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Folks, take it from these guys: smuggling a gun onto an airplane is just going to land you in federal custody.
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The Philadelphia Housing Authority is selling 1800 vacant properties to raise money, mostly in North and Southwest Philadelphia.
The $300 million renovation and expansion project at the Philadelphia International Airport is now open to the public. The 204,000-square-foot building connecting Terminals D and E has a 14-lane passenger security checkpoint, a mall with 10 shops, and a view of the airfield.
The judge for the Fumo corruption trial is still ill, a fact that may delay the trial for at least a month.
"The City of Chester is sponsoring a Health Fair and Fun Day tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at City Hall, 1 W. Fourth St."
The Daily News continues to desperately dig up any more tidbits they can find about infamous criminal couple Jocelyn Kirsch and Edward Anderton. This time they've got a story about how Kirsch talked to Prince Charles at an invitation-only panel last year at the International House.
In the wake of Super Tuesday, the Daily News and the Inquirer both take a look at how the candidates fared and what voter turnout was like in the area. The Daily News also reveals that the workers in the city commissioners office received over 400 calls from people who thought it was Election Day in Philadelphia, and who were trying to figure out why they couldn't find a polling place that was open. Um... wow.
A woman 28 weeks pregnant was killed with a single shotgun blast to the back shortly after 1AM this morning on the 4600 block of Griscomb Street. She was found by police in a parked car. Her baby girl, who remains in critical condition, was expected to survive after an emergency delivery at Temple.
A man was walking north on Broad Street near Somerset in North Philadelphia, just before 5PM, when someone ran up to him from behind and, he thought, punched him in the back. He looked back and saw the mysterious person slip away around a corner. Then he kept walking. Minutes later, a passer-by told him, "Dude, you got a knife in your back." He walked to a nearby firehouse and was taken to Temple University Hospital, where he remained as of yesterday in stable condition.
New Jersey Transit's River LINE reached a grim milestone on Friday when it experienced its first fatal accident in its short history. A 50-year-old man, who was coming from a bar, was struck and killed when he returned to the tracks after the crossing barriers went down and he didn't respond to the train horn. Btw, that's a pretty questionable headline from the Trentonian there. (Via Jason)
Foreclosures were down in Pennsylvania and New Jersey in November, as compared to October 2007 and October 2006.
The Daily News story we linked to the other day about the bloated Parking Authority pay roll has caused Ed Rendell to call for the organization to clean up its house fast, and for a state House member to demand that the board members be ousted.
Early yesterday morning, a man driving a stolen BMW crashed into a Honda at Susquehanna Avenue and 18th Street in North Philadelphia. The driver of the Honda is in critical condition, and the passenger was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the BMW has been arrested. Unconfirmed media reports say the crash was the result of a police chase.
An appeals court panel has upheld the 81/2-to-17-year prison sentence given to a computer consultant for failing to summon help for the 17-year-old escort who ultimately died of a cocaine overdose in his Willingboro home in 2005.
A report to be released today by City Controller Alan Butkovitz shows that two decades of expensive attempts to build a new computerized water billing system have achieved little, and the system will almost certainly not be done by the time Mayor Street leaves office, as the administration promised.
Although the Benjamin Franklin, Walt Whitman, and Tacony-Palmyra Bridges are still officially "safe," they're also described as structurally deficient or functionally obsolete. Most will be undergoing repair or updating soon.
About 1:30AM yesterday morning a woman died when she crashed her car into the back of a stationary PennDot dump truck in a construction zone on northbound I-95 near the Chichester Avenue exit. Northbound traffic was detoured until the lanes were reopened at about 4:30AM.
Mumia Abu-Jamal is up for another appeal. If he wins, his life could be spared. If he loses, "he will be in imminent peril of lethal injection."
Mayoral candidate Dwight Evans has decided to embrace wholeheartedly a demographic the other candidates have so far ignored: the LGBT community. He promises to support openly gay political candidates, support legislation protecting equality for gay people, and even create a special police unit for dealing with LGBT issues. This isn't coming out of nowhere; Evans has a history of supporting gay rights. And this is a pretty safe play in historically liberal, gay-friendly Philly. But we're still impressed.
Hey, what about that other Philly politician with legal troubles, Vince Fumo? The Daily News has rounded up some handy strategies that he might use to beat the rap. Oh, and in case you're having trouble keeping up, here's a cheat sheet listing all of the charges against Fumo and the possible penalties he might face.
The foot fetish guy has moved on to South Philly, but we've also got a description now: "thin, with a light to medium complexion, 5-feet-8 to 5-feet-10, with widely spaced, deep-set eyes and a light, salt-and-pepper beard." Call 215-685-3251 or -3265 if you've got any information on this creep.
A U Penn criminologist and three colleagues have built a computer model for predicting which existing offenders are most likely to commit murder. They're going to turn it into a piece of software and deliver it to the probation department next year, where clinical trials will begin in the spring. The best part is, the project is funded by a private grant, and the software is in the public domain, so the city gets it for free. Nice!
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- Bonnie Sweeten is in trouble. After filing a false report of an abduction, she took her nine-year-old daughter to Disney World by purchasing plane tickets with another woman's driver's license.
- Ray Kot was shot and killed at the Trump Taj Mahal Casino yesterday. Kot was shot and killed in the card and dice room—a non-public area of the casino. Police have recovered the handgun thought to be used. They have also apprehended the suspect.
- Delaware County hopes it can halt a proposal to expand the Philadelphia International Airport. Commissioners from Delco and Tinicum Township have filed a civil suit against the city saying that the township's consent is required before buying land.
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This Phillyist would be a-okay with never flying in a thunderstorm (even though we know it's really not unusual).
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Proofreading Philly tries to capture typos, wordos, and all other kinds of grammatical mistakes that we see around the city. But we need your help! Email photos to us from your computer or your phone, and show the city that you care about good grammar.
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One question: Why do we always have to have the stupid airport?
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Good morning, readers, from a Phillyist on a plane, killing time on the way to Louisville via Chicago. Yeah, I know that's really out of the way. But then, so is Louisville. Air travel is generally hated by most people. Strangely, though, today's experience has been almost pleasant. Here's why: (1) Tuesday afternoons in December are apparently an awesome time to fly. Business travelers are out of town, going about their midweek business, and...
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It's our travel season right now, and having spent more time in and around Philadelphia International Airport than we'd like, we've been struck by the number of creepy dudes that can afford to fly the friendly skies. So we weren't that surprised when we read about a recent airplane-related arrest wherein an off-duty flight attendant ejaculated onto a passenger. Here's what we've determined he was thinking as the working flight attendant gave the safety speech:
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What's new and/or interesting in Philly theaters this weekend.
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Mayor Street's brother Milton and two officials with Philadelphia Airport Services were indicted this afternoon by a federal grand jury for corruption and tax fraud in relation to a contract at the Philadelphia International Airport. In January 2000, Milton Street "began hiring himself out as a highly paid consultant to area businesses who believed that Milton Street could help them obtain business with the city of Philadelphia." He also failed to report to the IRS about $2 million worth of income which he collected from 2000 to 2004.
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