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"The defense attorney for State Sen. Vincent J. Fumo subjected Fumo's estranged son-in-law to a lively and grueling cross-examination yesterday, repeatedly challenging his testimony as a prosecution witness." Meanwhile, there was more testimony from the informant in the Fort Dix case, and a former employee of an affiliate of ACORN testified in another case that the community group knew that most new voter registration forms it had gathered were fraudulent.
John McCain, Barack Obama, and Sarah Palin will all be campaigning in Pennsylvania today. It's all part of a last push for votes. Meanwhile, the Inquirer has coverage of local races.
Police were investigating two homicides and at least two shootings in the city over the weekend.
Oh boy, the Fumo corruption trial is finally going to start this week! The Daily News lists some of the key players so you can follow along at home, while the DA praises the defendant for his work on gun laws. That's not the only big trial getting started this week, either; there's also the Fort Dix terrorism trial, and a civil trial that could cost the financially struggling Diocese of Pennsylvania millions of dollars.
Hey, it's Columbus Day! The Daily News covers a local Columbus Day Parade, and let's us know what's open and what's closed today.
"Police are looking for the driver of a gray Ford pickup who may have been involved in or witnessed the wounding of a Glendora man in a road-rage shooting Sunday night near the Walt Whitman Bridge."
Police are seeking a rapist who assaulted a woman in a party bus parked at Lincoln Financial Field during Sunday's Eagles game.
Your deadline to register to vote in Pennsylvania in time for the presidential election is today. So if you're not registered yet, hop to it!
A second-grade student at Harrington Avery D School in West Philly brought a bag of marijuana to school yesterday and showed it off to his friends. A classmate notified the teacher, who notified police, and the cops then searched the home of the child's father, where they found more marijuana and crack cocaine. He was arrested and charged with endangering the welfare of a child and narcotics offenses.
Michelle Obama will make several appearances this week in the Philadelphia area. John McCain spoke yesterday at the Delaware County Courthouse.
Lane closures and traffic restrictions.
Authorities issued a warrant yesterday for Dorien Oberlton's arrest in the case of Tuesday's vicious beating of Eric Derrickson in an underground subway concourse. Several witnesses came forward to identify Oberlton, who apparently had a long-standing grudge against Derrickson for supposedly stealing his girl.
The judge for the Fumo corruption trial is still ill, a fact that may delay the trial for at least a month.
Philadelphia School District counselor Veno Leigertwood, 31, was shot once in the neck shortly after 6:30 a.m. on Saturday in front of his Yeadon, Delaware County home. He died of the injury. His wife, Raven, and 7-month-old daughter, Nichole, were sleeping inside at the time. He was about to get his M.B.A. and had just received a promotion at his job. Leigertwood had no known enemies, and only his cell phone was taken.
Pennsylvania's smoking ban goes into effect today.
A 22-year-old South Philadelphia man was fatally shot Saturday in the city's Point Breeze section, and on the same day, a 29-year-old man was shot to death near his home in the city's Logan section.
A 3-year-old boy was in critical condition after being struck by a car while holding hands with his mother as he crossed a street in Olney Sunday night. The driver stopped at the scene and was not charged.
A Philadelphia police officer was responding to a call to assist another officer around 1AM this morning when his police car collided with another car at a downtown intersection. The officer is listed in critical condition, but his prognosis is good.
Police are still searching for the rapist or rapists who have been terrorizing the Frankford section of Philadelphia. A man was arrested Saturday in a kidnapping and sex assault, but police don't believe he's connected to the other incidents.
"Nine months after the 10,000 Men movement was launched with great fanfare, the organization that vowed to mount a massive campaign to retake Philadelphia's crime-ridden streets has fielded only four patrol units totaling about 200 men."
Due to the recent loss of $1.4 million in federal funding, and accreditation problems, the Berean Institute, a North Philadelphia landmark that has provided vocational and business education to African-Americans for 109 years, could go out of business as early as Friday. The state is also evicting the school from the building it has occupied since 1973. Berean supporters are calling for a rally at the school at noon Thursday.
Jocelyn Kirsch is scheduled to plead guilty this morning in U.S. District Court.
Newly released estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau reveal that Philadelphia lost more residents between 2000 and 2007 than any U.S. city except New Orleans. Ouch.
Expect backups late tonight into early tomorrow morning on the westbound Schuylkill. Click through for details. Also expect upcoming delays with SEPTA as it makes another push to finally complete its overdue, overbudget reconstruction of the Market-Frankford El.
The Inquirer examines what it meant (for the players and their families) for a team from Camden's Cramer Hill neighborhood to play T-ball on the White House lawn yesterday.
The Inquirer tells the story of how a plan to convert an empty convent in Germantown into apartments for formerly homeless men went south, in order to underscore the problems Mayor Nutter is likely to face with his initiative to fight homelessness.
Allentown and New Galena Roads in Bucks County will close today for maintenance work. Click through for the full details.
Pretty soon Mayor Nutter will have to negotiate new contracts with Philadelphia's four municipal unions; the Daily News suspects the ordeal will be the end of Nutter's honeymoon.
A bunch of insane people actually had a bike race in Manayunk this past weekend, and other insane people actually went outside to watch it. Uh, whatever. We were inside keeping cool.
"In an unexpected move, federal prosecutors said last night that they would ask a judge to revoke bail today and detain Jocelyn S. Kirsch." She was scheduled to plead guilty at a hearing this afternoon, but now a detention hearing will be held instead. It seems the feds are mad about her recent Target shopping spree with a stolen credit card in California.
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