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• A suspect has been arrested in the murder last month of Philadelphia Housing Authority carpenter Rodney Barnes.
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In a move that stumps us over here at Phillyist, since the veto period is over and the bill is officially enforceable, Mayor Nutter is scheduled to sign the ban today. This strikes us as somewhat unnecessary and, if the Mayor reads the papers, a quiet statement of independence. We reported on Tuesday that, in lieu of legislation making its way through the Pennsylvania General Assembly, the city stands to lose millions in funding for enacting its own ban. Here's to hoping someone in City Hall realizes this, and then does something about it. The people may have already had their last chance to chime in on the budget, but a city under budget pressure like ours should be careful about maintaining its eligibility for state-sponsored infrastrcture funding.

Listen. We don't go to your city and dance on your civic buildings. Why the disrespect?

You have a CBS affiliate, so surely you could have talked to somebody in Philadelphia about our Subway system. For starters, nobody here would ever say they were riding on the metro. That's DC, Montreal, Paris, and Berlin. Oh wait. That last one is just a song...

Here's some of what you missed at the Mummers Parade.

We're taking one more day off for the holiday season before we launch full into 2009 content. See you tomorrow!

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Barack Obama's presidential win was somewhat bittersweet for the GLBT community, since punitive ballot measures like Proposition 8, which denies same-sex couples the right to marry, passed in California. But this weekend, people in cities all over the country (including Philadelphia, where the marcher tally reached almost 5000) resiliently rallied and joined together in protest. People of all ethnicities, ages and backgrounds chanted, sang, held hands, prayed, and gathered peacefully to demand their rights.

Philly, we are so proud of you.

Tomorrow, Saturday November 15th, from 1:30-4PM, Philadelphians will be protesting to join in the solidarity for marriage equality. Appropriately, the rally will be held across from LOVE Park (Broad & Market Streets at Dilworth Plaza), because that's what this issue is ultimately about: Love. And if you don't know why this mattters to everyone, watch this:

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