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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. Mayor Nutter said yesterday that he's astounded by their audacity. If you'll remember, the Scouts have been paying only $1 annually to lease a city building as their headquarters, but Nutter decided the city could no longer afford to subsidize the rent of a group that discriminates.
The Inquirer updates readers on the imminent eviction of the Cradle of Liberty Council Boy Scouts chapter from their downtown headquarters. In response to what it deems discriminatory behavior by the organization against gays and atheists, the city recently required the group to pay a fair-market value of $200,000 in rent—up from $1 per year—in order to stay in the building it has occupied since 1937.
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 itself, died on Thursday of heart failure. He was 90. The "Pat" of Pat's King of Steaks was Harry's older brother; it's Frank, Harry's son, who runs the restaurant now.
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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...
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