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Phillyist's quick-picks for your evening agenda.

In today's "all crime-related" edition...

Happy morning, everyone! As it's Thursday, we're now down to the final balloting hours to send Shane Victorino to the All-Star game. Cast away, little ones. As it turns out, Carlos Beltran of the Mets will be out of the game due to injury, and since Cholly is the team's manager, he may be able to finagle Victorino onto the roster regardless of whether or not Shane wins the Final Vote. But that doesn't matter; it's PRIDE people! But really, let us know in the comments, did Mayor Nutter show up at your door to ask you to vote for Shane?


• A swim club in Huntingdon Valley allegedly kicked a group of campers out of their pool based on race. The camp had set up prior arrangements to use the pool throughout the summer, but once the campers arrived, things got heated. There were allegations of racial comments made by club members and a week later the club sent the check back to the camp without a reason for the refund.
• Updates on Rian Thal: The neighbor, who was arraigned earlier week, has been arrested. Police are still looking for the man who left the apartment after the shootings and they still believe it's a robbery gone horribly awry.
• Not really Philly related, but the third Oscar Mayer died on Monday night. It's really not a good time to be famous, anymore. We plan on eating eight bologna sandwiches for lunch in his honor.

Good Morning, Philadelphia. Can you feel that humidity? Get used to it because it's going to be sticky all day, followed by evening rain and thunderstorms! Color us surprised.
• Earlier this year, five firefighters settled claims of discrimination against them to the tune of $275,000. The men believed that they did not get promotions because they were white and the subjectivity of the oral portion of the exam led to frivilous deductions in points. The city refuses to eliminate the oral exam Will we be seeing a lot more of these types of cases?
• The latest in the Piazza murders: Police are suspecting that the shooters are from out of town because the men didn't even bother to cover their faces from the complex's numerous cameras. Maybe they're not from around here or maybe they're just incompetent criminals?
• To all Google lovers, SEPTA lovers, and those in in the middle of the Venn Diagram: Google Transit is in town! Head over to SEPTA.org to see for yourself.

The Piazza at Schmidts is the latest "it" place in the city, and there seems to always be something going on there, like Sundae Philadelphia:

This, Phillyist readers, is shaping up to be the best. weekend. ever. With no less than three major outdoor events this weekend—all of which involve food or drink in some capacity—we'd be fools to tell you to do anything except going outside and exploring Philadelphia. We know we'll be out and about this weekend, even if thunderstorms are in the forecast. We never let a little rain get in the way of good times.