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  • Two University of Pennsylvania undergraduates were hospitalized with meningitis yesterday. One student is listed as stable and the other is in critical condition. Anybody who had been in close contact with the students were identified before an announcement was made.
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    Good bye old bridge

  • Trial resumes this morning in U.S. District Court for Sen. Vincent Fumo. Prosecutors have all but wrapped up the first phase of the complex federal corruption case against Fumo. Prosecutors have elicited testimony from a string of witnesses that they carried out numerous personal and political tasks for the senator. Today, U.S. Attorneys will plunge ahead with more witnesses in the second part of the indictment, charging that Fumo also defrauded a South Philadelphia nonprofit.
  • But in good news, you get to hide out in a nice home, as Forbes justed named Philadelphia the fourth best city in the country to buy a house.
  • The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Building at 16th and Callowhill Streets was evacuated yesterday morning when a white, powdery substance was found in a third-floor office. The substance turned out to be foot powder. D'oh. (Via Sarah)


  • Graffiti, flyers, and rust line the southern walkway of the South Street Bridge.

  • It was announced yesterday that a company called Pacifica Ventures would be opening a $75 million "entertainment production facility" (read: film studio) in the Delaware Valley by the fall of 2008 - and it's all thanks to our new tax-incentive package for filmmakers. "Pacifica is looking at sites in Bucks, Delaware and Philadelphia Counties for a 500,000-square-foot facility."
  • Some news on area bridges: first, be aware that the South Street Bridge is going to be closed overnight tonight, from 9PM to 5AM, for routine maintenance (read: they're going to try to keep it from crumbling into the river for a little bit longer). Second, the Inquirer has an article with some more details about next year's $100 million-plus reconstruction project on the Walt Whitman Bridge.
  • Since the powers that be have reassigned Blinq editor Daniel Rubin to the metro desk, we're left with the Inky's 9 other blogs for unique online content. We decided to browse through them so you don't have to.



    Although the South Street Bridge itself is all but falling apart, the views it offers of our skyline are perfect. Market West and Rittenhouse skyscrapers rise to a peak then retreat symmetrically, as if someone plucked each building from above and placed it back down with intentional design.



    Click either one of the panoramic images to enlarge it.





    Dan Rubin at Blinq tells us that yesterday was the most depressing day of the year - which we suppose means the rest of the year will be full of sunshine and lollipops, scientifically speaking. Here's what the rest of the blogosphere was talking about while the winter blues were still on (now that they're over we assume everyone's left their computer for celebratory dancing in the street):

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