Yo, Philly in the News

• Dorrell Shaw, 26, who was wanted for questioning in the recent series of sexual assaults in Frankford, turned himself in to police yesterday. But authorities warn the case is by no means closed; Shaw was in prison during the first of the assaults, and it's quite possible he was not responsible for any of them.
• The rebuilding of the Market-Frankford El, a project that is now $300 million over budget and two years behind schedule, may finally be entering its last stage.
• An 11-year-old was among five arrested for burglarizing a gun store in Collingdale in Delaware County Monday night. The group dismantled the external alarm system and threw a boulder through the window, making off with 14 semiautomatic handguns, the owner's loaded .38-caliber revolver, and about 250 rounds of ammunition. But they were apparently unaware of the surveillance cameras in the store, which caught them all on tape.
• Today Philadelphia City Councilman Jack Kelly is expected to announce whether Christopher Wright, who was indicted on federal fraud charges two weeks ago, will continue serving as his chief of staff.
• Yesterday the Philadelphia School District officially opened a new Re-Engagement Center—a place where high school dropouts can receive information and placement services that will help get them back into school. It's one of the first of its kind in the nation.
• It appears as if the number of mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus in PA and New Jersey is experiencing a surge, prompting stepped-up spraying programs through most of Southeastern Pennsylvania.
• The Inquirer talked with Mayor Nutter about his plans for, and feelings about, the upcoming Democratic National Convention. He hasn't got the specifics worked out yet, but the overall goal is clear: "to do whatever it takes, with an all-out full effort, to get Sen. [Barack] Obama elected president of the United States."
• "Philadelphia ethics officials have challenged a finding by the inspector general of Washington, D.C., that a member of Mayor Nutter's Cabinet committed an 'ethics violation' when he was a top development official in the nation's capital."

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