12:30 Report: Your News Update
You gotta be a moron: The Inky has uncovered a despicable plot by Penguins fans lurking amongst us — a posting on a local Craigslist board asks for a volunteer to dress the Rocky statue in a Pittsburgh team jersey. Our cities gear up to face each other in the Stanley Cup playoffs starting Friday night. [Inquirer]
Fellowship of the ringtone: Comcast and some of the biggest bigwigs in communication and technology — Time Warner, Sprint Nextel, Google — are pouring money into a joint venture to bring high-speed internet to cell phones. WiMAX technology will provide wireless internet and video at speeds closer to a cable modem. Comcastic! [Inquirer]
Say cheese: A Bucks County criminal made it easy for authorities to catch him by jumping into a photo with three women at a bar and then robbing those same women in a convenience store later that night. After her ran off with one of the women’s purses, they showed police the photo-crasher’s pic, and he was picked up at home. [CBS 3]
Helping my Myanmar: A Penn doctor and professor is raising money to help prevent the spread of diseases like cholera and typhoid in the southeast Asian county that was devastated by a cyclone over the weekend. As a former citizen of Myanmar and the president of the Alumni Myanmar Institutes of Medicine Association, Dr. Jennifer Chu has a personal interest in helping the victims. [KYW]
May 7th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
This morning someone had a Flyers Jersey on him, and a big ad for Vitamin Water on a poster board at his feet. I was on a bus, otherwise I’d have that picture.
May 8th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
That is classic. Go Penguins!