Another day, another twist in the prosecution of Sen. Vincent Fumo. Yesterday, federal prosecutors asked the judge to allow them to inform the jury of a previous Fumo misstep wherein he participated in a scheme to put local Democratic operatives on the state payroll. A woman in her 20s was found dead in a West Oak Lane grocery yesterday afternoon. A store employee is expected to be charged with the shooting. The details surrounding the......

Yesterday, local Jewish leaders criticized a poll performed by the Republican Jewish Coalition that targeted 750 Jewish voters in swing states, including 150 in Pennsylvania. It sounds like the thing was a push poll that was attempting to convince voters that Obama is pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel. 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......

The latest in the case of Ebony Nicole Dorsey, the 14-year-old girl allegedly killed by her mother's boyfriend: the Daily News has an exclusive interview with the girl's mother, Danielle Cattie, who calls her boyfriend a monster. Meanwhile, the Inquirer quotes Cattie's brother defending his sister; he says she's "a great mom who deeply loves her children," and "She's a good person who made some bad decisions. She's paid a horrible price." It may seem......

Negotiations are over, and the Delaware River will now indeed be dredged and the channel deepened, which means the Delaware River Port Authority board can finally meet again after 17 months (Rendell had refused to call a meeting of the board until the dispute was settled). Philadelphia corrections officer Christopher Davidson has been arrested after going on a crazy rampage on an ATV in East Germantown on Tuesday evening. He drove all over a......

The kid with the iPod who participated in the assault of Germantown High School teacher Frank Burd pleaded guilty yesterday to aggravated assault. Also pleading guilty was a man who stole 165 Civil War documents from the National Archives Philadelphia office. He sold between 70 and 80 of them on eBay - which is actually what got him caught. Now he could spend as many as 10 years in jail. Looks like Tom Knox's momentum......

Four defendants were sentenced yesterday for their part in a scheme to funnel illegal contributions to the campaign of Mayor Street. Only one - Joseph Moderski of Bryn Mawr, who orchestrated the plan - received prison time (14 months). He was also ordered to pay over $25,000 in fines and restitution. The Daily News has the info on CBS3's new HD broadcast, and the fancy shmancy new studio they're using to record it. The Roman......

The Inquirer has more on what Prince Charles will be doing on his visit to the city next weekend. The police are killing a lot of people this year, and the Inquirer is looking into why. Weirdly enough, the inspectors found no mechanical problems in the Pennsbury runaway bus. Meanwhile, the girl who was critically injured in that accident has had most of her left leg removed due to an infection, and as of Sunday......

Three fatal car crashes occurred in the area between Thursday night and Friday morning. One involved a speeding car travelling the wrong way on the Schuylkill Expressway. The vehicle collided with another car, killing both drivers. The highway was closed for three hours as a result. Meanwhile, another fatal accident early Friday on Route 42 in New Jersey blocked off the Walt Whitman Bridge for hours. The third incident was a hit-and-run and occurred Thursday......