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  • The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board unanimously approved SugarHouse's financing proposal, meaning construction of the city's first casino slot parlor might actually begin sometime before Phillyist Amy's baby is old enough to gamble.
  • Speaking of gambling, law enforcement officials investigating illegal gambling raided more than a dozen businesses, mostly in South Philly.
  • We can has budget? Sometime this century would be nice...
  • It should come as no surprise that the budget stalemate is killing social services in the city.
  • We linked to a story about one of the world's best parents—a Coatesville woman who allowed her six-year-old to take the wheel of her car—in Extra, Extra last week. Well, according to the police report—and we're sure this will come as a shock to all of you—the mother of the year "was smoking that stinky stuff again."
  • The Phightin's scored a 6-1 win last night thanks to the Nationals' ineptitude and a Jason Werth grand slam.

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