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Chester resident Kathy Stewart was struck by a stray bullet last night as she laid in bed. The bullet passed through a wall before striking Stewart. She is on life support and is unlikely to recover.
The Eagles will not be going to the Super Bowl this year, and as a result, sports merchandisers and cops had nothing to do last night. On the bright side, we won't have to endure the Tampa press again disparaging Philly fans.
A couple of unrelated incidents involving firearms took place early yesterday morning in Philadelphia. In the first incident, a retired Philly cop working as a pizza delivery man was accosted by three teenagers, one of whom pointed a gun at him while the other two went through his pockets. But the retired cop was able to reach into his pocket and pull out a semiautomatic Glock, which he had a permit to carry. He shot the boy with the gun once in the chest, killing him. The other two would-be robbers ran off. The deliveryman will most likely not be charged in the incident. A few hours later, officers approaching a group of robbery suspects thought they saw a gun in one of the suspects' waistbands and told him to freeze. He reached for the weapon and one of the officers fired his gun into the sidewalk, causing bullet fragments to strike the 17-year-old suspect. He's in stable condition, and a 14-year-old was also apprehended, but the third suspect ran off.
If the Delaware River Port Authority board approves hikes proposed yesterday, then on September 14th bridge tolls for cars will rise to $4 and PATCO train fares will go up 10 percent. In 2010 bridge tolls would then go to $5 and PATCO fares would rise another 10 percent. Increases tied to inflation would be imposed every two years beginning in January 2013.
A bunch of insane people actually had a bike race in Manayunk this past weekend, and other insane people actually went outside to watch it. Uh, whatever. We were inside keeping cool.
Michael got a big (and to us, somewhat surprising) victory in court this week, as a Philadelphia judge upheld three of the city's five recently-enacted gun laws. The case is now going to be appealed to the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court, and will probably make its way to the state Supreme Court, regardless of how the Commonwealth Court rules.
Two women were sitting in a van parked on the grounds of the Holy Innocents Catholic School in Philadelphia's Juniata section at 4:10AM this morning when a gunman approached and opened fire. The shots fatally wounded one of the women. The man then turned the gun on himself. Investigators believe the shooting stemmed from a domestic dispute.
The Inquirer investigates the lasting effects of the shooting death of 33-year-old Moroccan-born Ouadii Souliman. He was gunned down at the door Al Aqsa Mosque on the border between Northern Liberties and Fishtown two Sundays ago as he awaited the dawn call to prayer; the apparent motive was robbery.
And the winner for pointless press conference of the week goes to...Michael's conference to encourage the city to support the Sixers and Flyers in their playoff runs. Oh, and the Schuylkill Expressway is being relabeled as "I-76ers" for the playoffs. Isn't that cute?
It's not clear how much it will cost, but the Nutter administration is determined to get a 311 system installed in Philadelphia by the end of the year. If you're in an emergency, you'd still dial 911, but for any other city service, you could call 311. Officials also plan to implement PhillyStat, "a program that will track data from city departments and from 3-1-1 calls to assess how agencies are performing."
Insiders say Barack Obama is the favorite to win the endorsement of the Philadelphia Building Trades Council, which would represent a striking break with Governor Rendell and Mayor Nutter, who are supporting Hillary Clinton. The trades council, which includes 37 locals of building and construction trade unions, was scheduled to meet this morning in Northeast Philadelphia to decide the issue.
And how about some more bad news about money? "The downturn in Philadelphia's housing market - fewer homes changing hands, at lower prices - has created a growing hole in the city budget, likely to reach $10 million to $15 million by midyear."
The body of 50-year-old Cynthia Cometz of Woodstown was found inside a BMW that had been submerged in the Delaware River and was discovered at low tide on Friday.
You can catch a film profile of Allen Iverson by rapper Nelly tonight at 10:30PM on IFC. The Inquirer has a short interview with A.I. about the project.
