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Federal and state officials will get a tour of the damage to the Jersey shore in order to assess how much, if any, disaster aid will be provided. Last weekend's storms caused millions of dollars in damage to public and private property.
Click here; prepare to squee. New baby orangutan at the Philadelphia Zoo needs a name—and your help.
Governor Ed Rendell has dropped his proposed tax on natural gas pulled from the Marcellus Shale. The delay comes with the hope that it can help the state's budget crisis.
On Saturday night, a group of tech-savvy teenagers gathered on South and Broad Streets. The mob proceeded to hijack a taxi, assault a woman and vandalize a convenience store.
In case you didn't know who you were casting your ballot for yesterday, you're not alone. Columnist John Baer proposes that maybe electing judges isn't the best way to fill seats on the bench. Meanwhile, primary election results are available here.
This weekend, sweeps by local law enforcement as well as state and federal agencies netted 67 arrests and roughly $167,000 in drugs. On spot which was raided, the Caddi Lounge (25th and York Streets), had an arsenal of weapons and ammunition. They also have enough evidence to suggest that they were dealing drugs from behind the bar.
The Penn State football team is in trouble again. Coach Joe Paterno said last night that defensive end Maurice Evans, defensive tackle Abe Koroma, and tight end Andrew Quarless would not play tomorrow against Oregon State after they were linked to a marijuana investigation at their campus apartment Tuesday night. He also kicked reserve cornerback Willie Harriott off the team for an unrelated issue.
Pretty soon Mayor Nutter will have to negotiate new contracts with Philadelphia's four municipal unions; the Daily News suspects the ordeal will be the end of Nutter's honeymoon.
A plan made public yesterday reveals the city prisons commissioner's strategies to reduce prison overcrowding, fight recidivism, and improve prison-staff morale. Meanwhile, an as yet unreleased study of the Philadelphia prison system reveals that recidivism has less to do with prison overcrowding than first-time offenders.
The Inquirer has an interesting profile of a group based in Center City called Iraq Veterans Against the War.
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Former Phillyist and newly-published author Jen A. Miller was on TV yesterday talking about one of our favorite parts of going down the shore: all the junk food.
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We're gonna keep this one short and sweet because, let's face it, it's 4:00 pm on Friday before the Memorial Day long weekend. Most of you probably aren't at work anymore anyway... if you even bothered to go to work today at all. But, if you're reading this post right before heading leaving the office, getting into your car, and heading for the Jersey Shore, man oh man are you in trouble.
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For people familiar with the late journalist and maniac Hunter S. Thompson, the fact that his cremated remains will be shot out of a 150 foot cannon next month is hardly shocking news. The writer, who was 67-years-old when he committed suicide using a high powered revolver in February, certainly couldn’t go out any other way.
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