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  • "The defense attorney for State Sen. Vincent J. Fumo subjected Fumo's estranged son-in-law to a lively and grueling cross-examination yesterday, repeatedly challenging his testimony as a prosecution witness." Meanwhile, there was more testimony from the informant in the Fort Dix case, and a former employee of an affiliate of ACORN testified in another case that the community group knew that most new voter registration forms it had gathered were fraudulent.

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    By Jim Genzano in on October 30, 2008 9:00 AM

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  • The Fumo trial is already getting a little nasty, with the defense essentially accusing the prosecution of racism in its jury selection. (We also enjoy the headline of that article, because we misread it as "Fumo-in-law.")

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    By Jim Genzano in on October 22, 2008 9:00 AM

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  • "Police are looking for the driver of a gray Ford pickup who may have been involved in or witnessed the wounding of a Glendora man in a road-rage shooting Sunday night near the Walt Whitman Bridge."

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    By Jim Genzano in on October 10, 2008 9:00 AM

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  • Michelle Obama will make several appearances this week in the Philadelphia area. John McCain spoke yesterday at the Delaware County Courthouse.

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    By Jim Genzano in on September 23, 2008 9:00 AM

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  • John Jackey Worman, the Delaware County man whose child porn case we've been posting about here for some time, was convicted in federal court of dozens of child-pornography charges yesterday. Worman could spend the rest of his life in jail. It couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.

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    By Jim Genzano in on September 18, 2008 9:00 AM

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  • The judge for the Fumo corruption trial is still ill, a fact that may delay the trial for at least a month.

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    By Jim Genzano in on September 17, 2008 9:00 AM

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  • 29-year-old Anthony Derubeis of Upper Darby decided to barbecue some books on his grill yesterday morning. When firefighters arrived, he started throwing stuff at them, like plates and full water bottles. Then he went inside and refused to come out, and eventually ended up getting into a fight with police, who subdued him. "We feel the guy may have some mental-health issues that have to be dealt with," said the Upper Darby Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood Sr. No kidding!

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    By Jim Genzano in on September 3, 2008 9:00 AM

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  • A Philadelphia police officer was responding to a call to assist another officer around 1AM this morning when his police car collided with another car at a downtown intersection. The officer is listed in critical condition, but his prognosis is good.

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    By Jim Genzano in on August 26, 2008 9:00 AM

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  • The rebuilding of the Market-Frankford El, a project that is now $300 million over budget and two years behind schedule, may finally be entering its last stage.

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    By Jim Genzano in on August 20, 2008 9:00 AM

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  • Early this morning, someone called police to report a break-in at a South Philadelphia home. The homeowners were away at the Shore. While investigating, police critically wounded a young man who turned out to be the grandson of the homeowners.

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    By Jim Genzano in on August 11, 2008 9:00 AM

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  • Leonard Luchko, a computer technician and former aide of Senator Vincent Fumo, is accused of illegally destroying years' worth of state Senate computer records, apparently in an attempt to hide the data from the FBI during its investigation into Fumo. Luchko will plead guilty on Monday, marking the first plea in the corruption case against Fumo. The terms of the plea agreement have not yet been specified. In other corruption case news, "City Councilman Jack Kelly's top aide, his campaign treasurer, and his two top political contributors pleaded not guilty to federal fraud and conspiracy charges yesterday and were released on $10,000 bail."

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    By Jim Genzano in on August 7, 2008 9:00 AM

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  • Perhaps not surprisingly, Mayor Nutter's recent press conference in which he angrily criticized DHS left some workers upset. He spent yesterday trying to placate them in a series of closed-door meetings.

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    By Jim Genzano in on August 6, 2008 9:00 AM

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  • Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton will be in Philadelphia today for a private meeting at a Center City law firm to say thank you to some of her major supporters.

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    By Jim Genzano in on August 4, 2008 9:00 AM

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  • Perhaps not surprisingly, the DRPA got an earful from angry commuters yesterday at the first of two hearings on proposed toll hikes and PATCO train fare increases.

