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A 4-year-old in Southwest Philadelphia shot himself once in the throat about 4:50PM yesterday inside a rowhouse belonging to his family. He was pronounced dead forty minutes later at Children's Hospital. The weapon was a 9mm handgun, and there doesn't seem to be any information yet on how the child got his hands on it, or who it belongs to.
The city's relatively new campaign finance laws are under attack on two fronts: briefs in the state Supreme Court, and consideration by the Legislature. Nutter will be doing his best to fight off both attacks and preserve the laws that (theoretically) helped him get the Democratic nomination for Mayor.
Last night the second annual Greater Philadelphia Cappie Awards were held at Upper Darby High School Performing Arts Center. "The Critics and Awards Program or 'Cappies' [was] founded eight years ago in Washington, D.C., to recognize high school theater and journalism students."
Two state Senators held their third hearing Wednesday on the possibility of convening a constitutional convention for the reform of state government, and they did it at U. Penn Law School. There were three speakers: "an area lawyer and author, a Rutgers University law school professor, and the president of the local League of Women Voters."
A third-grade girl has been suspended from Highland Park Elementary School in Upper Darby, and may be expelled, apparently because she thought the authentic-looking replica of a German Luger that she'd brought with her to school on Monday was a real gun. She found it in a box in her family's attic and brought it with her to protect herself because her brother wasn't going to be able to walk her home that day.
It sounds like the challenge to Bob Brady's candidacy will be handled from a judge outside of Philadelphia, which makes sense. Meanwhile, the two lesser known mayoral candidates (Jesus White and Queena Bass) will be facing challenges of their own, as will 30 other candidates trying to get on the May 15 ballot, including five City Council members and everybody's favorite Council at-large candidate, Milton Street.
Meanwhile, in other school news, there was another violent incident on Wednesday morning, this time at West Philadelphia High, in which a nonteaching assistant was sucker-punched in the hallway by a student. The student was at large Wednesday night, but the principal was removed at the end of the day; it was unclear whether him leaving was connected to the incident.
Hey, what about that other Philly politician with legal troubles, Vince Fumo? The Daily News has rounded up some handy strategies that he might use to beat the rap. Oh, and in case you're having trouble keeping up, here's a cheat sheet listing all of the charges against Fumo and the possible penalties he might face.
The recent death of President Gerald Ford has Philly.com and Philadelphia Will Do thinking back on Mr. Ford's local connections.
Two police raids this past Friday and Saturday turned up a bunch of drugs (including especially large amounts of cocaine), guns, and wads of cash.
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Because of a rather unusual cosmic occurence (okay, our neighbors are on vacation), Phillyist was able to procure a copy of Sunday's New York Times to read over breakfast yesterday. Now, we don't necessarily live and breathe the Times the way many people we know do, but this morning's edition had a story that is actually worth our attention.
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In our times of the Vice President's (now former) Chief of Staff, Scooter Libby, being indicted for obstruction of justice and perjury, (now former) House Majority Leader Tom DeLay being indicted for conspiracy and money laundering, and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist being investigated by the FEC, and Philadelphia City Councilman Rick Mariano being indicted for several counts of corruption, it hardly seems possible that there are any decent and ethical politicians left in this country. But take heart! Philadelphia's ethical standards are now amongst the highest in the country.
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