At least one of those New Year's arrests that we posted about yesterday was a complete disaster. Not only was it police gunfire that injured a 9-year-old boy at the scene, the cops arrested the wrong man and let the right man go free. They did eventually get the real culprit Tuesday night.
Villanova heiress Susan Tabas Tepper was sentenced to a year of probation, $2,800 in fines, mandatory anger management classes, and community service on Monday for assaulting Xiomara Salinas, her nanny and housekeeper, in the summer of 2005. Apparently Tepper got angry about a messy refrigerator and, in the grand tradition of both crazy rich bitches and kung fu masters, she used whatever was nearby as a weapon, throwing carrots at Salinas, and then striking her with a telephone handset, before pulling her hair, breaking her glasses, and even trying to push her down the stairs.
The Terrel Owens "did he or didn't he?" debate continues. (Only his publicist knows for sure.) We wonder how Eagles fans will react to him when he's in town to play on October 8th, in light of recent events.
Legal gambling in PA is getting ready to begin: 5 gaming licenses have been issued to PA racetrack/casinos, with 8 more licenses (some in our city) expected to be granted soon.
Two businessmen have admitted to making campaign contributions to John Street in order to shore up their contract with Philadelphia International Airport.
South Philadelphia is using a curfew to keep kids under 18 off the streets, in hopes of combating the escalating violence. In 3 months, they have had 340 "violations." Is bringing over 100 kids a month into the center for being out after dark a mark of success?
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Drama Queen alerts us that Mayor Michael Nutter announced the opening of the Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy, a "Frankenversion of the old Office of Arts and Culture (OAC)."
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Hello. I’m former Mayor of Philadelphia John F. Street for the new Apple 3G iPhone.
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Last Friday & the weekend: Michael defended his decision to cut $21 million in funding to Philadelphia Safe and Sound, the program that, as we mentioned last week, John Street had shifted money to in the waning days of his administration. And he announced that the Department of Public Welfare would be auditing Safe and Sound's finances for the last couple years. Michael also ignited Governor Rendell's fury with his revocation of SugarHouse's casino license, as Rendell is all for the casinos.
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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.
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5. After kidnapping her two children, Britney Spears goes on the lam before being finally caught in Old City, Philadelphia, attempting to stuff her sons into the Liberty Bell. Seems she thought it was a ride of some sort.
I will admit that I am a faster walker than most. This fact can probably be attributed to two reasons: 1) the faithful consumption of four cans of Dr. Pepper per day and 2) a clear aversion to doing anything on my lunch break other than surfing the Internet and staining my khakis horrifically from my work desk. So maybe I am more inclined to see some Philadelphians’ funeral dirge-ian way of moving through the...
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Oh, man. Did you see that Rick Santorum is writing an opinion column for the Inquirer now? Ugh. In vaguely related news, John Street's post-mayoral employment, beginning in January, will be at Temple University as a professor of urban politics and policy. Governor Rendell, who himself is an adjunct at U. Penn, encouraged Street to make the move. Officials responding to a report of a fire at a home in Upper Darby yesterday discovered...
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It's First Friday—also known to us as the most wonderful time of the month. Public drunkenness is never more fun—or acceptable—in Old City. (Even on Saturday nights. Seriously.)
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NBC 10 managed to get an exclusive interview on Wednesday with Milton Street, the brother of Philadelphia mayor John Street. Milton Street was recently indicted with federal tax and fraud charges and this was his first interview with the media. The interview was handled by anchor Tim Lake.
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Austinist tells you how to vote so you don't have to think. Sweet!
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Has Philadelphia dropped the cheesesteaks and picked up the barbells? That's what the latest issue of Men's Fitness claims, reporting that Philly is now America's "23rd fittest" city. Sounds mediocre, but that's quite a climb from 1999, when we were ranked the most obese city in America. That's a lot of uneaten scrapple!!
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Another week come and gone. As Phillyist prepares to spend the weekend in bed convalescing (we blame the cold on, well, the cold), we thought we'd leave you with a few final tidbits of -ist goodness. See you Monday!
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