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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.
Just before midnight last night a speeding SUV crashed into a parked police patrol car on I-76 near the Conshohocken interchange. The highway was closed for five hours while the five injured people (including two troopers) were taken to the hospital and the wreckage was cleared. "KYW radio (1060 AM) reported that some trapped motorists fell asleep in their cars, and had to be awakened when the lanes were finally cleared."
The Daily News takes a look at the aftermath of the body parts scandal and how it has affected relatives of the deceased.
250 artists, prison officials and criminologists are coming together for the first-ever Arts in Criminal Justice National Conference, which is being held today through Friday at the Sheraton Center City hotel.
Today is the one year anniversary of the Amish school shooting.
61 people were admitted to Abington Memorial Hospital over the weekend after being exposed to fumes (probably carbon monoxide) at an eight-story Pavilion mini-mall on Old York Road in Jenkintown. Most of those people should be released today.
The Inquirer has a very interesting article about the "gentrification frontier" in West Philly, which is apparently smack dab at 50th and Baltimore.
Some big traffic messes this morning: I-95 North in Delaware County is backed up due to an accident, which also created a gaper delay on the southbound side, and slowed things up on the southbound Blue Route. To make things worse, as of 8:15AM the Ben Franklin Bridge is backed up westbound due to some malfunctioning traffic signals. Motorists are advised to take the Walt Whitman instead.
The George School, a Quaker boarding and day school near Newtown, yesterday became "the recipient of what is believed to be the largest gift ever to an existing private school - $128.5 million." The donation will be paid over 20 years, and comes from a grateful alumna of the school, whose father happened to be a billionaire.
From Saturday morning through Sunday afternoon, technical problems made it impossible for anyone to buy Amtrak tickets either online or at station kiosks. The reservation system has since been completely restored.
It was move-in day at Temple yesterday, and there was a strict process to unloading cars and keeping things moving along the street - nobody had more than ten minutes!
Commenting on a newly released report about the the West Nickel Mines Amish School standoff on Oct. 2, the Pennsylvania state trooper who was in command says the important lesson learned is that "the nation's front-line police officers need better training and more equipment."
More news about toxic gas leaks! The Oxford Valley Mall in Langhorne was closed early yesterday morning when employees of the J.C. Penney's started showing symptoms of exposure to carbon monoxide. Eight people were taken to a nearby hospital to be treated and released. Testing revealed that there was indeed quite a lot of carbon monoxide floating around in Penney's, caused by the collapse of a chimney on the roof. That store will remain closed until at least today, although the rest of the mall reopened early yesterday afternoon.
Marjorie Rendell (that's Governor Rendell's wife) was being driven in an SUV by a state trooper Tuesday night at 8th and Pine when a luxury car ran a red light and struck her vehicle. Both vehicles had to be towed, and two people in the car were taken to the hospital complaining of head, shoulder, and back pain, but nobody in the SUV was injured.
U. Penn's Matthew J. Ryan Veterinary Hospital may have been the first to give a snake high-energy radiation therapy yesterday when they treated a 61/2-foot anaconda's tumor. The snake, btw, is Sir Mix-A-Lot from Wilmington's Brandywine Zoo.
Yet more information is coming out about that shooting in South Philly (a story which has now been appearing on national cable news stations). It turns out the victim, Steven "Butter" Miller, was high on marijuana laced with embalming fluid ("wet") and that he called his brother shortly before the incident to tell him "I can't take it anymore." A series of stresses in the man's personal life apparently led to him snapping. Which still doesn't explain why the cops fired so very many bullets, more than 20 of which struck Miller.
A man who was convicted in 1993 in a 1991 Nicetown rape and murder case is hoping to get DNA testing that he says will exonerate him; if the state Superior Court does rule in his favor and allow the testing, it may open the door to many more PA convicts getting DNA tests.
Speaking of "fumo," no fumo in PA! Well, sort of. The state senate passed a statewide ban on smoking yesterday, which would theoretically replace Philly's own smoking ban if it were to get signed into law, even though it has so many exemptions it's actually a weaker ban than the one we already have. It's all a moot point anyway as Rendell has already said he'll veto it, due to the fact that it would allow smoking at certain child-care facilities. Meanwhile, a tougher smoking ban with far fewer exemptions will be considered by the House later this week.
Leonore Annenberg will receive the 86th Philadelphia Award tonight, the city's highest civic honor. The award is given to "a citizen of the Philadelphia region who, during the preceding year, acted and served on behalf of the best interests of the community."
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The saga of CBS 3’s Alycia Lane continues. She has been divorced twice, appeared on Dr. Phil, was romantically linked to WCBS anchor Chris Wragge, and of course infamously sent bikini photos to a married man. All of this seemed to make her one of the darlings of the New York Post’s Page Six column of late.
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Phillyist loves us some grub, and we love the Restaurant Weeks about town. We just heard about another: Kid's Table. Through Sunday, December 16, participating restaurants will be donating a portion of their proceeds to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia to fund research and medical treatment. The list of places is on the short side, but hopefully this is an event that will grow with time. Besides, we've always wanted to try Ristorante Panorama, and...
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With a preliminary hearing for the case scheduled for tomorrow, the Inquirer takes another look at the 41-year long murder of Police Officer William Barclay. Pennsylvania officials will decide soon whether to spend $45 million to build a stadium in Chester as the final step toward securing a Major League Soccer team for the Philadelphia area. Right now, Philly is second behind St. Louis for the remaining expansion slot, its chances contingent on a stadium...
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It's the holiday season, so many of us are in a charitable mood. Certainly, there are good feelings to be had from performing acts of selflessness, and we at Phillyist encourage you to donate your time, money, or a toy this holiday season. Sometimes you get the opportunity to contribute to a good cause and have a lot of fun at the same time. Thursday night, you'll get one such opportunity. WXPN is presenting a...
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The Pennsylvania Turnpike has been closed in both directions between the Philadelphia and Willow Grove interchanges, and is likely to stay closed most of the morning, due to a fiery five-car accident earlier today involving a tractor trailer and a pickup truck. Thankfully, as of this writing, no fatalities have been reported. The Fort Dix suspects are asking to be moved Special Housing Unit at the Federal Detention Center in Philadelphia due to the fact...
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Haverford Township Commissioner Fred Moran went on trial yesterday for "his alleged attempt to extort $500,000 from the developers of the Haverford State Hospital site in exchange for granting them zoning approval." Thanks in part to the influence of Betty Thompkins, a microscopist in Albert Einstein Medical Center's pathology department and one-time U. Penn researcher, Central High School "will be the first high school in the nation to receive the Phenom, a $72,000 tabletop electron...
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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...
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If you make it through the day without melting into the asphalt, you'll be able to catch the first night of the IFC Free Film Fest at the Schuylkill Banks. Offering three nights of free entertainment, the Fest includes Raising Arizona (tonight), The Princess Bride (Wednesday), and last but certainly not least, Napoleon Dynamite (Thursday).
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Holy smokes! Giant fish on the MTA, Paris Hilton in jail, then out, then in again, Al Gore, goatses, blumpkins, Matt Damon, and baby art critics! It's been a busy week across the Ist-A-Verse, and here's a smattering of what's been going on.
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