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Due to the fact that local schools had received recalled beef products through the National School Lunch program (products that were part of the largest recall of beef in US history, announced this past Sunday), the school system announced yesterday that all dishes made with beef will be taken off Philadelphia school menus. The district spokesman pointed out, however, that "the risk of children getting ill from this beef recall is negligible" and they "have not received any notification of a child being ill because of this beef recall."
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.
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Phillyist has always regarded the Ducks with a combination of annoyance (do they have to give everyone those damned whistles?) and fascination (it's a bus that goes in the water!), but mostly the former. But even at our most annoyed, we're not nearly as angry as Walt Sherman, creator of the new (and sometimes Proofreading Philly-worthy) Shut the Duck Up!, who writes on this new blog:
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...so go make one happen. Want to speak out about the violence in your neighborhood? Have concerns about drug sales conducted in broad daylight? What else is on your mind? Take it out of your mind and put it in the lap of (in all likelihood) future Mayor Michael Nutter.
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