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  • A police chase in Southwest Philadelphia ended with a violent crash. Two men were taken into custody.
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  • Police raided the Ramada Philadelphia Northeast hotel Sunday night and arrested a man from West Philadelphia. John Lee, 49, was arrested in connection with a possible forced prostitution ring.
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  • We feel bad for many—but not all—shooting victims. Amongst the ones we don't have any pity for are guys who manage to get themselves shot while committing a home invasion.
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  • Pennsylvania state schools have announced another hike in tuition. If you're a Temple student this means that undergraduate tuition increases from $10,858 to $11,174 for in-state students and from $19,878 to $20,454 for out-of-state students.
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  • A man was car-jacked in Overbrook on Saturday. A black Crown Victoria or Grand Marquis displayed a flashing blue light and pulled over a man driving a 2000 Jaguar. The two men who got out of the car bound the victim at the wrists and ankles before speeding off with his car and the faux-police car.
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  • Mayor Nutter must negotiate contracts for the city's four largest unions by June 30th when the current contracts expire. If not, it could lead to a strike according to Pete Matthews, president of AFSCME District Council 33.
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  • Foxwoods' plan to move into the old Strawbridge's building is stalling. City Council needs to change the zoning of the building in order to facilitate a casino.
  • Nearly 2000 employees at DuPont's South Philly lab are being laid off.
  • Long-time Democrat Rep. Joe Sestak is thinking of throwing his hat in the ring against Arlen Specter in the next Senate election.
  • Every day, in addition to "Yo, Philly in the News," Phillyist will be bringing you "Extra, Extra," an afternoon round-up of stories in Philly and Beyond. Have a news tip? Send it to tips@phillyist.com for consideration!

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  • So the big Philly sports weekend turned out to be a rough one—back to business as usual—as Villanova couldn't hit the broad side of a barn in their national semifinal loss to UNC, and the Phillies gave up 3 home runs in the first 2 innings of last night's loss to the Braves.
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  • Chairwoman Sandra Dungee Glenn lost her position within the Philadelphia School Reform Commission. Glenn's departure means that all ties to the former Philadelphia Board of Education are lost. Mayor Nutter and Governer Rendell plan to unveil their selections to replace Dungee Glenn and three others on Saturday.
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  • Michael Nutter announced a $3.84 billion budget for the city yesterday—and quickly came under fire for the steep property and sales tax hikes he proposed earlier in the week to raise some of the money for it. It seems that the mayor is becoming less and less popular these days.
  • Rolling on a River: On the Seventh Day, Nutter Delcareth "Let There Be Public Access."

    I know it's difficult to imagine wanting to walk/jog/bike/blade/streak along the Delaware River on a snowy morning like this one, but bare with Nutter Butter for one minute because he kinda made a big announcement yesterday. Fresh off giving the old Penn's Landing Corporation a good spanking for its lethargy and corruption, Nutter called a press conference on Sunday to announce the first major public space project in the implementation of the PennPraxis Civic Vision for the Central Delaware.

    Itemize Me: Last Chance for Citizen Input into Nutter's Budget Cuts

    Since we know you are all well-informed Philly-loving citizens, you are well aware that the City of Brotherly Love has tripped and fallen into a pit of budgetary fire and brimstone. Last fall, Mayor Nutter announced that the City had to cut $1 billion from its budget over the next five years, so $200 million each year, effective immediately. And he did so primarily by closing 13 libraries, all but a handful of the 70+ public swimming pools the city operates, and a number of fire stations as well. He also made general cuts all around, to programs that many Philadelphians hold dear, such as the Mural Arts Program and Philadelphia Green.

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  • Two more obituaries for print media: the Germantown Courier and the Mount Airy Times Express closed this week. The parent publisher, the Journal Register Company laid off staff and shut down operations on Monday.
  • Stimulate This: Preview of Panels on City Design

    Some of you may have read the article in last Friday's Inquirer by Inga Saffron, the best/only reporter who covers planning and design issues in the mainstream media, about the Mayors' Institute on City Design. MICD is essentially an annual conference on city design only open to U.S. mayors in which design professionals teach top city officials about the value of planning and design in an informal and confidential setting. Mayors can rub elbows, trade secrets, and exchange valuable knowledge in a safe space where they don't have to worry about parsing their words.

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  • Vince Fumo told a jury yesterday that he's a shy, introverted man—not an evil wrongdoer trying to leech state funds. The state-paid private eye who followed Fumo's ex-girlfriend saw Fumo's state of being and said he would do it free of charge. "At the time, I was heartbroken. I was jealous. I was in love, and she had broken off with me," he said. "I was moping around. He tried to cheer me up."
  • Rolling on a River: Nutter Kills Penn's Landing Corp., Creates New Corp. with Longer Name

    It takes an awfully dysfunctional organization to make the Mayor of Philadelphia blush. But it happened this past Friday morning, when Michael Nutter disassembled yet another corrupt combination of former mayoral appointees, this time the board of directors of the Penn's Landing Corporation (PLC). After apologizing for his tardiness, he dryly noted, "Since the board has not had a meeting in more than two years, what's another 10 or 15 minutes?"

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  • In a case of the law turned lawless, Gerald Conaway, the former president of the Bucks County Fraternal Order of Police, was sentenced to prison yesterday for stealing from the FOP. In October, he pleaded guilty to numerous charges surrounding the $5,500 in funds he took from the Order to pay off personal debts.
  • Nutter to Obama: Your Love Doesn't Pay My Bills.

    While we all wait with bated breath to see how our new Lord and Savior, Numero 44 himself, is going to save us from further economic peril, we thought we'd give you a preview of the action Philadelphia might be seeing when the Obama Economic Stimulus Package kicks into high gear. President Obama has made it very clear that he sees infrastructure revitalization as the key to the country's success in the 21st century. Investing in the very systems that keep society running—roads, sewers, transit, buildings... basically anything that needs to be constructed—will give cities like Philadelphia a boost they could never get as tax revenue continues to plummet. And it creates jobs while building the structures needed to keep current job centers alive and thriving.

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  • Speaking of jaw-dropping dollar figures, our local U.S. Attorney's Office announced that pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly has settled civil and criminal investigations in connection with its marketing of the antipsychotic drug Zyprexa for $1.42 billion, the largest payout ever by a single defendant.
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  • Today in Vince Fumo's trial, an FBI computer expert will continue to testify about just how the Government went about finding so damn much incriminating shit on various computers.
  • Mayor Nutter will ask a Common Pleas judge to reconsider her ruling that the administration can't close 11 libraries without City Council approval. He said that keeping the branches open would mean reduced service across the library system. "We only have a certain number of personnel to operate the 53 total branches, which will impact the level of service and continued service," he said. "That will cause us to have to cut back service days and programmatic activity." He also said that if the city has to keep all of the branches open it likely would mean more layoffs.
  • Yesterday, a judge dealt a crushing blow to Mayor Nutter's plan to balance the city budget, ordering him to immediately halt plans to close 11 library branches at the close of business today. Common Pleas Judge Idee Fox ruled in favor of seven library patrons and three City Council members who sued Nutter last week, citing a 20-year-old ordinance requiring Council to approval to close city buildings. Nutter's administration vowed an appeal to the state Commonwealth Court. Nutter called Fox's ruling a "complete violation of the fundamental tenets" of the city's Home Rule Charter.
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