Yo, Philly in the News

• The House rejected the economic bailout plan yesterday and the Dow plummeted. The Inquirer takes a look at how local folks and small businesses are coping with the economic crisis, and the Daily News finds that things are going well for at least one set of businesses: secondhand shops.
• A second-grade student at Harrington Avery D School in West Philly brought a bag of marijuana to school yesterday and showed it off to his friends. A classmate notified the teacher, who notified police, and the cops then searched the home of the child's father, where they found more marijuana and crack cocaine. He was arrested and charged with endangering the welfare of a child and narcotics offenses.
• The Daily News points out that City Councilman W. Wilson Goode Jr. and his chief legislative aide are not exactly handling the controversy swirling around them very well.
• The usual road closures and traffic restrictions.
• Last night thousands attended a viewing for Philadelphia Police Officer Patrick McDonald at the John F. Givnish Funeral Home in Northeast Philadelphia. This morning another viewing began at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul in Center City.
• A 17-year-old Hispanic male was found shot through one of his eyes at 9:23PM last night in the 3400 block of Jasper Street near Allegheny Avenue. He was taken in critical condition to Temple University Hospital, where he was unresponsive.
• A House committee hearing will be held today at the state capitol on the impact of the natural gas drilling boom in Pennsylvania.
• Yesterday a Common Pleas jury convicted a 24-year-old Southwest Philly man of attempted murder and related offenses in the shooting of a Daily News and Inquirer driver last year.
• "Responding to mounting criticism of the judicial system after a paroled felon killed a Philadelphia police officer, Gov. Rendell yesterday ordered a halt to the release of parolees until an independent expert can conduct 'a top-to-bottom review' of how the state releases violent offenders."
• The judge who has been presiding over the federal corruption trial of state Sen. Vince Fumo and a former aide since 2006 has recused himself. The case has been reassigned. No reason was given for the change. The case is scheduled to resume on October 20th.

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