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We know it's Labor Day weekend and all, but man, there's some bad juju going around the Philadelphia area today. Our Asshole of the Week was just the tip of the iceberg.

• Antwione Hough was arrested and charged with various felonies for apprehending and beating a man who raped his 14-year-old niece. All said and done he spent more than $10,000 on bail and court fees. In the case of Jose Carrasquillo and the mob that beat him, two men split a reward of $11,500 and faced no charges.
• There have been six stickups in the neighborhoods around 51st and Market Streets in the past three nights. The Police are on a manhunt for the bandit, who carries an Uzi to threaten his prey. In three of the robberies he has had an accomplice who carries a 9mm handgun.
• Philadelphia lost two of its proposed gun controls in a state appeals court. The Court ruled that only the legislature has the right to enact gun laws such as the ones proposed to ban assault weapons and "straw purchases" of handguns.

• Another story of sexual assault by a police officer has come to light. On the night of October 16, 2008, during a drug raid, Thomas Tolstoy allegedly lowered an unidentified woman's underwear and violated her.
• Vincent Fumo will find out just how long he has to spend in the hoosegow on July 14. U.S. District Judge Ronald L. Buckwalter denied the Fumo team's request to delay the hearing without an explanation.
• Mayor Nutter has until Monday to submit a 2010 budget plan and five-year spending plan for review by the Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority. The catch is that the city is waiting for some decisions from Harrisburg which it may not have when it has to submit its budget on Monday.

• During yesterday's morning thunderstorm, two kayakers were caught off-guard. One man drowned and another remains missing somewhere in Brandywine Creek in East Bradford Township.
• An eight-year deal was reached that will keep the Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia. The game has been played in Philadelphia over 80 times since 1899.
• Tremayne Peak, son of Nikina Lazenby, was reunited with her son who was missing since Monday. His kidnapper, Vanessa Perez, remains at large.

• Parking Wars is not doing the city any good. Tourism is suffering as a result of the A&E series that follows the workdays of Philadelphia Parking Authority employees. "With the advent of Parking Wars," Meryl Levitz of the GPTMC said, "we have a whole other set of emotions to deal with, which is, how are visitors going to be treated by the people of Philadelphia?"
• Lynne Abraham will charge 18 people who schemed to defraud the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare out of a half-million dollars. There will be a news conference at 11 a.m. today announcing the recommended charges.
• Philadelphia aims to fix 110 miles of roadway across the city this year. The project will cost $30 million - $12.7 of which will come from federal economic stimulus money.

And does this mean that there will finally be an end to illegal Sunday parking?

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