Soaring gas prices are leading to increased ridership on local public transportation services like SEPTA, which just passed a $1.1 billion budget for 2009 that includes major upgrades to handle all those new riders. Because of course, fuel costs are increasing for SEPTA, too. The Philadelphia chapter of the Boy Scouts sued the city in federal court late Friday to prevent being evicted from its city-owned headquarters or being charged $200,000 a year in rent.......

Leading today's news is the manhunt for Eric DeShann Floyd, one of the bank robbers responsible for the murder of Philadelphia police sergeant Stephen Liczbinski at Port Richmond's Bank of America this Saturday. Local boxer Levon T. Warner is already in custody for his participation in the bank robbery turned homicide case that cost Liczbinkski his life. The Inquirer updates readers on the imminent eviction of the Cradle of Liberty Council Boy Scouts chapter from......

The big story this morning is about a young couple - him a Penn grad, her a Drexel student - who allegedly burglarized neighbors' apartments, stole identities, made fake driver's licenses, and opened phony credit card accounts, all in the name of living the high life. The two were arrested Friday, but are free on bail. The Daily News has a more detailed look at some of their scams in an article with a typically......

In the hopes of helping to stop the rising tide of violence in the city, Governor Rendell has given a bunch of money to the police. Councilman Michael Nutter, who finally officially declared his candidacy for Mayor on Saturday, has additional plans, which include those surveillance cameras we keep talking about. It's a sad day for Philadelphians. Harry Olivieri, who co-founded Pat's King of Steaks and is generally credited with having co-invented the cheese steak......

A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. Wired's Game|Life blog revels - and we revel along with them - in the text of a wonderful federal injunction just issued against a recent Louisiana state bill banning violent video games from minors. The thing is basically nothing more than a lengthy and truly awesome put-down in legalese - a sort of judicial "yo momma." The central point: The Act is devoid......