Yo, Philly in the News

• People, the Phillies are just one win away from the World Series. That is crazy.
• The Philadelphia School District is suffering from a high number of teacher vacancies, which experts say points to systemic problems in the hiring process.
• Mark Wahlberg is in town with Ludacris pitching their new film Max Payne, and the Inquirer takes the opportunity to explain why Wahlberg is an honorary Philadelphian.
• The Parkway Council Foundation and the Center City District have presented Mayor Nutter with a 30-page report that describes a series of tighter rules for managing the homeless along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway.
• The Inquirer covers a so far mostly overlooked political race: the campaign for attorney general in Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton has the Northeast warming to Obama.
• A driver called 911 about 2:30PM yesterday after seeing someone driving an SUV the wrong way on the Roosevelt Boulevard. When police arrived, the driver of the SUV told them he had explosives in his car. A stand-off began that lasted hours, shutting down the road and snarling rush hour traffic. Police finally surrounded the man and took him away shortly after 5PM. He was highly intoxicated and had been incoherent with negotiators.
• The body of a woman was found by a golfer at 10:30AM yesterday near the 14th hole of the Juniata Golf Course.
• A 12-year-old riding in a minivan was critically wounded early yesterday when a gunman in a car shot him and two of his teenage companions in North Philadelphia.
• Click through for a picture of a truck that could be connected to the October 5th road rage shooting of a South Jersey father. Police are hoping someone can help identify the vehicle.

Photo from yesterday's Columbus Day Parade by Flickr user lindseywb