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Yo, Philly in the News

  • A federal appeals court decision yesterday threw out Mumia Abu-Jamal's death sentence for killing Daniel Faulkner and ruled that Abu-Jamal must be sentenced to life in prison or get a chance with a new Philadelphia jury that would decide only whether he should get life or be sentenced to death again.

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    By Jim Genzano in on March 28, 2008 9:00 AM

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  • For the first time in more than a decade, SEPTA has a monetary surplus due to a ridership increase, so yesterday the company unveiled a $1.08 billion operating-budget proposal for next fiscal year that actually includes service increases instead of cuts.

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    By Jim Genzano in on March 27, 2008 9:00 AM

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  • A helpful list of what's open and what's closed for Good Friday today.

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    By Jim Genzano in on March 21, 2008 9:00 AM

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  • A split three-member panel of the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations dismissed a discrimination complaint against Geno's Steaks yesterday, ruling that the speak-English sign at the steak shop "did not convey a message that service would be refused to non-English speakers."

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    By Jim Genzano in on March 20, 2008 9:00 AM

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  • Somehow the story of the twin gay porn star burglars keeps getting better. Now it's come out through court testimony that their mother served as a lookout during their rooftop break-ins.

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    By Jim Genzano in on March 19, 2008 9:00 AM

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