Please welcome to the ranks of the Phillyist staff Mr. Chris Zakorchemny, who'll be helping us fill in the gaps in our sports coverage this summer. Chris found us (and we found him) through Flickr. Yay, sports! Yay, Flickr!
- Remember a few weeks back when the news was that the rate of violent crime in the city seemed to be abating? Unfortunately, that doesn't seem to be the case anymore. A 19 year-old was shot and killed in South Philly early Thursday morning, and a 92 year-old man was stabbed to death in his NE Philly apartment on Wednesday.
- Rick Mariano is back on the streets. No word yet on whether he'll be back to the office before his sentencing.
Pat Croce has given up his quest to open a casino in Philadelphia, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. Croce wanted to build his casino at the location of the old Adam's Mark Hotel, but pressure from City Councilman Mike Nutter, and local residents, helped him decide that he didn't want to build a casino that would receive such fierce opposition.
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