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    By Jim Genzano in on July 23, 2008 9:00 AM

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  • "Nine months after the 10,000 Men movement was launched with great fanfare, the organization that vowed to mount a massive campaign to retake Philadelphia's crime-ridden streets has fielded only four patrol units totaling about 200 men."

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    By Jim Genzano in on July 21, 2008 9:00 AM

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  • The Phillies lost for the sixth time in a row, making this their longest losing streak since 2006. C'mon team. We can beat that record!

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    By Jen Dionisio in on June 25, 2008 9:00 AM

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  • Yesterday the City Council's Law and Government Committee approved legislation that would ask voters if they want to fold the Fairmount Park Commission into the city's Department of Recreation.

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    By Jim Genzano in on June 11, 2008 9:00 AM

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  • The Inquirer has some more details on how the FBI got involved in the case of Larry Mendte allegedly reading Alycia Lane's email.

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    By Jim Genzano in on June 3, 2008 9:00 AM

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    A Whole New Meaning to "Firewater"

    Phillyist was just informed (thanks, Neal) that for years, public officials in the dry town of Colwyn (in Delaware County) used most of the area's firehouse as a makeshift bar, under the auspices of it being a "social club."

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    By Jen Dionisio in on May 30, 2008 3:30 PM

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  • The 14-year-old Lansdowne boy accused of stabbing his older brother to death over a video game has admitted to voluntary manslaughter. The judge will determine his sentence at a hearing on June 5th; he faces a maximum of seven years of supervision until he reaches age 21.

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    By Jim Genzano in on May 29, 2008 9:00 AM

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  • Oprah Winfrey was scheduled to make a pitch for tougher dog laws in Pennsylvania on her talk show yesterday, but ran out of time. The pitch was to include her reading excerpts from a letter Gov. Rendell sent her last month seeking support for legislation he's pushing to overhaul Pennsylvania's dog law to prevent abuses in puppy mills. Oprah tentatively plans to address the issue later this month.

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    By Jim Genzano in on May 8, 2008 9:00 AM

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  • "The City of Chester is sponsoring a Health Fair and Fun Day tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at City Hall, 1 W. Fourth St."

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    By Jim Genzano in on April 25, 2008 9:00 AM

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  • Obama came to Philadelphia to talk to the state AFL-CIO convention yesterday, a day after Clinton had done the same. No word on whether he compared himself to Rocky—or Apollo Creed, for that matter. Meanwhile, Clinton was talking economics in Pittsburgh.

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    By Jim Genzano in on April 3, 2008 9:00 AM

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  • The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Building at 16th and Callowhill Streets was evacuated yesterday morning when a white, powdery substance was found in a third-floor office. The substance turned out to be foot powder. D'oh. (Via Sarah)

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    By Jim Genzano in on March 14, 2008 9:00 AM

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  • Chelsea Clinton was at Penn yesterday, stumping for her Mom, and said we should expect to see her and her family a lot in the near future. Which sounds like a threat to us. Beware, Philadelphians! They're coming! Watch the skies! Keep watching the skies! (BTW, in a related story, voter interest is surging in Pennsylvania suburbs.)

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    By Jim Genzano in on March 6, 2008 9:00 AM

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  • And how about some more bad news about money? "The downturn in Philadelphia's housing market - fewer homes changing hands, at lower prices - has created a growing hole in the city budget, likely to reach $10 million to $15 million by midyear."

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    By Jim Genzano in on February 7, 2008 9:00 AM

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  • A woman 28 weeks pregnant was killed with a single shotgun blast to the back shortly after 1AM this morning on the 4600 block of Griscomb Street. She was found by police in a parked car. Her baby girl, who remains in critical condition, was expected to survive after an emergency delivery at Temple.

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    By Jim Genzano in on January 31, 2008 9:00 AM

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  • A 15-page report, put together by an independent technical firm and commissioned by the advocacy group Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future, states that two Montgomery County manufacturers in the Collegeville area whose emissions of a probable carcinogen have been among the highest in the nation should be able to make substantial reductions with filters and other systems.

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    By Jim Genzano in on January 10, 2008 9:00 AM

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