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The reports that a suburban woman offered on Craigslist "creative" payment—possibly related to her being "buxom"—for any available World Series tickets. Police responded to the Craigslist ad and the woman has been arrested. We assume the police who found the ad were on the clock and conducting work-related Craigslist searches for sex-for-tickets posts. There is still no word on whether or not the game will be televised within view of her cell, but, if so, she will have to settle for trading cheese sandwiches for a closer seat.

It's tough to read about pets in dire straights, but important to remember to support our local shelters.

If we were cleverer we'd have a smart-ass answer to this: What is Philly style?

We have a safe haven for former prostitutes? Huh.

As mentioned earlier, Mayor Nutter is speaking today to the City of Philadelphia regarding some major budget cuts that will be taking place. According to the text in the draft of his speech as posted on 6ABC.com, some of the major changes will include: reducing police department overtime and leaving 200 vacant positions unfilled; reducing fire department overtime and cutting 5 engine companies and 2 ladder companies; closing 11 libraries and eliminating Sunday hours at three regional libraries; keeping all recreation centers open but in the summer closing 62 of 73 outdoor pools and 6 of 8 indoor pools and in the winter closing three ice rinks unless private funding can be secured; spending less money on street resurfacing and ending residential street cleaning, snow removal on tertiary streets, and bulk and tire collections; laying off more than 220 city employees and eliminating nearly 600 unfilled positions, more than 1,660 seasonal part-time jobs and about 570 contractual, non-city jobs.

What's new and/or interesting in Philly theaters this weekend.

What's new and/or interesting in Philly theaters this weekend.

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