, SEPTA's R1 Airport Line train service will run hourly instead of every half-hour for about five days beginning today. This is because the trains will be running on a single track between Philadelphia International Airport and University City to accommodate Sunoco repair work next to the railroad tracks.
• So, wondering how the National Governors Association meeting is going? Well, one of the questions being asked is whether one of the governors might be tapped to run for vice president. The governors would also like some cash; they say a federal infusion of money, similar to the economic stimulus checks we've all been getting in our mailboxes, could create jobs and rebuild vital underpinnings of state economies.
• A Philadelphia architectural firm is about to make the big time thanks to the fact it's been commissioned by the Museum of Modern Art in New York to build five full-size houses for its summer show, "Home Delivery."

Photo of the Home Delivery exhibit being put together by Flickr user MattGrommes