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We love stories about local bureaucratic idiocy. They're always good for a laugh or two, but we do tend to forget about them five minutes after we've read them. And then there's the story of Edward Stanley Harris. By now, we're sure you all know the story. This guy had been hassled annually by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for 17 years over some parking tickets that his twin brother, Edwin Shelby Harris (insert plethora of jokes about the stupidity involved in naming your twin sons Edward Stanley and Edwin Shelby here), had racked up back in 1990 and '91, but never paid. Every year, poor Edward had to go explain to the Philadelphia Traffic Court that they weren't his tickets. Well, this year, when Edward received his annual notice that his license would be suspended if he didn't pay "his" tickets and went to make his annual visit to the court, Judge Willie Adams (!!!

Chicagoist is gearing up for this weekend's annual Air & Water Show along the lakefront. In what's becoming an annual tradition around there, staff member Todd McClamroch even got to fly with one of the participants. Chicagoist's decidedly opinionated readership was also appalled that one of their staffers found a popular local brewpub to be a great place to bring a kid. They also think that an unlikely activist for immigration rights should just take her medicine and offered their own suggestions to how the city should capitalize on the local music scene. And everyone thinks that a suggested tax on bottled water is a great idea.

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Around 8AM this morning, a power outage (the cause of which is still unknown) shut down train service between New York and Washington, affecting travellers in and around Philly who use SEPTA, NJ Transit, or Amtrak. Power has supposedly been fully restored by now, but expect delays anyway. As far as we can tell, the PATCO highspeed line has not been affected. You can find more details on this story here, here, and here. (Thanks go to our friend Libby who made us aware of this development.)