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The Germantown Groper has struck again. The perverted bastard fondled a 16-year-old girl on Germantown Avenue near Gowen yesterday at around 8 a.m.

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Fun around town, for $10 or less: FRIDAY Slow: Opening event for sLowlife, featuring time-lapse photography and high-speed video footage revealing the secret life of plants, at the Chemical Heritage Foundation (315 Chestnut), 5PM. Free Sing a Song: Steve Odabashian takes requests and makes it personal at Helium Comedy Club (2031 Sansom), 6-10:45PM. Free Mega: Release party for the 10th issue of Megawords Magazine at Juanita & Juan's/Smyrski Creative Studios (125 N 11th), 7-10PM. Free Love: Screening of I've Loved You So Long, with popcorn, at Little Theater (7141 Germantown Ave), 7PM. $6

Strange Philly Legends

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The Headless Woman

Coverage of Patrick McDonald's funeral.

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The Inquirer tells the story of how a plan to convert an empty convent in Germantown into apartments for formerly homeless men went south, in order to underscore the problems Mayor Nutter is likely to face with his initiative to fight homelessness.

Suspended Episcopal Bishop Charles E. Bennison Jr. testified yesterday in his ecclesiastical trial, trying to explain why he had not told anyone that his brother was sexually abusing a high-school student in the 1970s.

Every year when the University of Pennsylvania's students go home for the summer, they leave a shocking amount and variety of appliances, clothing, and other items behind. Until now, enterprising neighbors in West Philadelphia have simply picked through the goods and claimed what they wanted, with the rest ending up in landfills. But this year, for the first time, Penn officials are collecting and sorting the items, and starting tomorrow, they will begin distributing them to two dozen organizations for the needy, including homeless shelters, food banks and literacy centers.

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.

Looking back on a week's worth of local craigslist hijinks

Last Friday & the weekend: Michael's search for a new CEO of the Philadelphia School District got down to two contenders—apparently—after Temple College of Education dean Kent McGuire withdrew his name from consideration for the position.