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Use caution if you're travelling around the area this morning - there's actually snow on the roads north and west of the city, and 2 to 7 inches in northeastern parts of the state, and the weather has already caused some accidents and downed power lines. Some schools are opening late or canceling their morning kindergarten; check out NBC10's full list of school closings here. Mayor Street, "once regarded as Public Enemy No. 1...

• 13-year-old Naiym Muhammed is being charged as an adult in the Sunday fire in Germantown that killed a 17-year-old girl and critically injured her mother. The charges against Muhammed include murder, arson, conspiracy. More charges are expected. Police say the fire was set in retribution over a small debt.
• Some local Dems are finding it a little harder to support Bob Casey, Jr. in the up-coming primary. Both Casey and PA Governor Ed Rendell announced their support for Samuel Alito for the Supreme Court. Many are concerned about how a woman's right to choose her own medical care might be affected should Alito's nomination be approved by the full Senate. PA Senator Arlen Specter, a self-proclaimed pro-choice Republican, voted to approve Alito's nomination during judiciary commitee hearings.
• Apparently, the general public may simply be too stupid to understand the difference between "Ben Station" and "Penn Station". We're told tourism officials in Philly are wary of renaming 30th Street to honor Ben Franklin because there might be some confusion. From what we hear, there's already confusion, so what's the difference? It really doesn't matter, because the Pew Charitable Trusts has decided not to pursue the name change.

• Montgomery County resident David Downey can't keep it in his pants - less than a week after being freed on $250K bail for third degree murder charges for feeding a 17 year old 'escort' a lethal dose drugs and paying off a couple of people to dispose of the body, he violated his bail by having a professional booty call in Upper Merion. At least he didn't kill this one.
• Governor Ed Rendell is opposing a proposed Environmental Protection Agency regulation that would "limit public access to information about the chemicals companies legally release into the air." Current regulations state that any 500 pound release of certain chemicals must be reported yearly. The proposed regulations would raise the release amount to 5,000 pounds and require only biennial reporting. Perhaps the EPA should change their name to something else, because it certainly doesn't seem like the agency is too interested in protecting the environment. Six former heads of the EPA agree.
• There's a rapist on the loose in Center City - if you live in the Rittenhouse Square area, ladies, now might be the time to brush up on your self-defense skills.

Welcome to day five of the SEPTA strike. We'd like to report that both sides have decided to act all adult-like and get with the compromising, but in the five days of striking union and management only met for about two hours. During those two hours it's reported that union officials agreed to a contribution for health care based on salary for all employees, but management rejected the idea. That was a few days ago and there are no new talks scheduled.

Republican PA state legislators intend to file suit against Governor Ed Rendell later this week, attempting to limit Big Ed's line item veto power. Their beef? Governor Rendell dared to remove language from the state budget denying the use public money for birth control, family planning counseling or other services at clinics that also provide abortions or abortion counseling through the Department of Public Welfare.

It looks like the big push for volunteers and donations for Philly's expected share of Hurricane Katrina survivors was premature. While Mayor Street is still committed to hosting up to 5,000 survivors from the affected region if needed, 38 people and one dog arrived yesterday, but no more are expected.

Living up to its moniker of the City of Brother Love, Philadelphia welcomes Hurricane Katrina survivors today. City officials expect 600 survivors to arrive later today. Philadelphia's newest residents will go to two buildings converted to shelters -- one located at 1701 N. 11th St. in North Philadelphia and other at the Palumbo building at 11th and Catharine Streets in South Philadelphia.

Good news for all of you Sunday beer swillers -- the law signed by Governor Ed Rendell that changes beer sales rules goes into effect this weekend!

Leave it to Governor Ed Rendell to make history! Big Ed has gotten all crafty to fight the closure of a Philadelphia-area naval base.

We at Phillyist are always interested in seeing just who Governor Ed Rendell ['Big Ed' to those of us who love him] is doling out the pardons to. After all, who amongst us hasn't racked up hundreds of thousands of dollars in city parking tickets or mooned a Wawa full of police officers while publicly drunk? You never know when you're going to need a Governor sympathetic to your plight.