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A Delaware man who thought it was a good idea to pull a little home-invasion roberry is facing charges of burglary, theft, and making terroristic threats after being caught while trying to escape and held at bay by his would-be victim and her neighbors until police could respond. That's the "good" home invasion story of the afternoon...
Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey will hold six town hall meetings in July. Each public meeting will focus on particular neighborhoods, and residents will be asked about local problems and suggestions on making the areas safer.
The Daily News continues to desperately dig up any more tidbits they can find about infamous criminal couple Jocelyn Kirsch and Edward Anderton. This time they've got a story about how Kirsch talked to Prince Charles at an invitation-only panel last year at the International House.
In the wake of Super Tuesday, the Daily News and the Inquirer both take a look at how the candidates fared and what voter turnout was like in the area. The Daily News also reveals that the workers in the city commissioners office received over 400 calls from people who thought it was Election Day in Philadelphia, and who were trying to figure out why they couldn't find a polling place that was open. Um... wow.
A man was walking north on Broad Street near Somerset in North Philadelphia, just before 5PM, when someone ran up to him from behind and, he thought, punched him in the back. He looked back and saw the mysterious person slip away around a corner. Then he kept walking. Minutes later, a passer-by told him, "Dude, you got a knife in your back." He walked to a nearby firehouse and was taken to Temple University Hospital, where he remained as of yesterday in stable condition.
New Jersey Transit's River LINE reached a grim milestone on Friday when it experienced its first fatal accident in its short history. A 50-year-old man, who was coming from a bar, was struck and killed when he returned to the tracks after the crossing barriers went down and he didn't respond to the train horn. Btw, that's a pretty questionable headline from the Trentonian there. (Via Jason)
Foreclosures were down in Pennsylvania and New Jersey in November, as compared to October 2007 and October 2006.
The Daily News story we linked to the other day about the bloated Parking Authority pay roll has caused Ed Rendell to call for the organization to clean up its house fast, and for a state House member to demand that the board members be ousted.
Early yesterday morning, a man driving a stolen BMW crashed into a Honda at Susquehanna Avenue and 18th Street in North Philadelphia. The driver of the Honda is in critical condition, and the passenger was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the BMW has been arrested. Unconfirmed media reports say the crash was the result of a police chase.
An appeals court panel has upheld the 81/2-to-17-year prison sentence given to a computer consultant for failing to summon help for the 17-year-old escort who ultimately died of a cocaine overdose in his Willingboro home in 2005.
A report to be released today by City Controller Alan Butkovitz shows that two decades of expensive attempts to build a new computerized water billing system have achieved little, and the system will almost certainly not be done by the time Mayor Street leaves office, as the administration promised.
Although the Benjamin Franklin, Walt Whitman, and Tacony-Palmyra Bridges are still officially "safe," they're also described as structurally deficient or functionally obsolete. Most will be undergoing repair or updating soon.
About 1:30AM yesterday morning a woman died when she crashed her car into the back of a stationary PennDot dump truck in a construction zone on northbound I-95 near the Chichester Avenue exit. Northbound traffic was detoured until the lanes were reopened at about 4:30AM.
Mumia Abu-Jamal is up for another appeal. If he wins, his life could be spared. If he loses, "he will be in imminent peril of lethal injection."
A famous and well-loved music store and instrument repair shop is closing its doors at the end of this month. The owners of Gustafson Music have decided that they need to leave behind Philly's tax burdens and head to Adelaide, Australia. We hear Ben Folds lives down there now, too; maybe they can help him tune his piano?
Mayoral candidate Dwight Evans has decided to embrace wholeheartedly a demographic the other candidates have so far ignored: the LGBT community. He promises to support openly gay political candidates, support legislation protecting equality for gay people, and even create a special police unit for dealing with LGBT issues. This isn't coming out of nowhere; Evans has a history of supporting gay rights. And this is a pretty safe play in historically liberal, gay-friendly Philly. But we're still impressed.
Hey, what about that other Philly politician with legal troubles, Vince Fumo? The Daily News has rounded up some handy strategies that he might use to beat the rap. Oh, and in case you're having trouble keeping up, here's a cheat sheet listing all of the charges against Fumo and the possible penalties he might face.
The foot fetish guy has moved on to South Philly, but we've also got a description now: "thin, with a light to medium complexion, 5-feet-8 to 5-feet-10, with widely spaced, deep-set eyes and a light, salt-and-pepper beard." Call 215-685-3251 or -3265 if you've got any information on this creep.
A U Penn criminologist and three colleagues have built a computer model for predicting which existing offenders are most likely to commit murder. They're going to turn it into a piece of software and deliver it to the probation department next year, where clinical trials will begin in the spring. The best part is, the project is funded by a private grant, and the software is in the public domain, so the city gets it for free. Nice!
Folks who use Route 291 near the Philadelphia International Airport are going to be rerouted onto Bartram Avenue for some time. This is to make room for construction while a runway gets extended.
The Terrel Owens "did he or didn't he?" debate continues. (Only his publicist knows for sure.) We wonder how Eagles fans will react to him when he's in town to play on October 8th, in light of recent events.
Legal gambling in PA is getting ready to begin: 5 gaming licenses have been issued to PA racetrack/casinos, with 8 more licenses (some in our city) expected to be granted soon.
Two businessmen have admitted to making campaign contributions to John Street in order to shore up their contract with Philadelphia International Airport.
South Philadelphia is using a curfew to keep kids under 18 off the streets, in hopes of combating the escalating violence. In 3 months, they have had 340 "violations." Is bringing over 100 kids a month into the center for being out after dark a mark of success?
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Besides freedom and democracy, we're also bringing soccer to the Iraqi people. A Marine who grew up in the Philly area is helping to spearhead the sports initiative, which seems to be going well, or at least better than the whole freedom and democracy thing.
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It's our travel season right now, and having spent more time in and around Philadelphia International Airport than we'd like, we've been struck by the number of creepy dudes that can afford to fly the friendly skies. So we weren't that surprised when we read about a recent airplane-related arrest wherein an off-duty flight attendant ejaculated onto a passenger. Here's what we've determined he was thinking as the working flight attendant gave the safety speech:
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What's new and/or interesting in Philly theaters this weekend.
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Mayor Street's brother Milton and two officials with Philadelphia Airport Services were indicted this afternoon by a federal grand jury for corruption and tax fraud in relation to a contract at the Philadelphia International Airport. In January 2000, Milton Street "began hiring himself out as a highly paid consultant to area businesses who believed that Milton Street could help them obtain business with the city of Philadelphia." He also failed to report to the IRS about $2 million worth of income which he collected from 2000 to 2004.
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- It probably goes without saying by now - but if you're planning to fly out of Philadelphia International Airport, you're going to want to get there very early and watch what you pack in your carry on luggage.
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