THE 8:30 REPORT: This Morning in Philly
What, you want me to prove I learned something in the last 12 years?: After “overwhelming opposition” from constituents, the Rendell administration and the legislature have agreed to hold off instituting mandatory graduation testing for Pennsylvania students. Money has already been allocated to develop the tests, which will be optional for at least the 2009-2010 school year. [CBS 3]
Skimming is never a good idea: As in skimming your bank statement, which might cause you to miss the fact that your credit or debit card info has been “skimmed” by a pair of thieves using small electronic devices they’ve been putting on some Wawa gas pumps in Delaware, Chester, Montgomery and Bucks counties and New Castle, Delaware, since April. State police are asking non-skimmers who notice suspect withdrawals on their statements to contact them. [KYW]
This skimming sounds like an awful lot of work: With metal prices increasing dramatically — a pound of copper has joined gas in the $4 club — thieves are going after formerly unwanted (for their nefarious purposes, anyway) objects like manhole covers and sewer grates. One brazen fellow has even been taking copper from fast-food restaurant bathrooms — at one place twice in three days. [Daily News]
